The Civil Rights Immersion occurs every other year in May. Students walk the path of the Civil Rights movement and learn about contemporary issues of racism and classism in the South.
Click here for Blog Updates from our most recent immersion (March 2024).
Exciting news! The Moreau Center for Service and Justice is excited to announce that in 2024 we received a grant from The Allstate Foundation in collaboration with the Center for Expanding Leadership & Opportunity (CELO) to support youth-led, youth-driven community service among students. This grant is part of The Allstate Foundation’s national efforts to transform how we engage, equip, and prepare youth to participate in community service.
This funding is part of the “A Return to Service” initiative designed to catalyze change while positioning youth-led, youth-driven service as essential for improving communities. The funding was used to successfully send 6 students, 1 staff, and 1 faculty on the Southern U.S. Civil Rights Immersion over Spring Break 2024. The 6 students included two student coordinators, Kaylee Gunderson and Cris Diaz, who were involved in all aspects of trip planning, delivery, and follow-up. The immersion was a success thanks to their dedicated leadership. Motivated by their experience on the immersion, Kaylee and Cris are currently in the beginning stages of planning an on-campus community panel for mayoral candidates in the November 2024 Portland election. Stay tuned for more information!
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