Richard Jenkins
  • Class of 2018
  • Canfield, OH

Richard Jenkins is on a mission with John Carroll!

2017 Feb 17

Richard Jenkins is among a group of students who recently traveled to the US-Mexico Border region as part of immersion experiences sponsored by John Carroll University's Office of Campus Ministry in January 2017 during Winter Break. Immersion experiences challenge students to engage the realities of the world while reflecting on the values of human dignity and servant leadership. Students were assigned to one of three destinations. Below is a brief description of their volunteer experiences in each location:

Mandeville, Jamaica

John Carroll is partnering with the Passionist Volunteers International, a year-long volunteer service program based primarily in Jamaica. Students have collaborated with members of various rural communities, visited Jamaicans in local infirmaries, HIV/AIDS clinics, afterschool literacy programs, and St. John Bosco Boys Home.

Nicaragua (Managua & Esteli)

For the 11th consecutive year, John Carroll partnered with Augsburg College's Center for Global Education and Experience to offer an immersion experience in the urban and rural regions Nicaragua. Students explored the multifaceted issue of free/fair trade, met with representatives from agriculture and craft cooperatives, and participated in homestays in the neighborhoods surrounding Managua and in the hills of Esteli.

US/Mexico Border

For the first time, John Carroll partnered with BorderLinks to offer an immersion experience to the US/Mexico border. While primarily based in Tucson, Arizona, students crossed into Mexico and spent two nights in the town of Agua Prieta. Students also met with public defenders and leaders from the People Helping People organization, visited a migrant resource center, took part in a border infrastructure tour, and engaged in a water drop exercise with No More Deaths.