The Department of Student Involvement is recruiting enthusiastic, and motivated student volunteers for the 2021 service-learning alternative break experience.

What is Service-Learning?

Service-learning is a form of experiential education where learning occurs through a cycle of action and reflection. Service-learning places an emphasis on working closely with community partners to address community concerns. Students who engage in service-learning learn about the connection between their service, their academic coursework, and their roles as citizens.

What is Alternative Break?

An alternative break is an immersion service-learning trip where small groups of college students engage in community-based service and cultural immersion for a few days to make a difference in local and/or statewide communities. At WCC we offer both weekend and 5 to 7 day-long alternative break trips. Each trip focuses on a particular social issue, such as (but not limited to) poverty, education reform, food insecurity, criminal justice reform, or the environment. The trip emphasizes other aspects of life such as community, mindfulness, and wellness.

**All volunteers please note, in response to the National Pandemic, Westchester Community College will be offering an entirely virtual service-learning experience in lieu of an in-person experience for Spring 2021.**

There will be 3 Virtual Service-Learning options this year.

Group 1: Immigration in the U.S.
Group 2: Bodies of Water and their Eco-System
Group 3: Mass Incarceration and Criminalization