LC Student Leadership & Service is offering an alternative Spring Break option to Yakima, WA. It’s a 4-6 day service learning trip over spring break where students will be learning about environmental justice, migrant rights and Native American issues with various schools and community organizations. Deadline to apply is Sunday, November 12th!
Topic Area: Environmental Justice, Native American autonomy, Farmworker Rights
Location: Yakama Nation; Toppenish, WA; Wapato, WA
Past Community Partner(s): Yakama Nation, Heritage University, Just Living Farm, Central Washington University’s Educational Opportunity Center
Student participants meet with tribal elders and other community leaders to learn about issues of Native American autonomy and farmworker rights.
Here’s the link to the 2017-2018 application, which is due Sunday, November 12th.