Alternative Breaks

Students from St. Michael's College (VT) paint banners for 2011's "Do the Right Thing" action.

Each year, dozens of student and youth groups from across the country visit Immokalee during their spring, winter and summer breaks.

These trips, ranging from one to several days, provide students with an incredible opportunity to learn more about life in Immokalee, the inspiring work of the CIW, and the crucial role of students and consumers in the struggle for fair food.

SFA has been coordinating alternative break and immersion programs in Immokalee for several years, and we'd love to work with your organization.

• Click here for a document listing educational, volunteer, housing, and recreational options for your alternative break trip to Immokalee, and contact us to find out more about dates, fees, and curriculum

• Information and photos about the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Immokalee

• Articles by and about Immokalee Alternative Spring Break groups:
  
  
  • "Improving conditions for migrant workers," Vanderbilt University
  • "Students rally for workers' rights at ASB in Florida," Vanderbilt University
  • "Break trips spur service, learning," University of Kansas
  • "Students push to end modern day slavery," Duquesne
  • "Immokalee: Spring Break 2010," Eckerd College
  • "Immokalee: Spring Break 2008," Eckerd College
  • "Spring Break 2007 - South Florida, uncensored," Notre Dame
  • "Students on the Move," USA Today, 2002