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For Immediate Release
April 3, 2007
Contact:
Shane Windmeyer
Executive Director, Campus Pride
Phone: 704-277-6710
Email: info@campuspride.org
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National Summer Leadership Camp Announced for LGBT & Ally College Students
Campus Pride Organizes Leaders for Grassroots Change at Colleges & Universities |
(Charlotte, NC) -- Campus Pride announces plans for the first-ever summer leadership camp for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and ally college students from colleges and universities across the country. The camp will take place from July 24 to 29, 2007 and will be hosted by the Queer Student Union on the campus of Towson University in Towson, Maryland.
Though summer is often a slow time of year for student organizers working for LGBT equality, this July a group of LGBT and ally college student leaders from all over the country will come together for a week of planning, networking and training. Touted as the “first ever gay camp for college students,” the five-day camp experience blends traditional camp activities like arts and crafts with a core curriculum of skill building in leadership development, social justice and civic involvement. The camp mission is straightforward: “At the heart of a remarkable leader is a passion and a vision for change.” Camp training and activities underscore the camp mission and engage campers to explore the unique challenges faced as LGBT and ally campus leaders.
Shane Windmeyer, Executive Director of Campus Pride and recent author of The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students profiling the “100 Best LGBT-Friendly Campuses,” stated “It is our responsibility to build the future leaders who will continue the fight for equality at home, at work, at places of worship, at all levels of community. Those future leaders are on our college campuses today. The camp makes an investment for the future and will play a key role in training the next generation of leaders in the movement for LGBT rights.”
Of course, the camp will not be all leadership training and will be far from your typical camp experience. Campers will engage in a range of social activities including premier movie nights and coffeehouse entertainment, as well as a planned day trip to Washington, D.C. to meet with leaders of national LGBT and ally organizations and other social justice groups. Still at the heart of the camp experience is the traditional kind of bonding opportunities and lifetime networks that only can be found at camp.
Lauren Kaplowitz, Towson University undergraduate student leader and camp intern, says: “I am so thrilled to be involved with Campus Pride and this ‘extraordinary’ camp. Not only will the camp give me valuable leadership training but it will also be a fun way to build relationships with other activists and leaders like me. It’s definitely something not to miss.”
Registration is $530 before June 15, 2007; $630 thereafter. Registration includes five nights of Towson University suite-style lodging, breakfast, lunch and dinner each day as well as all educational program materials and entertainment. Scholarships are available to help interested campers who are unable to pay the full camp registration fee. Interested businesses and organizations are also encouraged to support camp with a variety of sponsor levels. Online registration and more information is available at www.campuspride.org or by emailing info@campuspride.org.
Campus Pride is the only national nonprofit organization 501(c)(3) for student leaders and campus organizations working to create a safer, more LGBT-friendly colleges and universities. It exists to give "voice and action" in building future LGBT and ally leaders.
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