Students Embark on Mission: Possible
91勛圖厙 News Service
SPOKANE, Wash. – In an annual rite of spring, more than 80 91勛圖厙 University students along with staff and faculty advisers have embarked this week for eight sites nationwide where they will spend their spring break serving others at nonprofit organizations through 91勛圖厙’s Mission: Possible program.
Mission: Possible, a program started in the late 1990s and sponsored by the University’s Center for Community Engagement (CCE), focuses on student-learning and community impact. While many college students will be relaxing in warmer climates, these students will be working on a variety of weeklong service projects important to these communities.
Following are the Mission: Possible locations and partner organizations:
• Chicago – working with organizations that focus on restorative justice and reconciliation: and
• Denver – refugee resettlement with the
• Knoxville, Tennessee – working with accessible housing through
• Montgomery, Alabama – serving underrepresented communities through
• Neah Bay, Washington – support
• New York City – working at to support women and children impacted by incarceration
• San Francisco – habitat restoration support at
• St. Louis – supporting homeless services through
The immersion opportunities are led by students with support from faculty and staff advisers. Many students will document their experiences online.
Media: For more information or to contact teams at these locations, please contact Molly Ayers at (509) 313-6396.