Community Service Initiatives

Alternative Spring Break

March 9, 2013 - March 17, 2013

Alternative Spring Break is a departmental program sponsored by the Office of Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs that provides service opportunities for students who successfully apply for participation at a variety of sites across the eastern United States.

OSEMA-ASB: Mission
Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is a week-long, substance-free program held in March that gives students the chance to gain personal and professional growth through civic engagement.

Spring Breakers Will:
• Provide direct assistance to organizations addressing a variety of forms of social, economic, and environmental injustice

• Develop perspectives on civic engagement, place-based learning, diversity, and activism through new and challenging environments

• Develop a deeper, more personal understanding of community service through individual and group reflection

• Form new and lasting friendships through their team-based participation in ASB

 2013 Trips Included:

  • Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration and Community Service (Biloxi, MS) 
  • Service and Learning on the Allegany Native Peoples Territory in Western New York (Salamanca, NY) 
  • Service, Learning, and Networking in Washington D.C. (Washington D.C.)
  • What Does it Take to Save a Mountain?: Examining and Addressing Mountaintop Coal Mining in West Virginia and Beyond (West Union, WV) 
  • State Park Restoration and Maintenance on the Coast of Virginia (Virginia Beach & the Virginia Peninsula) 

 

For More Information:

Please see the sidebar for the Frequently Asked Questions document and the ASB Info 2013 document.

For all other questions, please contact Don Austin in OSEMA (austin@ithaca.edu)