Upcoming Trips

The following trips will be offered Spring 2012

Trip Descriptions

TaB Chicago

Cities/Location(s): Chicago, IL
Dates: 03-24-2012 to 03-31-2012
Mode of Transportation: Flying

TaB Chicago will be structured in a way that will allow students to explore and better understand the complexity and intersectionality within immigration. One of the primary goals for TaB Chicago is for participants to grasp an understanding of the systemic forces, such as racism and nativism that have historically marginalized immigrant communities, and continue to do so today. Some people and organizations we aim to work with are: Su Casa, Immigrant Youth Justice League, Senator Gutierrez’s office, the Multi-Cultural Youth Program, and the National Immigrant Justice Center, among others. This will be a rigorous trip consisting of education, direct service, and reflection. Participants should expect to come away with a critical lens of immigration issues, awareness of their own privileges and positionality, and where they can plug in when they return to the Northwest.

TaB New Orleans

Cities/Location(s): New Orleans, LA
Dates: 03-24-2012 to 03-31-2012
Mode of Transportation: Flying

TaB New Orleans will focus on the intersections of issues such as poverty, education, and racism that have affected youth living in this historically underrepresented community post Hurricane Katrina. We will visit various public and charter schools, after-school programs, and community organizations. From this trip we hope to gain a greater understanding and awareness about the effects of Hurricane Katrina as a "natural" and "unnatural" disaster and to learn how the city of New Orleans has been working to rebuild and better their community over the past six years.

TaB San Francisco

Cities/Location(s): San Francisco, CA
Dates: 03-24-2012 to 03-31-2012
Mode of Transportation: Driving

TaB San Francisco will explore the multifaceted issue of urban poverty in the Bay Area. We will examine how different populations throughout the city are similarly yet uniquely affected by poverty through education and service work. In particular, we will be examining how poverty and inequalities impact individuals living in Chinatown, low-income housing, and in the growing shanty towns. TaB San Francisco participants will investigate how structural inequalities are perpetuating urban poverty while also exploring how these impacted communities are reclaiming agency through local, communal action.

TaB Portland

Cities/Location(s): Portland, OR
Dates: 03-24-2012 to 03-31-2012
Mode of Transportation: Driving

TaB Portland will examine the issues of youth experiencing homelessness. Participants will commit to a week of service and learning by volunteering with various organizations and programs that provide resources and services to those experiencing homelessness. During the week, participants will explore systemic issues of racism, classism, and sexism as well as how their intersections contribute to homelessness. TaB Portland will enable participants to analyze various social justice issues through a critical lens and apply these experiences to the Salem community and the Pacific Northwest at large.

TaB Immigration Northwest

Cities/Location(s): Portland, Woodburn and Tri-Cities
Dates: 03-24-2012 to 03-31-2012
Mode of Transportation: Driving

TaB Immigration NW will focus not only on the contentious issue of Latino immigration to the US, but the issues faced by other immigrant communities; their struggles to gain citizenship; and the work we can do together to achieve understanding. We will visit locations in the Willamette Valley, engaging in service learning around the topics of racism, nativism, and the social and political forces shaping these issues.