Join the PSU community as we dig in to specific issues through educational events, teach-ins, and service projects on a single day or during a single week!
What are Big Days & Focus Weeks?
Along with universities and organizations across the nation, we organize large-scale days or weeks of engagement to bring our campus community together to put a spotlight on certain social issues and cultivate a spirit of engagement through service, learning, connection, and reflection. Each of our Big Days and Focus Weeks provide a great opportunity to get out into the community and form connections with other engaged students as you learn, discuss, listen, and engage together to build awareness and work towards positive change around a common cause.
We engage students in three Big Days / Focus Weeks throughout the year:
- Fall Term: Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week (third week of November)
- Winter Term: Annual Racial Justice Teach-In presented by the MLK Racial Justice Campus Collaborative (typically the Saturday after MLK Day)
- Spring Term: Focus on Environmental Justice in April (often the third week in April)
A brief description of each of these events is below. If registration is open for an upcoming Focus Week or Big Day, you'll see a link to learn more and sign up. Join us in these community education and action events, as we serve, learn, and lead together!