LGBTQ Youth Leadership Retreat
Published by Patrick May 12th, 2006 in Pride, Youth Tags: Pride, Youth.
Hello,
We are pleased to invite youth to attend Camp fYrefly, which is our 3rd annual lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-identified, and queer (LGBTQ) youth leadership retreat. Youth from across Canada will join us for four days of learning, fun, and making new friends. Camp fYrefly is an adult-facilitated and peer-led leadership camp for youth ages 14 to 24, and it is held in Edmonton, Alberta. Registration for Camp fYrefly is now open. The registration deadline is June 15, 2006.
The registration fee is $25.00, which reflects a greatly subsidized rate which we hope will allow many youth to attend the camp. Space is limited to 55 youth participants and we expect a full camp this year! Please register early!
To our knowledge, Camp fYrefly has become the largest LGBTQ youth leadership camp in Canada. It focuses on building and nurturing the leadership potential and resiliency of LGBTQ and allied youth in an effort to help them learn how to make significant contributions to their school, community, and home environments. The camp is facilitated by trained educators and peer youth workers. They collaborate with a team of artists, dramatists, and community and youth leaders who offer a wide range of powerful youth-focused workshops and creative skill-building and self-esteem enhancing activities. The camp is jam-packed with drama, music, writing, visual art, empowerment and reflection exercises, anti-oppression work, personal growth opportunities, healthy socialization, and in-depth learning activities about specific youth topics and social issues. And perhaps most importantly as the youth tell us, Camp fYrefly stands for fostering, Youth, resiliency, energy, fun, leadership, yeah!
To download copies of our camp application package, sponsorship information, and camp postcard, please visit: takingitglobal.org or ualberta.ca
Camp fYrefly is supported by the National Crime Prevention Strategy, the Canadian Teachers’ Federation, the Canadian Initiative for the Prevention of Bullying, Egale Canada, PFLAG Canada, XTRA! Magazine, the City of Edmonton, and the Society for Safe and Caring Schools and Communities, to name only a few of our educational and community partners.
The camp is directed by Dr. André P. Grace and Mr. Kristopher Wells in the Faculty of Education, University of Alberta. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions: Camp.fYrefly@ualberta.ca or call (780) 492-0772.
All donations in support of the camp are tax deductible. Help make this summer one an LGBTQ youth will never forget!
If your organization or youth group would like printed copies of our camp materials (camp postcard, application package, and sponsorship prospectus) for distribution, please contact us with your mailing address and we will be happy to send you the requested information.
Please forward this message to your friends, teachers, and youth networks! Help spread the word and let sexual minority youth know that they are not alone!
Best regards, Kristopher Wells, Department of Educational Policy Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta