“The commons” is a term often used to describe those resources or spaces whose protection and cultivation are the shared responsibility of an entire community.
As a lens for approaching service learning, and civic and community engagement, we choose to interpret the idea of the commons broadly in examining our role as citizens of our school community and of the larger world. We believe the work of building and sustaining thriving communities is both a local and global endeavor that belongs to each of us in partnership; and while this work may take place within the space of a classroom, 线上真钱赌城, or across state lines or 国家 borders, it is rooted in the foundational belief that “my humanity is tied to yours”–that the act of caring for the dignity, 健康, and safety of others is essential to realizing one’s own sense of place and purpose in the world and in creating vibrant, 富有同情心的, 包容的社区.