Passion for Justice April Action
April Action is a yearly day of environmentally themed service.
Passion for Justice tutoring
University Ministry sponsors after-school tutoring programs at local elementary schools.
Passion for Justice Bolivia
The Sarlo Scholars global service-learning programs provide outreach opportunities in locations including Bolivia.

At USF, striving for a more humane and just world is how we learn.

Justice is so deeply embedded in our culture that you’ll find entire courses and programs at the University of San Francisco created around it. Following our academic model of thought-into-action, every USF undergraduate enrolls in a service-learning course, with an emphasis on learning — carrying lessons from the classroom into the community and back again.

 

6 years
For six years in a row, USF has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The honor highlights USF students’ exemplary service in areas of challenge ranging from poverty and homelessness to environmental justice.

Living-Learning Community Outreach

David Carrillo, 1st place winner in the 2012 USF Student Video Contest, interviews students in the Erasmus Living-Learning Community where students focus on ethics, service, and social justice.
Erasmus Pedagogy

Project Learn Belize

Project Learn Belize is an immersion experience that centers around Sacred Heart Elementary School, one of the largest primary schools in the town of Dangriga. Students are exposed to the realities of cultural diversity, tradition, and challenges of education, health, and governance in this developing country in the Caribbean Basin.

Project Learn Belize has sponsored School of Education programs, including the Teacher Assistant Program and the Teacher-to-Teacher Exchange, where students team-teach and work in the classrooms. Project Learn Belize started a joint initiative with the School of Nursing and Health Professions to implement a Health Advocacy Program, where students provide on-site educational units in health, nutrition, and first aid for children and adults of the community.

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View a USF student video that captures their immersion experience while working with the children in the community of Dangriga.