2024-2025 Howard University Alternative Spring Break Steering Committee Creatives Call

Please direct all questions or concerns to: hualternativespringbreak@gmail.com

IMPORTANT: All online application materials must be submitted at once. You cannot "save" the application. Please preview the application and prepare all the necessary documentation prior to completing the application. When you submit your application, you certify that all the submitted materials are your original work and have not been created or assisted by artificial intelligence (AI) or any other unauthorized sources. 

Mission

Howard University Alternative Spring Break (HUASB) is a service-learning program designed to connect students with underserved communities and to explore the spiritual and ethical dimensions of leadership as it challenges students to discern how their unique gifts and skills can be used to address the needs of underserved communities and the world at large.

Vision

The vision of HUASB is to expose students to concepts of social justice, urban education, and community development; cultivate ethically responsible, socially aware leaders; integrate vocational discernment and interfaith spiritual exploration into the developmental process; and improve communities through direct outreach and long-term impact.

Goals

The goals of Alternative Spring Break are for Howard University students to:

1. Respond to the needs of our community through service and activism.

2. Reflect on the impact of our work through critical assessment and contemplation.

3. Develop leadership skills and an understanding of leadership that equips students for future endeavors in diverse environments.

Please view the Steering Committee Position Descriptions for detailed information about duties and expectations for each position on the HUASB Steering Committee. 

Create and upload two (2) participant meeting flyers and two (2) team leader orientation flyers that adhere to the theme "Nurturing Our Community: Planting Seeds of Hope For the Future" using Howard's official color palettes.

Please compile your flyers into one document.

Task 1

Upload a series of photos that clearly tells a story or communicates a vision/theme. Please include the title and a brief description of your work. Your concept must be clear.

Please compile all elements into one document

Task 2 

How would you tell a story that expresses our program theme, “Nurturing Our Community: Planting Seeds of Hope for the Future,” through your lens?

(250-word max)

Task 1:

Create a documentary storyline for "Nurturing of Community: Planting Seeds of Hope For the Future"

(250 Word Max)

Task 2:

Create a Google Drive folder entitled (FirstName_LastName_Videography).

1) Upload 4-5 videos that you have edited.

2) Using the provided videos in Videography Clips #HUASB25, create a 30-second commerical for HUASB.

Update access to your Google Drive folder to ensure that "Anyone with the link" can view it.

Please respond to the following writing prompt:

What does service mean to you? How have you led in service in the past? How will you add value to the 2024-2025 HUASB Steering Committee?

Please refer to the following checklist to determine the completion of your application:

• Application

• Resume

• Professional Headshot

• Completed Tasks