Apply to be a 2021-2022 Alternative Spring Break Leader
Develop an immersive learning experience for your peers
ASB 2022 is a five-day immersive learning experience in which participants will explore the systemic and human dimensions of complex social issues in Baltimore. Each small group focuses on a specific topic, but the groups also will consider overlaps among their issues. ASB groups work with community partners, elected officials, and scholars to develop pathways to long-term local engagement.
Each leader will help develop plans and learning opportunities for the week, and will work in collaboration with the other leaders and Center for Democracy and Civic Life staff to create a holistic, empowering ASB experience for all participants. The role requires both independence (being a self-starter, organizing group sessions, guiding participants) and teamwork (following through on commitments, cooperating with other leaders and Center for Democracy and Civic Life staff, asking for help when needed). The topics each group explores will emerge from leaders’ curiosity about Baltimore and social issues.
All undergraduate students are invited to apply. Preferred but not required: Applicants will have participated in ASB or a similar multi-day experiential learning program.
Past leaders have explored a variety of questions, such as:
-What are structural barriers to availability of nutritious food in Baltimore impact residents’ overall health, education, and well-being, and what current initiatives, policies, and community-engaged activities are promoting nutritional equity?
- What are the historical contexts and ongoing challenges relating to mass incarceration in Baltimore, and what tools and resources are available to pursue positive social change in connection with these issues?
- What are the difficulties and barriers that people experiencing homelessness face in Baltimore and what can be done to mitigate those issues?
- How do the arts support community empowerment and well-being in Baltimore?
Applicants can choose to explore those questions or propose new ones.
Use
this form to apply to be an Alternative Spring Break (ASB) leader for the 2021-22 academic year. Applications are due by 11:59 pm on Monday, April 12, 2021.
Center for Democracy and Civic Life interns support the Center's programs and initiatives, working collaboratively with other members of the staff. Each intern has a particular area of focus, but all members of the team are involved in developing and producing the Center for Democracy and Civic Life's work. Interns work an average of 10 hours/week during the academic year, with some variation explained below.
The internship positions available for 2021 - 2022 are:
Assessment and Special Projects Intern: Areas of focus for the Assessment and Special Projects Intern will include contributing to the Center’s assessment projects, supporting its formal research projects, investigating topics related to its programs and initiatives, and producing written materials.
Community Civic Engagement Intern: Areas of focus for the Community Civic Engagement Intern will include supporting Alternative Spring Break and other programs that support students as agents of change in the Baltimore region. Alternative Spring Break will take place from March 21-25, 2022, during UMBC's Spring Break, and the Community Civic Engagement Intern must be available throughout that week.
Political Engagement Intern: Areas of focus for the Political Engagement Intern will include supporting programs that connect UMBC students with the legislative process in Annapolis, engaging them in politics and pathways to political leadership, and encouraging their participation in local, state, and national elections. The Political Engagement Intern will also support the Center for Democracy and Civic Life’s contributions to national higher education initiatives.
This application is due on Monday, April 12, 2021 at 11:59pm. Candidates advancing in the process will be interviewed.
If you have any questions about the application or the process, please email
civiclife@umbc.edu. Thanks for applying!
UMBC faculty, staff, and students have been active participants in Imagining America, a consortium of artists, scholars, organizers, and humanists envisioning and enacting a more just and liberatory America and world. Imagining America’s Leading and Learning Initiative is a three year action research project concerned with expanding the ways in which academic institutions understand, value, and support public, engaged, and activist scholarship. The LLI invites campus and community partners to apply to submit case studies of their work to the Stories of Change multimedia documentary project, in the following categories:
(1) Expanding Understandings of Knowledge Production
(2) Catalyzing Institutional Change
(3) Demonstrating the Power of Public, Engaged, and Activist Arts, Design, and Humanities
For more information, click here.
Deadline: March 10, 2021
Note: Stories of Change is an initiative of Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life of which UMBC is a member.
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