SAL Master Challenge Exercise #3

SAL Master Challenge

Homework Exercise #3

Self-action leaders Study History and Serve their Country

Apollo 11 Moon Landing
July 1969

1.  Read a 200-page (or longer) book on a positive aspect of your country's history.

2.  In your SAL Journal, reflect on what you have learned and consider how those lessons relate to national liberties as well as personal and organizational freedoms.

3.  On June 6, 2014—the seventieth anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings (Operation Overlord) in northern France during World War II—Madeleine Albright (former U.S. Secretary of State) drew a link between service and citizenship when she wrote: "In a time when our sense of civic competence is weakened, when there are fewer bonds that tie people of different social backgrounds together, when national purpose seems like sand in our hands, [we] need ... to renew the spirit of service ... for the sake of our ... security and our civic success." According to Albright, "service is transformative. At its best, it makes people aware of needs around them. It bridges races and classes, diminishing differences in the pursuit of common goals. It demonstrates that difficult national problems can be addressed and overcome by citizen action. It is an antidote to both selfishness and a feeling of social helplessness."  (1)

In his 2002 State of the Union Address, U.S. President George W. Bush called on every citizen of the United States to spend two years (or 4,000 hours) "to the service of your neighbors and your nation." In your SAL Journal, jot down some ideas about how you might spend this same amount of time in service to your community, state, region, or nation. Then, to get the ball rolling, spend 40 hours of actual service as part of your SAL Master Challenge. 

Examples of service include (but are not limited to): picking up trash, volunteering at a community-oriented non-profit organization, tutoring, mentoring, teaching, or coaching someone younger or less experienced than you, donating blood/plasma/hair/clothing/money, etc. 

I have completed the SAL Master Challenge, EXERCISE #3

Your initials:__________         AP initials:__________

—Dr. JJ

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA

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Notes

1.  Albright, M. (2014). D-Day About National Service. USA Today. 4 June 2014.