A World We Dare to Imagine: U N I T Y C A M P

Valuing diversity recognizes differences between people and acknowledges that these differences are a valued asset. Multicultural education is an important component of valuing diversity. It respects diversity while teaching all children and youth to become effective and participating members of a democracy.

The education system in America needs to be reconstructed to teach more of an understanding of other cultures and their influence in the creation of this country. However, because of all the political pushback on education reform I believe we won’t see the steps needed to start a wave of change implemented until many years from now.

Until then, we must learn from our history and teach future generations of the views and heritage outside of theirs, in this we can eliminate the gaps and build a more harmonious, equal society. We can help eliminate prejudice and learned bias from planting a seed in the youth.

I propose a summer camp in which students can come together from all over the US and learn of other cultures. Sleep away camp that kids stay either one or two months.

There are regular summer camp activites, speeches from adults with background in studies of diversity, sharing circles in which the children have an open environment to share their experiences, and each student will receive a buddy of the week.

It is not just about the statistics on paper that look “balanced”. It is about the embrace of diversity, inclusion of other cultures, and understanding of people different from us.

We can learn from one another, but first we must have a level of understanding about each other in order to facilitate collaboration and cooperation.

Financed by tuition from those that can pay (2 for 1), charitable method in which they pay for their child and the program matches that for a child in need.