Title
Alternative Spring Break Experiences
Department, Center, or Institute
Center for Inclusive Communities
Presentation Format
Oral Panel Presentation
Presentation Type
Service learning
Description
Furman launched the second year of Alternative Spring Break in 2019. Programs are social justice oriented with service learning elements and all trips are student led. Emilee O'Brien, the Post Baccalaureate Fellow for Social Justice and Community Engaged Learning will share framework and data. Student Trip Leaders will then present on their role and experience in this unique community engaged learning program. Trip themes in 2019 include: Barriers to Health in Greenville, Seeking Abraham: Slavery and Public Memory, and Interfaith Engagement in the Upstate.
Department Organized Oral Session Title
Alternative Spring Break Experiences
Moderator/Professor
Emilee O'Brien, Center for Inclusive Communities, Office of Student Involvement and Inclusion
Session Number
2
Start Date and Time
4-9-2019 11:15 AM
Location
Burgiss Theater; Trone Student Center
Recommended Citation
O'Brien, Emilee; Wynkoop, Andrew; Llanos, Mariana Fuenmayor; Trotter, Noah; Tyson, Nyrobi; and Williams, Bonnie, "Alternative Spring Break Experiences" (2019). Furman Engaged!. 542.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/furmanengaged/2019/all/542
Alternative Spring Break Experiences
Burgiss Theater; Trone Student Center
Furman launched the second year of Alternative Spring Break in 2019. Programs are social justice oriented with service learning elements and all trips are student led. Emilee O'Brien, the Post Baccalaureate Fellow for Social Justice and Community Engaged Learning will share framework and data. Student Trip Leaders will then present on their role and experience in this unique community engaged learning program. Trip themes in 2019 include: Barriers to Health in Greenville, Seeking Abraham: Slavery and Public Memory, and Interfaith Engagement in the Upstate.