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Summer Break 2025 Immersions
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Navigate here to Human Rights & Social Movements

Chile
Explore Santiago de Chile as we delve into human rights from both a historical and contemporary perspective, examining Chile's journey from dictatorship to democracy with our partner Universidad Alberto Hurtado.

 

Costa Rica mountains two men walking
Navigate here to Community Organizing for Social Change

Costa Rica
Get an inside glimpse of Costa Rica and learn about its complexities and challenges as well as its achievements. You will hear from the local people, community experts, and leaders who are striving to create a stronger and more just society.

NYC Subway
Navigate here to Transforming Lives Behind & Beyond Prison Walls

New York City
Partnering with Opus Prize finalist Thrive for Life, this immersion offers a unique opportunity to engage directly with formerly incarcerated individuals transitioning back into society.

 

Ghana market
Navigate here to Exploring Black Heritage

Ghana
In partnership with Igwebuike Students
This unique immersion to Ghana invites students on a liberatory journey to reclaim cultural wealth and deepen their understanding of ancestral roots.

San Jose Mural
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Bay Area First Year Immersion
Learn about Bay Area social justice issues, meet with community leaders and organizations, meet new classmates, deepen your understanding of SCU’s Jesuit tradition of holistic community-engaged education, and move in early!

 

Fall Quarter 2025 

Mexico City, Mexico

Explore sacred sites related to the Virgin of Guadalupe in Mexico City and learn from faculty and local experts about the Virgin of Guadalupe’s role in Mexican history, art, and contemporary life.

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Spring Break 2025 Immersions
Appalachia
Navigate here to Labor & Environmental Justice

Appalachia
Participants will engage with individuals and communities in the Appalachian region and their fight for social and ecological justice amidst a complex cultural history.

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Navigate here to Encountering Our Common Humanity

Tenderloin, San Francisco
Participants will connect with people whose wellbeing is often disregarded and will experience what it is to grow relationships through daily engagement, discussion of current issues, and reflection.

Winter Break 2024 Immersions
Costa Rica Image mountains and two people walking
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Costa Rica * LEAD Scholar Immersion*
Get an inside glimpse of Costa Rica and learn about its complexities and challenges as well as its achievements. You will hear from the local people, community experts, and leaders who are striving to create a stronger and more just society.

Homeboy wall art
Navigate here to Transformative Justice, Healing, and Hope

Los Angeles
Stand with the demonized so the demonizing will stop. Challenge your prejudice and open your heart and mind to healing and hope. Participants will bear witness of the possibility of creating a positive ripple effect not only around the city of Los Angeles, but in communities around the world.

US-Mexico Border - SCU Students on desert walk
Navigate here to The Realities of the US-Mexico Border

US-Mexico Border, Nogales
Engage and learn to make humane, just, workable migration between the U.S. and Mexico a reality. Participants will experience first hand a community that works to affirm the dignity of the human person and a spirit of bi-national solidarity.