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Oakland Peace Camp

What is Oakland Peace Camp in a nutshell?

Founded in 2003, Oakland Peace Camp (OPC) is Oakland Leaf's 3-week project-based social justice summer program that provides youth ages: 12 - 18 years with urban arts, STEM-literacy (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math), and youth leadership learning opportunities. In addition, OPC provides a safe space for youth to gain awareness and raise questions about those issues that are relevant to them as active youth members of an urban community. Peace is not just a noun, it as a verb. We facilitate OPC youth participants in a process to access and activate more peace in their lives. OPC staff members are trained to facilitate workshops that guide and empower students as they develop the voice, skills, and tools to address those issues. OPC's urban arts instructors are active community artists with tremendous expertise, who are simultaneously gifted, experienced educators. Though class offerings for the camp vary, they include elements of rigor, creative exploration, identity formation, and community building, while ensuring that students have an engaging, fun, and memorable summer.

Camp capacity: 100 youth

Director: Laila Jenkins-Perez

Information: Ph# 206-426-1531, email: oaklandpeacecamp.oaklandleaf@gmail.com


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