Building Character, Trust, and Leadership: Service Learning Offers Positive Pathways to Adulthood

Ebony Sandusky admits it was sheer peer pressure that initially led her to participate in her school\u27s service learning programs. Now, she says, community service is in my blood. Sandusky, a senior at Romulus High School in Romulus, Mich., has worked on a myriad of service projects throughout her high school years. She helped organize educational symposiums on such topics as domestic violence and multiculturalism and, most recently, led the effort to provide education about safe sex to a community concerned about the growing number of teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. When I see something that needs changing, I go after it with a vengeance, says Sandusky