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Oakland Peace Camp

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Summer is rapidly approaching and we are excited to announce that our 7th annual Oakland Peace Camp' 2010 (OPC) will begin June 28 - July 09, 2010 for the 7th - 12th grade youth, Ages 12 - 18 yrs.
WHERE: ASCEND School 3709 East 12th street, 1 block from Fruitvale BART.
TIMES & DAYS: 9am -2:30pm, Monday through Friday.

The OPC '10 registration form can be downloaded HERE.

Application deadline is to Monday, June 21.
Only 50 spaces available!!

What is Oakland Peace Camp in a nutshell?

Oakland artist and educators join forces to provide a 2-week summer camp that interweaves social justice, youth empowerment and the arts. The 2-week camp launches programming June 28th, 2010. The program's goal is to provide up to 50 youth the opportunity to gain skills in their artistic disciplines, learn violence prevention skills, build community and solidarity amongst the youth as well as give the youth a safe space to make friends and have fun on their summer break. This camp aslo relieves some of the stress from working parents providing their youth with something fun and educational 'cause we all know that Oakland streets can get extra hot in the summer.

The camp includes a daily advisory that gives the youth a voice to talk about some of the problems they see in their community, they get to develop and implement community action projects where the youth take charge and do something to enhance their community. OPC is FREE to all youth with meals included! All youth take two classes and 1 advisory. The application Deadline is June 21st or until camp capacity (50) is filled.

OPC gives our youth the opportunity to attend:

* Attend a free camp (safe space/gang neutral) with a focus on social justice and peace while learning various skills from dynamic bay area artists /instructors (check out the list below!) and Youth Roots/RAMAS youth facilitators

* Eat daily healthy and delicious lunches

* Contribute in a daily advisory that gives the youth a voice to community build about some of the challenges they see in their community.

* Take two urban arts workshops daily for two weeks

* Showcase their talent in the annual end-of-camp OPC Expo

* And much more....!

This year, OPC '10 will feature five different urban arts courses, including

* Basketball Leadership facilitated by Freddy Mesa of Urban Arts @ Urban Promise Academy
* Hip-Hop Theater facilitated by Simón Hanukai of Destiny Arts
* DJ & Music Production facilitated by DJ Twelvz of Hungry Town Entertainment & Done Deal Entertainment.
* Hip-Hop Dance facilitated by Traci "B-Love" Bartlow of Starchild Entertainment & Eastside Arts Alliance

Feel free to email: lailajp.oaklandleaf@gmail.com, fax: 510.533.8825, or bring/mail your completed and signed OPC '10 application to the Oakland Leaf 1434 -34th avenue, Oakland 94601. Please call 510.533.5989 if you need further information.


Oakland Peace Camp '09!

Oakland Peace Camp (OPC) has established itself as a community resource within the East Oakland and Fruitvale neighborhoods. At OPC 2009, programming included: Basketball & Social Justice with Freddy Mesa (Oakland Leaf and Urban Arts); DJ/Music Production with DJ Twelvz (Hungry Town Entertainment); Hip Hop Theater with Simón Hanukai (Destiny Arts); Boys' Hip Hop Dance with Rashidi Omari (Destiny Arts & Company of Prophets); Girls' Hip Hop Dance with Jacinta Vlach (Liberation Dance Theater); Spoken Word Poetry/Creative Writing with Raymond Pabón (Prophets of Rage); and Graffiti Arts with Refa1. With 3 weeks of intensive arts and social justice curriculum, all youth were definitely immersed in critical, creative, and empowering learning.

But OPC was never about learning that existed solely within the confines of a classroom. Advisories worked toward service learning projects that addressed local issues from the pervasiveness of liquor stores to critiquing the lack of green spaces and accessibility of natural foods in our neighborhoods. And what’s an OPC without cultivating strong youth leaders? This year's OPC showcased a new leadership opportunity for our youth: Talia Gonzalez and Sukay Sow of our Youth Roots program ably took on the positions of Directors-in-Training, providing critical support to Laila Jenkins-Perez, OPC Director, and gaining invaluable experience.

Look for Oakland Peace Camp on MySpace:
www.myspace.com/oaklandpeacecamp1