What are you doing for YOUR Break?

The Alternative Break program is an immersion experience into different cultural, environmental and socioeconomic communities across the nation. Students provide service in exchange for education about current social and cultural issues facing the host communities. Past trips have focused on such social/cultural issues as hunger, AIDS/HIV, housing, homelessness, issues facing Native American living on reservations, environmental conservation, education, economic sustainability, and women's issues.

Who

Annually, approximately 200 Colorado State University students, ranging in age, major, upbringing, background, and interest, participate in an Alternative Break experience! This year, it could be YOU!

When

Trips occur during fall, winter, spring, and summer breaks at CSU.

Applications:

Applications for Kenya alternative winter break are now available. Please click here to apply. 

Applications for 2013-2014 student site leaders are now available.

Returning site leaders click here for application.
New site leaders click here for application.

For Grant Information, please click here.

The Alternative Weekend Experience (AWE) will address poverty in Fort Collins and Denver during the following weekend trips.

(Each trip will begin Friday evenings and go until Sunday afternoons--dates/times/social issue are subject to change based on interest)

 

AWE 1: Fri Nov. 16th- Sun Nov 18th: Youth and Education

AWE 2: Fri Feb. 15th- Sun Feb. 17th: Access to public resources (i.e. jobs and health care)

AWE 3: Fri Mar. 15th- Sun Mar. 17th OR Mon Mar. 18th: Food and Sustainability

Applicants can apply to one, two, or all three weekends and applicants who are applying to participate in a full-week Alt. Break trip can still apply for the trips in November and February.