Alternative Fall Break
Cincinnati, OH
October 13-15, 2022
Participants will spend three days and two nights in Cincinnati, Ohio working alongside staff at Matthew 25 Ministries and New Life Furniture, exploring how natural disasters and systems of oppression, like structural racism, cause and perpetuate homelessness and poverty. Matthew 25 and New Life Furniture both have missions that focus on helping people who are unhoused and/or experiencing poverty through the recovery and reuse of products. This trip will include a first-hand experience from a speaker as well as physical labor through delivery of furniture and disaster relief care packages.
Click here to learn more about and register for this 2022 Alternative Fall Break trip.
Alternative Winter Break
Jackson, Mississippi
December 19-22, 2022
Participants will spend four days and three nights in Jackson, Mississippi learning about the city's extensive role in the Civil Rights Movement and the root causes of the Jackson State shooting in May 1970. Participants will learn about examples of student-led collective action and the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project. While in Jackson, Mississippi, participants will not only visit locations critical to the Civil Rights Movement, such as the COFO (Council of Federated Organizations) and the Freedom Trail, but will also examine the background of the Gibbs-Green tragedy, how it differs from the events of May 4th, and how it connects to the struggle for civil rights.
Alternative Winter Break Registration will open October 17th, 2022.
Alternative Spring Break
Week of March 25-April 2, 2023
Kent State University's Alternative Spring Break trips expose students to social justice and cultural issues through direct service, community visits, reflection, and a variety of cultural activities.
Our Spring 2023 lineup of trips will be announced in this space in October 2022.
University policy 3342-3-01.3 requires that students with disabilities be provided reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access to services. If you have a documented disability and require accommodations, please contact Community Engaged Learning in a timely manner to make arrangements for the necessary service trip adjustments.
Community Engaged Learning welcomes the opportunity to help academic departments across campus plan and develop experiential learning trips for students and faculty. Please contact us at community@kent.edu for more information.