{"id":18,"date":"2012-11-27T17:29:52","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T17:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/springbreaknepal\/"},"modified":"2021-08-09T10:38:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T14:38:23","slug":"alternative-spring-break","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/academics\/alternative-spring-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative Spring Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth  \"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1658\/Bells-Nepal-2015.jpg);background-position:50% 19%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alternative Spring Break in Nepal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To provide URI students with&nbsp;international nonviolence and peace training&nbsp;experiences within the context of &nbsp;post-conflict society-building efforts in Nepal.<\/li><li>To<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>engage in cultural exchange experiences&nbsp;among URI students, Nepalese students, and leaders of community organizations.<\/li><li>To&nbsp;introduce students to the<strong> <\/strong>geography, ecology, economy, culture, spiritual, social, political, and human dimensions of Nepal<strong>.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"style17\">Program Description<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For the past several years, the URI Center for Nonviolence &amp; Peace Studies has offered this unique<strong> <\/strong>international nonviolence peace training and cultural experience as a&nbsp;service learning alternative Spring Break to&nbsp;URI students. This tour is available to a limited number of students who wish to experience an ancient culture located in the heart of the Himalayan region of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The program runs mid-March, during the URI semester spring break<\/strong>. This excursion is offered exclusively through the Center for Nonviolence &amp; Peace Studies in cooperation with URI&#8217;s Office of International Education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past several years, the URI Center for Nonviolence &#038; Peace Studies has offered this unique international nonviolence peace training and cultural experience as a service learning alternative Spring Break to URI students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":27495,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27772,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/27772"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nonviolence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}