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 an Urban Involvement team
Find an Urban Involvement team and learn how you can get involved!
When do UI teams serve? Download the Spring Quarter weekly calendar.
Immersion-Learning 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.
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.
Find a Summer Volunteer Project!
Neighborhood House
Volunteers are needed for Neighborhood House's summer programming in White Center. The program will be 3-4 hours per day, Monday-Friday, and will include games, some reading time indoors, arts and crafts, and more! Program runs late June - late August. For more information contact Leah Montague: leahm@nhwa.org
Union Gospel Mission Youth Services
UGM's Run to Win summer camp will engage 300 elementary school students in sports activities July 1-3, 12:30-4:30 PM. Volunteers, with or without athletic ability, are needed. For more information contact Daniel Kessler: dkessler@ugm.org
Urban Involvement Media
Urban Plunge Featured on KIRO Radio
Urban Plunge was featured on KIRO News Radio in Spring, 2013. Read the story online.
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.
News and Events
Summer Volunteer Project
Find a summer volunteer project with our partners Neighborhood House (Leah Montague, leahm@nhwa.org) or UGM Youth Services (Daniel Kessler, dkessler@ugm.org).
Where do UI teams serve?
Monday -
Neighborhood House
Tuesday –
Cultural Companions, EYFO
Thursday –
Mary's Place, Rainier Beach, YROC, Hope Place, Remix, UGM Men
Get Connected.
