Office of Community Service-Learning - University of Maryland

Announcements



* Now accepting applications for the summer-break trip leaders.
Apply here by 4:00pm on Monday, November 23rd.

* Now accepting applications for the first-ever GRADUATE STUDENT Spring Break Trip! Apply here by 4:00pm on Monday, November 9.

* Learn about the 2009 trips at the Maryland AB blog


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Sponsored by the Adele H. Stamp Student Union-Center for Campus Life, Alternative Breaks (AB) program are substance-free, community service-learning trip during the university's winter, spring and summer breaks. AB participants travel locally, nationally and internationally in teams to different cities, engage in active service, and have the opportunity to gain new perspectives on social issues while meeting community needs, and learning about and building upon community assets.


Alternative Breaks program sends hundreds of students each year on service-learning trips across the nation and world to address some of the most pressing social, political and environmental issues of our time. Students work with issues of disaster relief, environmental restoration, the prison system, HIV/AIDS, education, homelessness, healthcare, and border awareness. AB’s main goal is to educate participants about the root causes of these issues, while also making an immediate difference in the community.

2010 Trips




    Winter 2010 Trips – Alternative Winter Break is in its second year and has expanded to become an integral part of the AB program. Winter break trips last 10 days – this year the dates are January 13-23, 2010.

  • Sustainable Development: Guatemala
  • Rural Education: Gaston, NC
  • Domestic Violence: Knoxville, TN
  • Environmental Conservation: The Bahamas


    • Spring 2010 Trips — Each year AB expands the locations and themes while continuing to enhance the partnerships that have been established in years past. Spring Break trips last 7 days – this year the dates are March 13-20, 2010.

  • Rural Poverty: Appalachia
  • Homelessness: Atlanta, GA
  • Urban Agriculture: Boston, MA
  • Hunger: Chicago, IL
  • Urban Education: Philadelphia, PA
  • Environmental Conservation: Cumberland Island, GA
  • Rural Education: McDowell County, WV
  • Immigration: New York City
  • Healthcare: South Carolina
  • Poverty/Racism and Disaster Relief: New Orleans, LA
  • Native American Immersion: Oglala Lakota Reservation, Pine Ridge, SD
  • The Justice System: San Francisco, CA
  • Exploring the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: MD/VA/DC
  • Human Trafficking: Washington, DC
  • HIV/AIDS: New York, NY
  • Orphan Education: Dominican Republic

 


Questions? Please contact us (StampAlternativeBreaks@gmail.com , 301-405-0741).