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Interfaith Alternative Spring Break

  • Information session meeting for 2024 alternative spring break

    Preparing for the 2024 Alternative Break to Washington D.C.

  • Visiting the United States Capitol Building

    Visiting the United States Capitol Building.

  • Visiting the Islamic Center of Washington DC.

    Visiting the Islamic Center of Washington D.C.

  • Visiting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

    Visiting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

  • Visiting the Washington National Cathedral

    Visiting the Washington National Cathedral.

About the Program

Students who participate in the Interfaith Alternative Spring Break will have transformative opportunities to participate in service and interfaith engagement activities with individuals and organizations from a variety of worldviews in social actions toward a common good. Students will travel to Washington D.C. to engage with individuals and organizations doing interfaith work around social issues the group has identified as a shared values across their variety of worldviews. Participants will come to see themselves as interfaith leaders who will effect change for a more pluralistic society.

After returning to campus, participants will work with the MultiFaith Advisor to strategize, plan, and implement an interfaith engagement activity during the next term when the participants will be back on campus.

We will be traveling by Amtrak. Tucker Center will be covering the cost of the trip including food, transportation, and shelter.

Here is a SAMPLE schedule for the trip, to give applicants an idea of what you can expect from the trip.

  • Wednesday, March 13th - Travel day
  • Thursday, March 14th - Sikh Gudwara + Interfaith Advocacy Orgs
  • Friday, March 15th - Jummah Service + African American History Museum
  • Saturday, March 16th - Shabbat Service  + Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Sunday, March 17th - Washington National Catherdral + Interfaith Advocacy Group
  • Monday, March 18th -  D.C. Day, Smithsonian museums, etc.
  • Tuesday, March 19th - Travel Day

October 2024 Information Session

Check back later for how to register for the information session. 

Participation Application

The application to participate in the Interfaith Alternative Spring Break expcted to open in early October and close at the end of the month.

Check back later for the application link and dates.

 

Thank you for your interest in the Tucker Center's Interfaith Alternative Spring Break in Washington D.C.

ASB Tucker Fellow

To become the Interfaith Alternative Break trip leader, you will want to apply to be the ASB Tucker Fellow. The Alternative Spring Break Fellow will, under the direction of the MultiFaith Advisor, strategize, plan, implement, and attend the Interfaith Alternative Spring break. They will operate as a member of the Tucker Ambassador Council to promote the mission of the Tucker Center and to promote the mission of interfaith engagement across campus with all their efforts and activities.

2024 Applications for ASB Tucker Fellow are now closed.  The application process will re-open in spring 2025.