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Experiential Learning
There are many ways to learn, but we have found that when you smell the chemicals in a Mexican factory or literally dig in with a Gulf Coast partner, the experience is deeper, richer, even profound. With this transformative quality in mind, UUSC provides two unique opportunities for experiential learning: JustWorks Camps and JustJourneys.
Are you interested in learning more about upcoming UUSC experiential learning opportunities?
Tell us a little about yourself, and we will keep you informed.
Scheduled Trips
Freedom Summer: 
Join us for one week that could change your whole life! The 2010 Freedom Summer: A Civil Rights Journey — an inspiring, intergenerational experience — will take you to sites of significance in the U.S. civil-rights movement. Participants will travel by bus from Atlanta, Ga., to the historic cities of Birmingham, Montgomery, and Selma, Ala. There, you will meet and hear directly from some of the courageous people who worked to desegregate schools, register new voters, and forge a way forward against racial discrimination in the United States. Find out more. |
Witness to a Return Home: 
Participants will learn about UUSC's unique eye-to-eye partnership with Caritas Pader, which has empowered thousands of people to return to their villages and rebuild their lives after war. Participants will also meet with the UU Kampala congregation; talk with Ugandan leaders of the struggle for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people's rights; and visit the school and orphanage the Kampala congregation supports near Masaka. Find out more. |
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Guatemala JustJourney This powerful JustJourney experience will honor the victims and survivors of one of the most infamous massacres of indigenous people by the Guatemalan Army. As you visit Plan de Sanchez, the site of the 1982 massacre, you will learn how survivors sought justice and set precedent to hold the Guatemalan government accountable. You will also meet with UUSC partners the Maya Achi Association for the Integral Development of Victims of Violence (ADIVIMA), which works to combat injustice resulting from abuse by the Guatemalan government, and STITCH, a network of women organizing for economic justice. This trip is fully booked. |
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Trips in Preparation*Haiti Volunteer Program
*Trips are subject to change at the discretion of UUSC. |
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We are in
the exploratory stages of planning a volunteer service
program in Haiti. The goal of this program is to support our partners in
their work to rebuild Haiti and ensure a just recovery for all
Haitians. Our goal is to begin these volunteer trips in January 2011.
Are you interested in attending an upcoming trip? Let us know.
If you have any questions regarding experiential learning with UUSC, please e-mail mobilization@uusc.org, or call 617-868-6600 or 800-766-5236, ext 392.
