What is Soojh?
Soojh (ਸੂਝ) is insight—seeing clearly. This program is an immersive experience in service, advocacy, learning, and spiritual reflection. Together we travel to Southern California to visit the border region and deepen our understanding of immigration justice and the realities faced by people seeking safety and dignity in the United States.
Soojh began as an alternative winter break and has grown into something we offer across different seasons—whenever the moment is right to show up, listen, and learn. Each cohort explores what it means to stand with migrants and communities impacted by border policy, and to carry that clarity back home.
What you’ll do
A few days of grounded learning—not tourism—with partners and communities who live this work every day.
Border & context
Visit sites in the California–Mexico border area to understand how policy, geography, and lived experience intersect for migrants and border communities.
Immigration justice
Engage with immigration justice through dialogue, storytelling, and advocacy frameworks—centering dignity, history, and the struggle of starting a new life in America.
Service & reflection
Connect seva and solidarity with space for reflection—so the experience shapes how we act in our own neighborhoods and campuses.
Who it’s for
Young adults and students are especially welcome, but Soojh is open to the wider community—anyone committed to showing up with humility and courage.
Sunday, December 20 – Tuesday, December 22, 2026
Winter retreat · Southern California
Details for participants will be shared when registration opens.
Registration coming soon — Winter retreat
Questions? Visit jakara.org for more about Jakara Movement programs.