Spring break is traditionally a
time for fun and sun. For students
participating in the Alternative
Spring Break, a Pace tradition,
a recess from the books enables
them to do volunteer service and
feel great about giving back to a
community in need.
is year, Pace students traveled
to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas,
at the US-Mexico border, where
they got a first-hand view of the
complicated social and political
issues surrounding immigration.
e team worked closely with
Proyecto Azteca, a self-help
housing organization that has
financed and trained more than
600 families in construction
and first-time homeownership.
Students spent time painting
houses for low-income families,
and collecting clothes and food
for those in need. ey visited
flashpoints in the debate over
immigration—Anzalduas Park,
a major crossing point over the
Rio Grande River; a section of
the border wall; and the United
States Border Patrol Sector
Headquarters in Edinburg, TX.
At the US-Mexico Border
Alternative
Spring
Break:
Helping
Hands
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