Our Service Placements

Verbum Dei High School

An all-male Jesuit high school located in Watts, CA, members engage in tutoring and after school activities, ensuring that the student body maintains a 100% acceptance rate to colleges.

Safe Place For Youth

Safe Place for Youth is a shelter for youth experiencing the effects of Homelessness. Throughout the week, members serve at the Los Angeles placement by working directly with the youth.

El Espejo

Members participate in the El Espejo mentoring program at Lennox Middle School by providing mentorship to middle school students, tutoring, and participating in after school activities and field trips.

Blessed Sacrament Church

Blessed Sacrament Church is a parish in West Hollywood. Members serve in the food pantry and prepare and give out food to the community, helping to alleviate the effects of homelessness in the area.

Events

MAGIS members are also active on campus. Every year, we organize advocacy events and fundraisers aimed at engaging the LMU community and educating each other about the social justice issues related to homelessness and education.

Homelessness Understanding Week

WHEN: Fall Semester

EVENT DESCRIPTION: This week long event aims to examine the deeper issues of homelessness. Members engage in different activities for the rest of the LMU community to join in, including group reflections, service take-alongs to some of our placements, panel speakers, documentary screenings, and nightly sleep outs on cardboard around campus.

48 Hour

WHEN: Fall Semester

EVENT DESCRIPTION: We organize a 48-hour fundraiser to raise money for a financial aid package for a Verbum Dei High School student. The fundraiser also includes social justice events that revolve around issues in the education system.

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