{"id":46905,"date":"2017-09-29T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T19:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=46905"},"modified":"2017-09-29T16:24:54","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T20:24:54","slug":"social-justice-trips-in-spotlight-at-info-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/09\/social-justice-trips-in-spotlight-at-info-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Social justice trips in spotlight at info sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brock students looking to combine an interest in social justice and a passion for travel may have found the right fit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A series of information sessions will be held next week to help spread the word about Solidarity Experiences Abroad (SEA).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Run by Brock\u2019s Faith and Life Centre, SEA is a short-term, international experiential learning opportunity that allows students to travel and explore realms of social justice by connecting career objectives to a series of volunteering activities and community development projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEA programs offer students the opportunity to receive hands-on experience by supporting a range of health campaigns, educational workshops, entrepreneurship workshops and construction\/renovation projects, all in partnership with community leaders and grassroots foundations around the globe. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Time abroad is meant to teach SEA participants about the power of working together, while also allowing them to discover the possibilities of making an impact in the world using the skills they have learned at Brock University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information sessions are taking place on:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, Oct. 3, from 1 to 2 p.m. in Academic South 201<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, Oct. 5, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Schmon Tower 108<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, Oct. 6, from noon to 1 p.m. in Welch Hall 209<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To register for any of the sessions, visit the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/organization\/sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experience BU \u2013 Solidarity Experiences Abroad<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> website. For more information on SEA experiences, visit the main <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/faith-and-life-centre\/sea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solidarity Experiences Abroad website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or e-mail <\/span><a href=\"mailto:sea@brocku.ca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sea@brocku.ca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock students looking to combine an interest in social justice with a passion for travel may have found the right fit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,4],"tags":[280,4737],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46905"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46908,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46905\/revisions\/46908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}