Application for Alternative Break Trip Leaders 2016-17

Personal information
Name: ______________________
Student ID: _____________________
Email: ______________________
Major: ______________________
Cell #: ______________________
Year:
______________________
Respond to each of the following questions with a maximum of
150 words each. Please type your responses.
1. Why do you wish to lead an AB trip? Specify what you consider the
overall mission and purpose of the Alternative Break program to be,
and how you believe students can best embody a spirit of solidarity,
rather than straight service, in their issues-based action?

2. What issues are you most personally and educationally invested in?
Specify your personal connection to the realms of social justice you
seek to explore with your trip, and suggest why you are most suited to
lead a group in their consideration of these topics. How have you
already invested in these issues in your personal life (study, service,
independent research, etc)? Consider issues past AB trips have been
organized around (sustainable development, immigration,
homelessness, etc).

3. Highlight all relevant leadership experience you have. Include past

AB experience, as well as other activities that speak to your abilities
to direct, educate, coordinate, and motivate others.

4. If you are selected to lead a trip, how will you carry its mission on
campus and in our local community through post-trip action? Please
be as specific as possible in illuminating the ways in which you will
educate and organize students regarding the specific issues at hand.

5. Reflections are a key element to the AB experience. How will you

facilitate engaging reflections for your group throughout this school
year? Provide a sample reflection activity.

6. What are your other commitments (clubs, RA, service orgs, etc)
during the academic year 2016-17? How will you ensure that you will
be committed to your AB leadership position?

7. Commitment:

Organizing an Alternative Break trip is a major time commitment and

is considered a 1-year obligation.
-Are you prepared to enroll in the AB Leader course in the Fall
semester for 8 sessions with the AB Program coordinator and other
trip leaders? Please initial: ________
-Do you understand that you must pass the AB Leader course with a C
grade in order to receive credit? Please initial: ________
-Are you committed to leading pre-departure meetings (4 Winter, 6
Spring -8-Summer meetings)? Please initial: ________
-Are you committed to the alcohol and drug-free policy? Please
initial: ________
-Are you committed to organizing post-trip action upon return?
Please initial: ________
Do you agree that if you fail to follow through on committing to these
items, and any other obligations as a trip leader, or break any of the
policies you may be asked to step down as a leader and/or not receive
the 50% reduced rate? Please initial: ________
8. What questions do you have about the AB program? (concerning
leader selection and beyond)

Once you submit your application

alternativebreakslmu@gmail.com, you will be emailed a
link to sign up for your interview.
All leaders will be required to attend the Alternative Breaks
Leadership course on six Fridays from 3-5 pm and two
Saturday sessions during fall semester 2016.