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Are your kids: Always curious?
Itching to escape the summer camp rut?
Looking for something new + edgy?
Eager to hang out with other
like-minded youth?
Itching to escape the summer camp rut?
Looking for something new + edgy?
Eager to hang out with other
like-minded youth?
SUMMER CAMPS
For High Schoolers:
What is it We Do Out There? Find Out Here.
International Development 101
July 16-20, 2012
Monday – Friday 9-4pm
Cost: $250* - Download this registration form, and then pay either by phone, in person at the Action Center, or via Brown Paper Tickets.
Join Mercy Corps staff at the Action Center for an active and eye-opening week exploring global issues and building community projects. Mercy Corps, an international humanitarian aid organization based in Portland, specializes in community-based development projects in more than 40 countries around the world.
Take the first steps in learning how major global issues like food security, economic development and climate change are relevant in your own community.
We will spend each morning examining global issues through interactive workshops, guest speakers and multi-media exhibits. Afternoons will be in the field observing, and taking part in community projects. Meet new people, explore Portland and learn about the globe! For students entering 9th -12th grade.
*Registrations and payment are due 2 weeks before the first day of class. Registrants will receive a full refund if class is cancelled.
For High Schoolers:
Join 1,000’s of youth around the globe taking action in their communities
Global Citizen Corps National Summit:
June 25 – 29, 2012
Monday – Friday, Residential Camp
Cost: $350* - Youth will be selected and notified after completing application - info below.
Step up your commitment and time and join Mercy Corps international youth leadership program. The GCC National Summit launches a year-long program for youth leaders around the country. This interactive, educational and fun orientation training brings motivated youth together to get the skills to make a difference.
Meet other leaders from around the country in-person and talk to fellow GCC leaders from Iraq to Indonesia through live video conference calls and online discussions. Spend your days learning about global issues and preparing your own action projects. During the evenings get to know your peers and explore what it means to be a global citizen. Students are selected through an application process, and following the summit, commit to participating in activities over the course of a year.
Join the Global Citizen Corps! Apply online. Please contact Amie Wells at awells@mercycorps.org for more information.
*Registrations and payment are due 2 weeks before the first day of class. Registrants will receive a full refund if class is cancelled.
For Middle Schoolers:
Make Art, Make Change
Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change – it can not only move us, it makes us move
-Ossie Davis
Artivism
July 9-13, 2012;
Monday – Friday 9-2pm
Cost: $150* - Download this registration form, and then pay either by phone, in person at the Action Center, or via Brown Paper Tickets.
Learn how to use your creativity to inspire people to take action and get excited about global issues. Art for activism, Artivism raises awareness about social issues through the arts, including visual arts, spoken word, creative writing and theater.
Join the Action Center in a fast-paced week of hands-on art projects, global awareness, artists’ talent and Mercy Corps expertise! For students entering 6th-8th grade.
Email us for more information!
*Registrations and payment are due 2 weeks before the first day of class. Registrants will receive a full refund if class is cancelled.
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