Global Partnerships

Jesuit is one of over 2500 schools and educational projects globally.

"Jesuit Education calls for an “interculturality” in our schools that is more than “people simply living in harmony, but to have schools move towards universality… enriching exchange between cultures…. Interculturality isn’t the end in itself, it’s the means with which we can create the conditions to fully experience humanity, contributing to the humanization of individuals, cultures and peoples.”
-Father General Arturo Sosa, October 2017

Global Initiatives

Partnerships

Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS)

Each February all freshman World History classes participate in the Jesuit Refugee Services "Walk a mile in my shoes" refugee awareness experience. Each freshman is given a refugee identity card with a name, age, country of origin, and circumstances that led to their refugee status for the simulation. Upperclassmen guide the freshmen through seven interactive stations: border crossing, shelter, water, food, education, medical, and advocacy.

During the same month Jesuit Student Government facilitates a fundraiser to support the work of JRS.

What is the Refugee Awareness Exercise?

Refugee Awareness Exercise from Jesuit Refugee Service | USA on Vimeo.

Ignatian Solidarity Network (ISN)

ISN was founded in 2004 and is a lay-led 501(c)(3) organization working in partnership with more than 150 Jesuit universities, high schools, and parishes, along with many other Catholic institutions and social justice partners.

Through in-person and virtual programs and campaigns, ISN provides social justice education grounded in Catholic Social Teaching, and mobilizes more than 20,000 network members to take action on timely issues related to migration, care for creation, racial justice, and criminal justice. The focus of ISN’s work is always with an eye toward forming individuals with a life-long commitment to the “service of faith and the promotion of justice.”

In addition to hosting leadership programs and advocacy efforts throughout the country, ISN organizes the yearly Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice in Washington, D.C., which draws more than 2,000 people each year to the nation’s largest annual Catholic social justice gathering and advocacy day.

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St. Vincent de Paul Portland Council

Twice per year (December and April) Jesuit High School partners with St. Vincent de Paul to support their work with the most vulnerable in our community.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a worldwide Catholic organization of laypersons whose members strive to live their faith by serving the less fortunate with love and dignity, without judgement or discrimination. As a way to help people escape the cycle of poverty, volunteers lend assistance to those lacking the basic necessities of life.

The Red Chair Project (La Silla Roja)

Are you aware that millions of people around the world still don't have access to education? Poverty, lack of infrastructure, gender inequality, climate change and conflict are some of the contributing factors to the lack of education in many countries. How can you and your school help?

The Red Chair Project is promoted by the following organizations:

La Silla Roja: Protecting Education for Sustainable Lives

Language Immersions

Guadalajara, Mexico

Valencia, Spain

France

Service Immersions

Service Trips

Service Trips

In recent years, Jesuit has partnered with L'Arche Tahoma Hope in Tacoma, WA, Kino Border Initiative in Nogales, AZ and Mexico, CRISPAZ in El Salvador, and Courts for Kids for Service Immersions. In the summers of 2020 and 2021, these immersions have been "virtual" programs.

There are three service immersions planned for summer 2022: Kino Border Initiative Immersion, L'Arche Tacoma Immersion, and CRISPAZ El Salvador (Virtual) Immersion.

Travel Policy Update (1/21/22):

Given the ongoing pandemic, Jesuit is not planning to offer international travel for students during the 2021-22 school year. This policy includes immersion and exchange programs for summer 2022. Jesuit is constantly reviewing CDC and OHA guidelines and international travel advisories as we plan service opportunities for the summer of 2022 and beyond. We are also in regular communication with our partner agencies/programs. At this time, we are planning to offer two domestic-based service immersion opportunities, one in Arizona and one in Washington. We hope to offer international immersions again in the summer of 2023. If this timeline changes, we will update the Jesuit community.

Travel Policy Update (1/21/22):