Arrupe Center for Social Justice

Community Engagement Requirement

Each student at SI is required to complete 75 community engagement hours before their senior year. It is our mission for students to engage with communities and issues they are passionate about by supporting and learning about the work of nonprofit community partners. 

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The Arrupe Center for Social Justice has created a Community Engagement Directory of nonprofit community partners seeking the support of high school volunteers to support their work in promoting human dignity and working for social justice. Students can search for opportunities by location, key words, and Core service sites.

Immersion Program

SI's Immersion Program is a faith-based program with the mission to develop a "well-educated" solidarity for our students in the Ignatian tradition. Solidarity begins with contact with communities, which serves as a catalyst for intellectual inquiry, moral reflection, and spiritual growth.

Led by SI faculty and staff, and supported by faith-based partner organizations, immersion participants will come to know other communities and cultures through their stories, traditions, struggles, celebrations, and expressions of faith. Whether the travel is local, domestic, or international, the primary focus of the Immersion Program is to deepen relationships with others and with God. The experiences are rooted in prayer and reflection, and any work performed will be secondary to the time we spend with communities and individuals in their environments.

Arrupe Social Justice Council

The Arrupe Social Justice Council is composed of St. Ignatius’s student leaders for justice. The council works with other clubs and departments within SI to educate students to be persons with and for others through social justice education, service programs, and inclusive community-building. This happens through meetings for reflection and planning, the annual Social Justice Summit, and campaigning around various social issues. Named after Pedro Arrupe, S.J., the club works towards promoting a faith that lives, advocates and acts for justice in concrete ways at SI and with our neighbors across the Bay Area and throughout the world.