In an effort to connect the campus to the community, Cal Corps provides students with service-learning programs combining service work with academic learning and reflection. Student volunteers survey key issues affecting youth while tutoring at one of our partner sites in Berkeley. Students select a placement with a non-profit agency of their choice while exploring critical community issues, such as homelessness, public health, and economics. Students identify a social issue that they are interested in and with the assistance of a Cal Corps adviser, develop service projects addressing that issue throughout the semester. Students travel as a group during their break or a weekend from school and provide service to an underserved community, while participating in evening reflection activities.
Requirements vary from project to project.