By Ron P. Muriera | Project Leader
On May 3, 2011, Silicon Valley FACES hosted its first ever fundraising luncheon entitled "Building a Community Free of Bias and Bigotry Together" at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.
The over 300 people in attendance watched the premiere of a video showing the impact that Camp Everytown has made on the hundreds of youth who have participated over the 15 years of the program's existence.
The video highlights several Camp Everytown alumni who attribute their experience at Camp to helping transform their lives:
"Camp Everytown made a big difference in my world...Camp Everytown really allowed me to reflect on who I was and what I can do to take forward my personal experience and turn it into something positive, rather than dwelling on it. I remember coming back from Camp Everytown feeling completely empowered and really started caring about school...for the first time in my life...and wanting to graduate..it allowed me to really see what our world can be without all the isms and the things that divide us..." - Andre, Camp Everytown Alum
"I used to think a lot about what other people thought about me. How they saw me was how I kinda saw myself...and so hearing that we actually should start loving ourselves more and not pay attention to what other people have to say to us...I took that to heart. And to this day, I don't listen to things that are negative about me; I just shut them out because it's not important, cuz what other people think of me doesn't mean it IS me." - Nandi, Camp Everytown Alum
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