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New Trip Ideas for ABP

Contribute your new trip proposals to Alternative Breaks Program. Priority deadline of Sunday, April 29th with applications accepted on a rolling basis.

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Apply to be a ABP Board Member or Trip Leader

Priority deadline of Sunday, April 29th with applications accepted on a rolling basis.

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Social Justice Send-Off

Save Friday, May 18 at 10am for the University​-wide Commencement event, featuring the University's Legacy of Dream awardee Steve Park as a speaker, and is followed by a light reception in Arrupe Multipurpose Room.

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The Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service (CSJ) opened its doors in January 2001. The Center has a mission that is simple to state but far-reaching in its implications: In order to advance justice and the common good, CSJ promotes and integrates community-based research, teaching and service by collaborating with diverse partners and communities.

  

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Featured Stories

  • Magis India - Challenging, Beautiful, Thought-Provoking
    June 8, 2018
    This past May Campus Ministry and the Center for Social Justice launched the first Magis: India trip. Here, Emily Jonsson, COL’ 20, reflects on her experience: "Those that know me well, or those that have ever encountered any piece of writing containing a fraction of my heart, know that I perpetually struggle with capturing the transcendent essence of what makes a moment, a moment. Such a struggle is remarkably comparable to the one I face now when posed with the question, 'How was India?' It was – indescribable. Challenging, beautiful, colorful, lively, thought-provoking, and compelling in all the best ways..."
  • Alternative Breaks Program Immerses Students in Global and Domestic Social Justice Issues
    April 23, 2018
    The Alternative Breaks Program (ABP) provides students with the opportunity to practice service and reflection on weekend and week-long immersion trips, both domestically and abroad. Since its beginnings, ABP has expanded to its present-day total of 23 trips offered to students during breaks in the academic year, each with eight to 10 participants. ABP encourages participants to think about ways to continue the conversations sparked on their trips and to keep engaging with the issues that arose.
  • Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Brings High Schoolers to the Hilltop
    March 12, 2018
    While Georgetown students were on spring break, about 150 high school students and teachers from 26 local schools came to campus March 8 and 9 for the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium for the greater Washington metropolitan area. The symposium was coordinated by Andria Wisler, PhD, executive director of the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service and associate teaching professor in the program on justice and peace, and G. William Rebeck, PhD, professor of neuroscience.
  • Jad Melki Explains the Logic Behind the Communication Strategies of Modern Terrorism
    February 28, 2018
    On February 23, 2018, the Center for Social Justice hosted Jad Melki, Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at the Lebanese American University, who spoke to Georgetown students and faculty about how ISIS crafted their communication strategy to advance their cause. Jad Melki is an award-winning journalist, who has worked with both U.S. and Arab media for over 15 years. During the talk, he shared his first-hand experiences and analysis of ISIS’s propaganda campaign and its effects.
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