Camp Program, June 26-30, 2024

WEDNESDAY

8:00 AM BREAKFAST on your own
9:30 AM Options- High Ropes Course or Zip Line, Challenge Course, Archery
12:00 PM LUNCH at the Main Lodge
3:00- 6:00 PM Pool
4:00-6:00 PM Check in
6:00-7:30 PM DINNER
8:00 PM Welcome and Icebreakers for everyone,friendly Tug O’ War, Coffee Sack Races, Frisbee Toss, Ice Cream Social
9:00-10:30 PM TEENS Check out the latest modern Ethiopian MTV videos
10:30 PM Quiet time, Lights out

7:30-9:00 AM BREAKFAST
9:00 AM Daily Program Preview, Wood Chip Area
9:30-12 PM YOUTH “Being Black in a World of Indifference” Think Positionality
(Youngers/Siblings- Archery)
9:30-12 PM ADULTS “Living in 2 Worlds”, Interview panels with Ethiopian Americans (adoptee and nonadoptee)
12:00- 1:30 PM LUNCH

1:30-3:30 PM YOUTH “One Foot in Each World: My Unique Self”, Interview panels with Ethiopian Americans (adoptee and nonadoptee)
1:30-3:30 PM ADULTS “Counteracting the Fact That We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know About Parenting Black Children”, Think Positionality
3:30-5:30 PM ADULTS School advocacy & Post High School options with Brandon Rawls, McDaniel HS guidance counselor
3:30-6:00 PM Snack Shack, Pool, Merkato, Archery
6:00-7:30 PM DINNER
7:30-10:00 PM Movie Night and popcorn, Night Swim
7:30-11:00 PM TEENS Rolling movies

7:30-9:00 AM BREAKFAST
9:00 AM Daily Program Preview, Wood Chip Area
9:30-10:30 AM YOUTH Group A) All Things Ethiopian: Amharic and Greetings, Fun Facts, Dance & Music, Traditions (coffee and spices)
Group B) Empowerment discussions
10:45-11:45 AM YOUTH (Groups switch)
9:30-12:00 PM ADULTS Parent Circles: 1) Complexities of Birth Family Connections 2) Homeland Trips without Family Connections 3) Diving into the “Adoptee Consciousness Model (pre-session reading required)
11:45 on…… Pop-Up Hair Salon with Tisha and crew from Natural Hair & Extensions
12:00- 1:30 PM LUNCH
thru afternoon… Pop-Up Hair Salon continues
1:30 - 4:00 PM Dunk Tank, Inflatable, Pool, Merkato, Snack Shack
3:00 - 4:00 PM Ethiopian Cooking Class with Eleni Woldeyes, Judson Hall
5:30-7:00 PM ETHIOPIAN DINNER
7:30-9:30 PM COFFEE CEREMONY AND DANCING, Basketball and soccer tournaments, Double Dutch
8:30-10:00 PM Night Swim
8:30-11:00 PM Ethiopian-based movies in the Worship Center