Morehouse College

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Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA

Leadership Building - Bonner Office of Community Service

Campus at a Glance (brief description)

Morehouse College is the nation’s largest, private liberal arts college for men. Founded in 1867, the College enrolls approximately 2,800 students. The college offers 26 majors in three academic divisions: Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Mathematics, and Business Administration and Economics. In 1993, Morehouse College established an Office of Community Service by which the following programs and/or initiatives are managed: Bonner Scholars, Adams Scholars, Morehouse Mentoring Program (Frederick Douglass Tutorial Institute), Jumpstart Atlanta, Federal Work Study Community Scholars, Service-Learning Initiative and Summerbridge Breakthrough Alumni Network.

Morehouse College was ranked three times as the number one college in the nation for educating African American students by Black Enterprise magazine, and recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the top feeder schools for the 15 most prominent graduate and professional schools in the country. Morehouse is one of the only two Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCU) to produce three Rhodes Scholars.

In addition to Martin Luther King, Jr., other prominent alumni include Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. Surgeon General and director of the National Center for Primary Care at the Morehouse School of Medicine’ Shelton “Spike” Lee, filmmaker and president of 40 Acres and A Mule Productions; Samuel L. Jackson, Academy Award nominated actor; Maynard H. Jackson, founder of Jackson Securities and the first African American mayor of Atlanta; and Nima A. Warfield, the first African American Rhodes Scholar from a HBCU.

Bonner Scholars are the premier collection of servant leaders at Morehouse College. They remain at the forefront of perpetuating a culture of sevice on the campus. If "Renaissance men with a social conscious" equates to intellectuals who have the courage to change the world, then Bonner Scholars can indeed claim the title. Over the past 16 years, Bonner Scholars have impacted the Atlanta community by rendering thousands of hours of sevice. They primarily work with local public schools and after-school programs to reinforce classroom learning for the children in the area. Their efforts have helped academically challenged children to turn their grades around and make positive choices for their future.

Morehouse College Bonner Scholars Program - Names to Know

Dr. Robert Michael Franklin, President - rfranklin@morehouse.edu

Dr. Monty Whitney, Director of the Bonner Office of Community Service - wwhitney@morehouse.edu

Mrs. Jacqueline Miles-Johnson, Director of the Bonner Scholars Program - jmiles@morehouse.edu

Mr. Tony Wyatt-Rocker, Program Manager - trocker@morehouse.edu

Ms. Jaquenetta Dugger, Administrative Assistant - jdugger@morehouse.edu

Ms. Femi Jenkins, Secretary - hjenkins@morehouse.edu

830 Westview Drive, SW

Atlanta, GA 30314

404-681-7575 Office

404-507-8600 Fax

www.morehouse.edu/ocs

A Training Highlight 2008-2009

Superheroes are Community Servants Too!

One cannot help but to notice the popular pop-culture around Superheroes and that it offers relevant Psychological research and interesting theories. So, we thought it would be fun to have Bonner Scholars see the connection between the Common Commitments and Superheroes.

Drawing on the idea that there are shared characteristics among Superheroes (real and/or fictional) and community servants, students were challenged to find similarities and at the same time identify those who fit the same heroic elements in our day-to-day lives.

Often Superheroes serve as models of moral behavior. They try to figure out the “right” path to take in a given situation. Superheroes show how people can maintain hope in the face of adversity. Their moral journeys serve as models for our own journeys.

First we decided which of the Common Commitments best suited the six Superhero Groups selected in terms of characteristics. Next we divided Bonners into the six groups. Wearing armbands depicting membership in respective groups, students worked within teams to discuss how the Common Commitment most exemplifies their group.

This was the results of our exercise:

Common Commitments Attributes of Each Common Commitment Superheroes

Social Justice	Advocates for fairness, impartiality and equality while addressing systemic social and environmental issues.	Justice League
Civic Engagement	Participate intentionally as citizens in the democratic process, actively engaging in public policy and direct service.	Avengers
Community Building	Establish and sustain a vibrant community of place, personal relationships and common interests.	Fantastic Four
Spiritual Exploration	Explore personal beliefs while respecting the spiritual practices of others.	Transformers
International Perspective	Develop international understanding that enables individuals to participate successfully and sensitively in a global society.	League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Diversity	Respect and engage the many different dimensions of diversity in or public lives.	XMen

Superheroes Characteristics Superhero Groups Characteristics of Bonner Scholars

Justice League (Social Justice)	Superman created the league to protect the earth from alien forces. Committed to justice for all, establishing equality and the healing of our planet.	Answering the cries from the community – we too advocate for social justice. Global warming concerns prompts us to launch going-green & recycling efforts
Avengers (Civic Engagement)	An ever-shifting assemblage of super-beings, adventurers and crime fighters financed by Tony Stark (Iron Man), devoted to protecting the planet from menaces beyond the scope of conventional authorities.	Financed by Bonner Fdn & Morehouse College, these scholarships support our work to question public policy and address system issues thru positive engagement
Fantastic Four (Community Building)	A superhuman team of a somewhat dysfunctional yet loving family who gained superpowers after exposure to cosmic rays	Despite our differences, we merge our human resources and as stakeholders we build relationships within the beloved community
Transformers (Spiritual Exploration)	2 warring factions of alien robots from beyond our galaxy – the heroic Autobots (Optimus Prime) battle the evil Decepticons (Megatron)	“More than meets the eye” we explore our own spiritual paths as we transform into life-long servant leaders
League of Extra- ordinary Gentlemen (International Perspectives)	An assortment of literary characters (educated professionals) from every corner of the globe, aid the world in times of need to ensure peace	Renaissance Men – well educated, well read, well spoken, well traveled, well dressed we add to that dimension a social consciousness both locally & globally
Xmen (Diversity)	Mutants from an array of ethnicities acquired powers from birth - learned how to use their powers for good	Counteracting prejudice, we embrace diversity and learn from each other to combat evil w/good bridging the social and economic gaps that exits in community

Will the Real Superheroes Please Stand Up!

Comic Characters Bonner Scholars Real-life Superheroes

Justice League

(Social Justice)

Answering the cries from the community – Bonner Scholars advocate for social justice. Global warming concerns prompt us to launch going-green, recycling efforts

Al Gore, Tony C Anderson

Al Sharpton, Bono

Spike Lee

Avengers

(Civic Engagement

Financed by Bonner Fdn and Morehouse College, these scholarships support our work to question public policy and address systemic issues thru positive engagement

Barack Obama

Robert M. Franklin

Tupac

Benjamin E. Mays JFK

Fantastic Four

(Community Building)

Despite our differences, we merge our human resources and as stakeholders, we build sustainable relationships within the beloved community

Mothers & Grandmothers

Maria & Tangee of RE

Wayne Miesel, Bobby Hackett,

Sandra Walker

Corella & Bertram F. Bonner

Transformers

(Spiritual Exploration)

“More than meets the eye” as we adjust our career goals to include social responsibility and life-long commitment to serving others

Jesus Christ, Dali Lama, Mohammed,Gandhi

Mother Theresa

Confucius

League of Extra- ordinary Gentlemen

(International Perspectives)

Renaissance Men – well educated, well read, well spoken, well traveled, well dressed we add to that dimension a social consciousness both locally & globally

Barack Obama, Dr. Robert Franklin

Cornel West, Oprah Winfrey

Andrew Young

Xmen

(Diversity)

Counteracting prejudice, we embrace diversity and learn from each other to combat evil w/good bridging the social and economic gaps that exits in community

MLK, Jr.

Adams & Bonner Scholars

Joe & Emma Adams

Click Here for 2007-2008 Annual Report

Annual Report

Student Leadership Planning:

Click here for Congress Leadership Plans:

Morehouse Congress Action Planning

2009 ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

2009 Annual Report

SPRING 2009 INITIATIVES

Serve 2.0

Staff Point Person for project: Jackie Dugger, jdugger@morehouse.com
Student Point Person for project: Jadarien Sanders, jadarien704@yahoo.com
Planning to submit mini-grant proposal: maybe
Bonner Program or Campus-Wide Wiki status: They currently utilize the campus profile wiki. Created a new one today: http://morehouse.pbwiki.com
Participating in Bonner Video Project: yes
- Student BVL (Bonner Video Liaison) contact info posted on link: Jadarien Sanders will post his info on the page: Bonner Video Liaisons
- Need a Flip Cam? (we can provide one per campus): no
See useful links: Serve 2.0 Resource Wiki | Mini-Grant RFP
Do use Facebook to get support on their projects. Share photos from events.

BWBRS

Using BWBRS 3.0: no
Need for additional training: yes - training scheduled for 1/28/09 at 11:15am.
See useful links: BWBRS 3.0 Help Guide

Bonner AmeriCorps

Please list the contact information of the staff and student interns who manage your AmeriCorps Paperwork: Jackie Miles-Johnson,jmiles@morehouse.edu; Jackie Duggar, jdugger@hotmail.com
- Note: due to the audit and the transition to BWBRS 3, all current AmeriCorps Managers will be scheduled for an AmeriCorps Management Training for 2009 within the first few weeks of the semester. Please schedule this phone call with your Foundation Program Associate as soon as possible: Thursday Jan. 29 at 10am
Spring Enrollments 2009: Please complete this survey right away: AmeriCorps Survey
Please note: This survey is for the Spring semester slots only. It does not matter if your campus had previously requested slots and have "left overs." Please fill out this survey to specify how many members your campus will enroll this semester. If you do not want slots, they should fill it in with zeroes. We will be sending out a Summer and Fall request as well, so this is only for this semester.
Will not take any slots this spring.

Issue-Based Research

What issue(s) working group will your campus focus on (in preparation for SLI 2009)?
- Homelessness and Hunger, Environment, Education
Specific topic for issue brief (see Research Guide for help to work with partner in defining):
- Homelessness (Dr. Whitney's class is involved in that)-Community Psychology
Lead contact people for project (staff and/or students, community partner agency):
- names, titles, phone numbers, emails
See useful links: PolicyOptions Wiki | Campus Implementation Guide