By Ron P. Muriera | Project Leader
Silicon Valley FACES' Camp Everytown program continues to have a profound impact on youth participants that many want to repeat the experience again. Isolated in a camp located in the Santa Cruz mountains, students bond over their differences and learn respect and acceptance. Participating in stereotype-breaking activities, they address pre-conceived notions of race, gender and privilege.
Case in point is the South Bay high school that is celebrating its 10th anniversary of sending their students to participate in the Camp Everytown experience.
“I would love to find a way for more students to attend, especially since the school community is growing in numbers,” states one of the participating teachers. “It would be great to be able to go twice a year.”
The program has become popular among many students because of positive feedback. Students from various high schools throughout Santa Clara County have praised the camp’s success, proudly sporting the well-known Camp Everytown T-shirts and asserting new friendships on their school campus.
As one participating 12th grade student puts it:
“From all the talk, I just expected it to be extremely emotional. It was very emotional but I was also educated more on issues in our world. One thing I can say is the experience was one I’ll never forget.”
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