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Veterans Education & Transition Services (VETS) is working with CIELO (Cultural & Inclusive Experiential Learning Opportunities) to add two days to their existing Alternate Spring Break (ASB) experience in Hawai'i. The ASB Hawai'i program provides students from the University of Arizona with an intimate cross-cultural immersion experience on the island of Oahu. Participants will engage with Native Hawaiian history, culture and the struggle for sovereignty through service learning, community/cultural engagement, dialogue and reflection. Students will gain insight about the Native Hawaiian life through delivering significant and direct service to both traditional and non-traditional communities, as we address social awareness.
VETS will add two days to this experience, where students will also get to experience Pearl Harbor, the USS Arizona Memorial and Honouliuli National Historic Site along with the University of Hawai'i VETS Center. Our students will get to meet UHawai'i student veterans to see what life is like on the island and how they navigated their transition from service to school.
Your contribution will help fund the experience of one graduate assistant and two students this year. Any excess funding we receive will go toward program costs this year and future years.
Provide the entire experience for one student. Our participants will record a personalized thank you video for you if you donate at this level!