ASB Tucson: Conocimiento
All students, of any or no religious background, are invited to apply to be part of an unforgettable adventure next Spring Break. "Conocimiento" is an experience in service, advocacy, learning and spiritual reflection in Tucson, Arizona. The week will be both a service-learning experience and an interfaith spiritual retreat. In the Tucson area, we will work with faith-based groups focused on human rights and immigration reform. We’ll meet with undocumented migrants crossing the US-Mexico border, Border Patrol (“migra”) officers, local politicians, and rabbis and pastors working for immigration reform. We’ll volunteer at a meal program and a medical clinic that serve undocumented people. We’ll participate in the weekly vigil at a shrine in Tucson that memorializes those who have died crossing the border. We’ll visit the US side of the border fence at Nogales and visit sacred sites in the Tohono O’Odham Native American reservation. We will experience Native American, Catholic Christian, Jewish, Protestant Christian, and worship and spiritual practice of other faiths. We’ll meditate, pray, and reflect together on our experiences, in the midst of the natural beauty of the Sonoran Desert. We’ll have free time for enjoying the cultural richness of the area, as well. We’ll be living simply for the week, sleeping in sleeping bags on church floors and camping in the desert, sharing meals with local people.
Trip Dates: March 12-19, 2011
Cost: $412.00
October 22, 2010: Application deadline
October 22-29, 2010: Interview
November 5, 2010: Group selection/invitations sent
November 19, 2010: Accept/decline & security deadline
Payment Timeline:
November 19, 2010: Deposit due
January 14, 2011: First payment
January 21, 2011: Last day to withdraw with refund (less deposit)
January 28, 2011: Second payment
February 11, 2011: Third Payment
February 25, 2011: Final Payment
If you want more information on the situation near the border, No More Deaths (nomoredeaths.org) and Humane Borders (humaneborders.org) are two interfaith organizations in Southern Arizona to check out.
I'll post the application either tonight or tomorrow morning. If you have any questions feel free to e-mail me or leave a comment. (And spread the word to anyone you know who might be interested in applying!)
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