york, i decided that i shouldn't run away from my problems, and i learned about this program from alexis tucker and i decided to apply for the site coordinator position. i didn't want to run away from my problems anymore, i wanted to help family and friends that were going through similar situations. and so i'm here now. >> all right. we'll continue our talk with the students from right after this. >>> we're talking about alternative spring break at howard university this morning. and the students have come here and have -- you draw from a very rich experience. but tell us how the program itself works. i understand that there are close to 500 students that get sent to the various sites. how many sites or cities are there? >> there are nine domestic cities. one international city. domestic cities are baltimore, chicago, d.c., detroit, new orleans, newark, memphis, st. louis and this year we will also be going to flint, michigan. and so our coordinators literally start working from the year all through the summer and fall semester to pull things together. you know, they have to find places to hou