If you have any questions about past trips, contact Geralyn Williams. Each Breakout Princeton also trip details their journeys on the Breakout Princeton Blog. Check it out to learn more about the trips below.
Past Trips
- Advocacy & Activism
- Arts
- Criminal Justice
- Education
- Environment
- Health
- Hunger & Homelessness
- Immigration
- Innovation
Advocacy & Activism
Fall 2018, DC: Complex Roots: Exploring the Intersectionality of Black Identity and Hair Politics in Professional Atmospheres
Spring 2018, NJ: Trenton, New Jersey: Community Building: Unpacking Gentrification in Trenton, NJ
Fall 2017, MD: Charm City: Maintaining Community in the Midst of Gentrification
Spring 2017, DC: Institutional Approaches: Urban Drug Policy
Fall 2016, MA: The Great (Racial) Recession: Causes, Consequences, Closure?
Fall 2015, MO: Ferguson: Community Organizing in the Wake of Crisis
Fall 2015, NY: Feminism and Sexuality
Spring 2015, DC: The Path to an Equal America: Colorblind or Color-conscious?
Fall 2014, NY: Asian Americans in NYC: A Closer Look at the Model Minority Myth
Spring 2014, NY: HIV/AIDS, Poverty, and Activism in NYC
Fall 2013, DC: Washington, DC: Coming Home: Veterans’ Invisibility Upon Return
Spring 2013, SD: Sioux Nation
Fall 2012, FL: Farmworkers’ Rights in Immokalee, FL
Spring 2012, GA: Commercial Sex Trade in Atlanta
Fall 2011, DC: Labor Unions in DC
Fall 2010, NM: Black Gold and the Green Economy in the Navajo Nation and Flagstaff, AZ
Spring 2010: Sustainability of Appalachian Culture in Morehead and Whitesburg, Kentucky
Fall 2009, SD: The Role of Law on the Reservation in Pine Ridge, SD
Spring 2009, UT: Religion and Society in Salt Lake City
Fall 2008, FL: Farmworker Rights in Immokalee
Spring 2008, NM: The Navajo Nation
Arts
Fall 2018, NY: Social Circus: Using Performing Arts to Promote Youth Empowerment
Fall 2017, NY: Dance Education Access: Arts, Race, and the Body
Spring 2017, NY: Community Development: Urban Art
Spring 2016, PA: Community Engagement through Arts – Philadelphia
Fall 2014, MD: Music Education in Baltimore
Spring 2013, PA: Art and Social Change in Philly
Spring 2011, MA: Music, Mind and Medicine in Boston
Spring 2010, DC: Art Therapy for Children with Disabilities in Maryland and Washington, DC
Fall 2009, PA: Music Outreach in Philadelphia
Criminal Justice
Fall 2013, MA: Boston, Massachusetts: Rehabilitation and Alternatives to Incarceration in the Criminal Justice System
Fall 2012, TX: Incarcerated Youth: An Exploration of Reentry Programs in Houston
Fall 2011, OK: Female Incarceration in Oklahoma
Fall 2010, NC: Conflict Resolution and Restorative Justice in Greensboro, Raleigh, and Durham, NC
Fall 2009, NY: Mass Incarceration in NY and NJ
Education
Spring 2017, DC: Opportunity Gap: Pipelines of Education for Students of Color
Fall 2015, MA: “School Choice” in Boston
Spring 2015, NJ: The Price of Admission: Combating Inequality in the Rising Industry of Higher Education
Spring 2015, NV: College or Career: The Post-Secondary Gamble
Spring 2015, NY: Disparate Youth: The Segregation of Urban Education in New York City
Fall 2014, AL: Leading Through Legacies: The Impact of Race on Education in Alabama
Spring 2014, TX: The Colonias: Infrastructure, Education, and Healthcare in the Border Communities of Texas
Fall 2013, MA: Woods Hole, Massachusetts: Science Education
Fall 2013, DC: Understanding Disability: Policy, Education, and Care
Spring 2013, MA: Education and Entrepreneurship in Boston
Spring 2011, NY: Perspectives on NYC Education Reform: Accountability and Teacher Professionalism
Fall 2010, TX: The Business of Education in Houston, TX
Spring 2010, NY: College Awareness in Brooklyn
Fall 2009, NY: College Awareness in Brooklyn
Fall 2009, DC: Deaf Education in Washington, DC
Fall 2008, CA: Urban Education in LA
Environment
Fall 2018, MA: The Return of Wolves to the Rockies: A Clash of Conservationists and Communities
Spring 2018, NH: Whose Backyard? Trajectories of Land-Use and their Impact on America’s National
Forests
Fall 2017, NY: Decision-Making and Discrimination: Environmental Justice in Urban Settings
Fall 2015, MN: Contested Resources: Nonferrous Mining in Minnesota’s Iron Range
Fall 2014, WV: West Virginia: Coal and Energy
Fall 2014, ME: Fishing for Answers: Maine’s Coastal Communities
Spring 2014, NY: Addressing Climate Change, Post-Sandy
Spring 2013, PA: Fracking in Pittsburgh
Spring 2012, DC: Sustainability and the National Parks in DC/Virginia
Fall 2011, LA: Eighteen Months Later: Challenges and Triumphs of the Gulf Oil Spill
Spring 2011, LA: Mental Health and Recovery Post-Trauma: Katrina, five years later
Fall 2009, KS: Green Design in Greensburg, KS
Spring 2009, TX: Oil and Energy in Midland, TX
Health
Fall 2018, DC: Dying in America: Exploring the Medicine, Policy, and Ethics Behind End-of-Life Care
Fall 2018, NY: Inequalities in Access: Cancer Screening, Prevention, and Treatment
Spring 2018, PA: Think of the Mind: Understanding Mental Illness
Spring 2018, PA: Care Past Customs: Understanding the Intersection of Healthcare and Immigration
Spring 2018, MI: A Public Health Approach to Violence: Investigating Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue
Fall 2017, MA: Breaking Down Barriers: An Intersectional Approach to Mental Health Care Access
Fall 2016, NY: Gender and Health: Navigating the Healthcare System as Transgender
Fall 2016, NY: Health Away From Home: Challenges in Undocumented Immigrant Healthcare
Spring 2016, AZ: La Frontera in Arizona
Spring 2016, PA: Critical Access in Rural Pennsylvania
Fall 2015, NY: Socioeconomic Barriers to Cancer Treatment and Care
Spring 2014, TX: The Colonias: Infrastructure, Education, and Healthcare in the Border Communities of Texas
Spring 2014, NY: HIV/AIDS, Poverty, and Activism in NYC
Spring 2014, MA: Deviance, Distress, Dysfunction: Assessing Mental Health Parity in Urban Settings
Fall 2013, NJ: Coverage vs Access: Reevaluating the Paradigm of Urban Health Reform
Fall 2012, NY: Exploring Yoga as an Alternative Method of Healing in NYC
Spring 2012, CA: Immigrant Access to Healthcare in LA
Spring 2011, LA: Mental Health and Recovery Post-Trauma: Katrina, five years later
Spring 2011, SD: The Fight Against Depression on Rosebud Reservation, SD
Fall 2011, IL: Geographic Challenges to Childhood Obesity in Chicago
Fall 2010, DC: HIV/AIDS Research, Policy, and Care in Washington, DC/Baltimore
Fall 2010, MA: Healthcare Reform in Boston, MA
Spring 2010, CO: Yoga and the Practice of Nonviolence in Boulder, CO
Fall 2009, NY: Stigma of Mental Illness in NYC
Fall 2008, NY: Children's Healthcare in NYC
Hunger & Homelessness
Fall 2017, PA: The Drop-In Model: Exploring Temporary Solutions to Youth Homelessness
Spring 2015, UT: Beyond the City Limits: A Closer Look at Rural Poverty
Spring 2014, PA: The Forgotten Children: Foster Care in Philadelphia
Spring 2014, NJ: Food Insecurity and Hunger
Spring 2013, DC: Hunger and Homelessness in DC
Fall 2012, TX: Homelessness in the 21st Century
Spring 2012, CA: LGBT Homeless Youth in LA
Spring 2012, FL: The Housing Market Crash in Southern Florida
Spring 2011, NY: Bringing Our Troops Home: Examining Homelessness Among Veterans in NYC
Spring 2010, CA: Urban Food Issues in LA
Spring 2010, NY: Poverty in Buffalo, NY
Spring 2009, CA: Community, Food, Security in the San Francisco Bay Area
Spring 2009, MD: Combating Poverty in Baltimore
Immigration
Spring 2018: In the Shadows of the Border: The Politics (and Realities) of Immigration Enforcement in Southern Arizona
Spring 2018, PA: Care Past Customs: Understanding the Intersection of Healthcare and Immigration
Spring 2017, NY: Becoming American: Navigating Culture and Identity in Immigrant Enclaves
Fall 2016, NY: Refugee Resettlement: Understanding an Ongoing Journey
Fall 2016, NY: Health Away From Home: Challenges in Undocumented Immigrant Healthcare
Spring 2016, MA: Evolution of Migration
Fall 2016, MI: Resettling Refugees: Deconstructing a Complicated Narrative
Fall 2013, NC: Raleigh, North Carolina: Immigration
Spring 2012, FL: Immigrants in Miami
Spring 2012, CA: Immigrant Access to Healthcare in LA
Fall 2012, AZ: Effects of Illegal Immigration on Minors in Arizona
Fall 2010, MI: Immigration, Integration, and Community Organizing of Arab-Americans in Detroit/Dearborn, MI
Spring 2010, NJ: Elizabeth, Morristown, Newark, and Hightstown, New Jersey: Undocumented Workers and Immigration Law in NJ
Fall 2008, AZ: Immigration Issues in Arizona critical access, PA
Innovation
Spring 2017, OK: Transforming Tulsa: Philanthropy as a Vehicle for Social Change
Fall 2015, PA: Breaking News: Journalism as a Tool for Social Justice
Fall 2014, PA: Urban Design: Community Voices in the City
Spring 2013, MA: Education and Entrepreneurship in Boston
Fall 2012, MI: Motor City, USA: The Auto Industry and the Michigan Economy in Debt
Fall 2011, LA: Business on the Bayou: Social Entrepreneurship in New Orleans
Fall 2011, NV: Financial Literacy and Consumer Debt in Las Vegas
Spring 2011, CA: High-Impact Philanthropy and the Changing Face of the Public Sector in San Francisco
Fall 2009, KS: Green Design in Greensburg, KS
Spring 2009, IL: Community Building and Organizing in Chicago