| | | Justice Education TripsBaseball Beyond Borders - VenezuelaDescription/Purpose: This is a 10 day visit to the archdiocese's sister mission in Porto Ordaz in the eastern part of the country. The first two groups have played some baseball while learning about conditions in a Third World country and participating in service projects like building and rehabbing houses.
Dates
Cost: $1500, includes airfare, accomodations
Contact: Rob Peick (651) 696-3357 rpeick@c-dh.org
Participants: 1th and 12th grade boys
BorderlinksDescription/Purpose: A visit to the stark and beautiful desert area of the U.S. - Mexico border affords the chance to study issues like immigration, sweatshop labor, free trade, and more.
Dates
Cost: $800 includes airfare and accommodations
Contact: Tommy Murray(651) 690-2443, ext. 470 tmurray@c-dh.org
Participants: Open to juniors and seniors Camden, NJDescription/Purpose: This social justice trip includes working with various agencies in and around the Camden, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania areas. Work sites change daily from area shelters to soup kitchens and are coordinated through Romero House.
Dates
Cost: $700
Contact: Rob Peick rpeick@c-dh.org
Participants: 11th and 12th graders (priority given to seniors who have not yet participated in a justice education trip)Chicago - Darst CenterDescription/Purpose: Students spend time at Darst Center in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood. This is an urban plunge experience, taking students to schools, nursing homes, shelters and soup kitchens.
Dates: Prom Weekend
Cost: $500
Contact: Rob Peick (651) 696-3357 rpeick@c-dh.org
Participants: Open to juniors and seniors Civil Rights TripDescription/Purpose: Students travel to Mississippi or Alabama/Georgia to visit sites important to the civil rights movement of the 1960's and meet people who were involved in it.
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Cost: $600, includes accommodations and van transportation, does not include food.
Contact: Drew Mons or Rob Peick (651) 690-2443 amons@c-dh.org, rpeick@c-dh.org
Participants: Open to juniors and seniors GuatemalaDescription/Purpose: The parish/mission of San Lucas Toliman on Lake Atitlan in northwestern Guatemala is host to CDH students and teachers. Students do service projects such as reforestation, build homes and shelters, pick coffe, and work at the parish school
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Cost: $1300 plus spending money ($100 - 150)
Contact: Toni Sternhagen(651) 690-2443, ext. 462 tsternhagen@c-dh.org
Participants: 11th and 12th gradersRed Lake Nation ImmersionDescription/Purpose: Under the direction of members of the Red Lake Nation, students and staff are immersed in the history, traditions, spirituality and culture of the Ojibwa people.
Dates: Oct. 15 - 19, 2010 and April 1 - 5, 2011
Cost: $200
Contact: Peter Gleich (651) 690-3329 pgleich@c-dh.org
Participants: Grades 9-12 (Priority given to Juniors and Seniors) School of the Americas Vigil
Description/Purpose: Students will travel to Fort Benning, Georgia to attend the annual demonstration to close the School of the Americas. Students will learn about nonviolence movements, visit the Martin Luther King museum, and enjoy great southern food.
Dates November 18 - 21, 2010
Cost $600.00
Contact: Peter Gleich (651) 696-3329 pgleich@c-dh.org or Rob Peick (651) 696-3357 rpeick@c-dh.org Participants: Grades 10-12 | |
