Student Leaders: Urban Involvement
Get Involved!
Find out which Seattle-area organization Urban Involvement serves — and how you can get involved!
Want more information on Tent City 3 at SPU? Visit the Tent City 3 website.
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.
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.
Spring Break Urban Plunge takes place March 17-21, 2012. Applications are now available.
Urban Involvement Videos
Homelessness: Myth and Reality
Presenters from New Horizons, Compass Housing Alliance and Operation Nightwach 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.
About UI
Interested in Urban Involvement? Contact the UI Core.
Turn your volunteer role into a credit-earning internship!
Visit SPU's Center for Career and Calling for more details.
Urban Involvement connects SPU students to a variety of community organizations — through weekly service teams and quarterly immersion experiences. Teams are facilitated by student leaders, supported through the Associated Students of Seattle Pacific (ASSP), and under the mentorship of John Perkins Center staff.