Student Leaders: Urban Involvement
What is UI?
Urban Involvement connects SPU students to a variety of community organizations through weekly service teams and quarterly immersion experiences.
UI is facilitated by student leaders, supported through the Associated Students of Seattle Pacific (ASSP), and under the mentorship of John Perkins Center staff.
Find a Summer Project or Internship!
Turn your volunteer role into a credit-earning internship! Visit SPU's Center for Career and Calling for more details.
Seattle's Union Gospel Mission Youth Services announces employment opportunities in its summer programs in Burien, White Center, South Park, Rainier Valley, Tukwila and Des Moines. Apply online.
Mekong Kids and Urban Impact offer summer daycamp internship opportunities for classroom lead teachers and enrichment teachers. Both opportunities are open to students.
Union Gospel Mission Men's Shelter offers guest relations internship opportunities year-round.
Get Involved!
Find out which Seattle-area organization Urban Involvement serves and how you can get involved!
UI Projects
In partnership with World Relief, Urban Involvement presents the Refugee Project, an immersion into the experiences and challenges faced by refugees as they enter America.
Join us for this Spring's Refugee Project on May 5! Applications are now available online.
Urban Plunge
Urban Plunge is a five-day immersion experience designed to give participants a taste of what it is like to be homeless and what resources are available to Seattle's homeless population.
Interested in Urban Involvement? Contact the UI Core.
Urban Involvement Videos
Homelessness: Myth and Reality
Presenters from New Horizons, Compass Housing Alliance and Operation Nightwatch explain their work with Seattle’s homeless community and address commonly-held myths about homelessness in this forum, available on I-Tunes University.
The Urban Involvement Experience
Urban Involvement connects SPU students to the Seattle community in exciting, meaningful ways. Students Marissa Ukosakul and Sarah Lindell share their experience with Mekong Kids Tutoring in this short video.
Serve with us
during the week:
Tuesday – EYFO, UGM Hope Place, UGM YROCWednesday – Neighborhood House, Sacred Heart Shelter
Thursday – UGM Men's Shelter, Mary's Place, White Center Remix, World Relief
Even if you missed the volunteer celebration on May 5, we offer a big thank you for volunteering with SPU Urban Involvement.
Where do UI teams serve?
Find out here.
