BLACK GIRLS ROCK! QUEENS' CAMP FOR LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE - 2011

This summer Beverly Bond, the Founder and Executive Director of BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Inc., will launch the QUEENS’ CAMP: FOR LEADERSHIP & EXCELLENCE designed for girls from ages 12-17. The two-week intensive leadership program will be held at Ramapo located in Rhinebeck, NY from July 16-30. The overnight camp is designated for exemplary teenage girls of color from various social, economic and geographic backgrounds who will come to BLACK GIRLS ROCK! from across the world. Through a highly selective application process, BLACK GIRLS ROCK! will accept female applicants who exhibit strong leadership qualities, high moral character and excellent academic standing.

Twenty participants will be chosen from a strict and highly selective application process. Our goal is to foster the participant’s intentional pursuit of excellence, integrity, self-discipline, and collective accountability so that they may be prepared to be sound leaders in academics, public service, and civic engagements.

Through a series of dynamic experiential programs including the signature BLACK GIRLS ROCK! workshops: DJ 101, SPOKEN WORKSHOPS for Creative Writing & Performance, the Leadership & Empowerment Circle, and the Culinary Culture Series – this camp endeavors to provide the intellectual support and social skills necessary to in order to promote self-confidence, social development and active leadership. Our program will emphasize the importance of teamwork, community building, communications, problem solving, self-reflection, leadership, and healthy decision making.