Spring Break Immersions
Spring Break Arrupe Immersions
This coming Spring Break the Center for Global Education and University Ministry will be offering the following Immersions.
Spring Break Dates for 2019: March 10-17
The Immersions will focus on the following areas:
- Migration, Borders and Transnational Communities.
- Street Children and Welfare.
- Sports Serving Communities.
- Life in the Favelas.
- Migration and Restorative Justice.
- Coal Mining and Environmental Justice
Apply now to the 2018-2019 Arrupe Immersions.
Coal Mining and Environmental Justice
Students will explore the impacts on communities made in order to harvest Appalachia's coal, natural gas, and wind to feed the energy needs of the region, nation, and the world. Participants gain an appreciation for the complexity of these issues and perform a valuable service centered around the environment. The unique and objective education, coupled with daily reflections, resulting in a "call to action."
Cost $350 Plus flight.
Migration and Restorative Justice.
Students on the migration and restorative justice immersion will focus on the injustices that Dominicans of Haitian descent are currently facing. They will learn about the efforts of the staff at Centro Bono, who work tirelessly with this population to promote social justice.
Cost: $1100, plus the cost of flights
See draft Itinerary here: DRAFTITINERARY-USFDR2017-revisedbyMarioSerrano_1.pdf
Migration, Borders and Transnational Communities.
Students will travel to Puebla and visit with immigrants on journeys along the migration routes throughout Mexico. We will also visit local community centers and meet children and families displaced by economic injustices. The focus of the trip is gaining a deeper understanding of the lives and experiences of both immigrants and those living in the communities through which they travel.
Cost: $900, plus the cost of flights.
See draft itinerary here: Puebla Itinerary.
Street Children and Welfare.
Students will be working with a group called Generacion, which provides shelter and support for the street children of Lima. The kids are often victims of neglect, poverty, sexual abuse and sex trafficking, HIV/AIDS, and other injustices. We will spend our days in the shelters working with the children and engaging in activities, and most importantly, learn from them.
Cost: $1250, plus the cost of flights
See draft itinerary here: Peru_SB_Immersion_Itinerary.pdf
Life in the Favelas.
Students participating in this immersion will focus their experience in Rio de Janeiro and learn how sports projects that work in the "favelas" reorganize the lives of children at risk. Students will learn from really passionate athletes, social workers, and educators committed to create a better Brazil for all.
Cost: $1000, plus the cost of flights