Florida State Alternative Breaks

Florida State Alternative Breaks has empowered service-minded and community-oriented students to lead short-term service experiences in communities across the southeast United States since 1995. Each year FSAB sponsors three-to-five weekend and week-long service experiences.

The program is comprised of students who resist the status quo by building authentic relationships with community leaders, supporting community-identified service initiatives, and challenging impersonal systems of competition and division. FSAB's mission is to create change through Active Citizen Leadership.

Trips are guided by student facilitators who coordinate the experience from planning all the way to on-site service. These students are supported by center staff members, including a program coordinator and graduate assistant.

Upcoming Trips

American Indigenous Arts Celebration
Nov. 6-9 | Big Cypress Reservation

Join FSAB, in partnership with the Native American & Indigenous Studies Center, as we travel to the Big Cypress Reservation to support the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum as they host the American Indigenous Arts Celebration.

Two staff members will accompany 30 students on the service trip. The schedule is as follows:

Thursday, Nov. 6: Depart Tallahassee in morning
Friday, November 7: Service from 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday, November 8: Service from 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sunday, November 9: Return to Tallahassee by early evening

Lodging in Weston, transportation via charter van/bus, and meals will be provided at no cost to students. Most of the service will take place outdoors in the elements—rain or shine—and require physical labor for extended periods of time.

Participants must attend a mandatory orientation, including pre-trip training, on Thursday, Oct. 23 to educate volunteers on the Seminole Tribe of Florida and expectations for volunteer activities prior to departure.

The priority deadline to sign up for this trip is Monday, Oct. 20 at noon. We will maintain a waitlist of students interested in attending. 

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