Considering Applying? See Below!
When applying to AB, you can apply as a student participant, student leader or staff/faculty advisor for a winter, spring, or summer AB.
2025-26 Alternative Breaks
AB El Salvador (Between January 2 - 10, 2026)
Immigration, Economic Policies & Migration, Women’s Rights, Salvadorian Civil War
On this Alternative Break, participants will get to engage in conversations with different speakers, grassroots organization leaders, rural community members, and youth groups. Participants will learn about and humanize immigration and its root causes as well as economic public policies that impact people's livelihood. Additionally, participants will learn about economic and social inequalities, women's rights, human rights, historic memory, the civil war and post-era, and nonviolence and its importance in how one carries out dialogues and actions about issues affecting our communities.
Community Partner: CRISPAZ
SDGs: Clean Water and Sanitation / Reduced Inequalities / Climate Action / Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
AB Belize (Between February 27 - March 7, 2026)
Legacies of colonization: Language, Education, Social Mobility
On this Alternative Break, participants will get to focus on education justice and its impact on marginalized communities. Taking note from Jesuit tradition through work with the Jesuit college in Belize City, students will learn how to center social justice through their educational experience, such as teaching “the whole person.” This AB will also help participants cultivate a knowledge of education through the Jesuit mission of advancing faith through the promotion of justice.
Community Partner: St. John’s College
SDGs: Quality Education / Decent Work and Economic Growth / Responsible Consumption and Production
AB Costa Rica (Between February 27 - March 7, 2026)
Blurb coming soon!
Community Partner: Center for Global Education and Experience (CGEE) via Augsburg University
AB North Carolina (Between February 27 - March 7, 2026)
Sustainable Manufacturing, Innovation, Alternative Business Models, Community Place-Making, Organizing Industry
On this Alternative Break, participants will focus on hands-on exploration of fast fashion and sustainable textile manufacturing in North Carolina. Participants will be able to participate in factory tours, workshops, and discussions with industry professionals in a way that supports insights on circularity and worker-owned enterprises. Participants will leave this program with a better understanding of value chains and community-centered production.
Community Partner: Carolina Textile District via Catholic Ethical Purchasing Alliance (CEPA)
SDGs: Decent Work and Economic Growth / Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure / Responsible Consumption and Production
AB Puerto Rico (Between February 27 - March 7, 2026)
Food Sovereignty, Farm Rehabilitation, Organic Food Production, Agroforestry Conservation, Sustainable Farming Practices
On this Alternative Break, participants will get to explore the food system in Puerto Rico and learn from hands-on experiences how community-based initiatives in Puerto Rico are pioneering the road to reaching food sovereignty. Together with locals, partner agroecological farms and community members, participants will engage in service-learning projects such as farm rehabilitation, organic food production, agroforestry conservation, and rainwater management. Participants will not only learn sustainability techniques from hands-on experience but also understand what it means to be of service, and how to invoke a service mindset in their everyday lives.
Community Partner: Plentitud
SDGs: Zero Hunger / Good Health & Well-Being / Responsible Consumption and Production
AB Namibia (Between May 17 - June, 2026)
Blurb coming soon!
Community Partner: Center for Global Education and Experience (CGEE) via Augsburg University