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Standing in solidarity: spring break immersion trips through the Center for Social Concerns

Caroline Collins | Thursday, March 24, 2022

Over spring break, groups of students traveled to Immokalee, Florida for the Migrant Experiences seminar and to Washington, D.C. for the Educational Equity seminar. Seminars are courses offered through the Center for Social Concerns. Groups meet during the semester in an academic setting with the course culminating in an immersion trip over fall or spring

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Urban understanding

Katrina Linden | Thursday, March 27, 2014

I vowed never to participate in any program vaguely related to Urban Plunge, mainly because I disagree with the idea of instilling compassion by “plunging” students into “urban” life. I disagree with the idea of throwing somebody into a community of the “other,” visiting a soup kitchen or two, then returning to the comforts of