Arizona/Mexico Border
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
BorderLinks: Arizona/Mexico Border
Dates: June 8 - 13, 2022 (6 days, 5 nights) Due to COVID 19 Restrictions this immersion has been put on hold.
Cost: Approx. $1,100 + flight to Tucson, financial need grants possible
Group size: 10 students, 2-3 chaperones
Description: BorderLinks has been facilitating educational immersion trips for delegations in the Arizona-Sonora region and beyond the border to Chiapas. On this immersion, students will become intimately aware of challenges of immigration and how policies, borders and trade agreements impact people and by raising awareness, inspiring action for social transformation.
Note: Spanish not required, but certainly a plus.
East Palo Alto
East Palo Alto: Black History and Politics
Dates: Upcoming (2021)
Cost: Free*
Group size: 15 to 30 students
Description: We will explore the history East Palo Alto and the city's legacy of Black community activism. Teachers will use the documentary,
Dreams of a City: Creating East Palo Alto as a springboard to contextualize the area's rich history of social activism and to connect to current activism in the city today.
San Francisco
Faithful Fools: San Francisco Tenderloin
Dates: TBD 2022 (1 to 3 days) Postponed during Covid
Cost: $50 per day, financial need grants available
Group size: 10 students, 2-3 chaperones
Description: Street Retreats are foundational. We introduce and teach students to be present in the Tenderloin Neighborhood. So many places around the world carry a similar burden. We project onto the people and streets myths about poverty and all that goes with it and by having conversations with those in our community, we begin to make meaningful change in hearts and minds.