STAND Camp 2011
STAND Camp 2011
In late July 2011, 60 members of STAND's Student Leadership Team - made up of over 100 Core Chapter Leaders from across the country - gathered at a summer camp on the East Coast for our second annual STAND Camp! On Monday, August 1st a group of STAND Campers participated in the STAND Camp Lobby Day in D.C. and took their voices, and training, to the hill.
STAND Camp is an all expenses paid, four-day leadership and advocacy training retreat at its finest, with experts, rockstars, and alumni there to conduct trainings and increase organizing skill sets. Plus, we threw in everything you loved about summer camp - from campfire sing-alongs to ropes courses. See the 2011 STAND Camp agenda and a sampling of the trainings and resources offered.
Official STAND Chapters are invited each year to send a representative from their group to STAND Camp to learn the essentials of movement building to take back to their chapter in August. At STAND Camp, chapter representatives work with the STAND Student Managing Committee and organizing experts to use this training to organize members of their own community to be part of the movement to make genocide prevention a reality.
To hear more about what went down at STAND Camp 2011, check out the blog posts from our very own Managing Committee! You can read a detailed account of each day:
To see more pictures of the fun-filled, action-packed weekend, take a look at the Facebook albums:
Frequently Asked Questions:
-Each chapter that signs up as an official core chapter each year will be invited to send one representative to STAND Camp. If the chapter leader is unable to attend, feel free to send any other representative who can take the training and materials from STAND Camp back to your chapter!
Where is STAND Camp?
-STAND Camp will take place at the Pearlstone Conference and Retreat Center in Reisterstown, MD. Pearlstone offers lodging, training and activity space to provide everyone with a memorable and educational experience.
How much will it cost?
-There are no fees for STAND Camp - we're paying for everything including space, food, activities and transportation to and from the airport. The only cost to students is transportation to the camp (we recommend flying into BWI - Baltimore, MD airport).
