PROGRAMS
Camp Experiences
Camps are held in rural locations to provide youth with a unique and rewarding experience with other children from urban communities throughout the United States.
SIMBA
Safe In My Brothers’ Arms
SIMBA offers African American young men (ages 8-17) a safe space to examine their lives, their choices, and their futures. Based on a rites of passage model, the camp takes young males through a process which exposes the traps that lie waiting for them in their world, and lifts up the power and promise of African and African American culture and heritage.
SIMSA
Safe In My Sisters’ Arms
ers African American young ladies (ages 8-17) a safe space to examine their lives, their choices, and their futures. Based on a rites of passage model, the camp takes young ladies through a process which exposes the traps that lie waiting for them in their world, and lifts up the power and promise of African and African American culture and heritage.
MYLA WILL RETURN IN 2019!
Multicultural Youth Leadership Academy
MYLA will return in 2019!
MYLA offers young men and ladies in high school (ages 13-16) a safe space where they will be developed and ror a multicultural world. Campers from multiple cultural backgrounds will form community with one another, experience the richness of each cultures’ heritage, and develop together as leaders. Participants should already exhibit leadership qualities and will be selected from a ts. Selections will be made to balance ratios between gender and cultures.
SIMBA/SIMSA chapters:
- Chicago, IL
- Muskegon, MI
- Dekalb, IL
- Columbus, OH
- Rockford, IL
- Indianapolis, IN
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