Affinity-Belonging Camp:
From Oppressed to Fully Expressed
July 2-7, 2024
Goals of AB Camp 2024:
To co-create a supportive community, a love-filled nest, where camp participants are invited to speak about the wounds they carry as a result of stereotyping, discrimination and systemic oppression
To liberate ourselves from these wounds and then to fly the nurturing nest we’ve created through growing perspectives, skills and trusted friendships that allow us to move from oppression to full expression, without shame or fear, wherever we find ourselves.
To build compassionate connections between people from different affinity groups, allies, and the NFNC community.
To incorporate music, food and dress from multiple ethnicities.
To initiate a multi-year plan to strengthen and deepen the work of liberation-for-all within our community.
To bring this work back to the larger NFNC community so that we can serve more marginalized folks.
Initial Application Deadline: April 30, 2024
Affinity Belonging Camp (AB Camp) is an experimental camp organized by the Affinity-Belonging Initiative (ABI), a team that is dedicated to a multi-year journey of learning, service, and connection.
The 2024 pilot project camp is organized, led by, and designed for persons who identify as People of the Global Majority (PGM)/BIPOC, and/or LGBTQIA+/Genderqueer folks, and their allies. It is sponsored by the New Culture Institute (NCI), and will be the second of two back-to-back SCW offerings.
For summer 2024 we envision a mix of up to 50 - 70 campers that include approximately 35 percent PGM/BiPoC, 35 percent LGBTQIA+/Genderqueer, and 30 percent folks who are drawn towards this liberation work as allies.
(Note: Affinity Belonging Camp is not an overflow camp from the Deeper Dive camp and has a different mission.)
* PGM - People of the Global Majority (another term for People of Color)
** BIPOC - Black Indigenous People of Color
*** LGBTQIA+ - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, +
(coming soon)
This camp is for you if:
You identify as Person of the Global Majority (PGM aka BIPOC) or LGBTQIA+
You want to learn to be a better ally and support others in marginalized groups
You are interested in sharing your learnings with your community outside of camp
You want to make the world a better place for all
