The Florida Alternative Break program is designed to promote community engagement and encourage UF students to live a life of active citizenship by exposing them to complex social and cultural issues through community partnerships, direct service, education, and reflection. The Active Citizen approach is founded on the belief that an Alternative Break trip is a powerful catalyst for a transformed world view and developing an identity and understanding of lifelong active citizenship. Alternative breaks are about two things: getting needed work done around social issues and changing the volunteer's perspective of their place in society.