Summer Camp for Teenagers Who Want to Change the World

Summer is the perfect time for young social justice advocates to get more active and get training and support to make an even greater difference. Enter Youth Empowered Action (YEA) Camp, a weeklong overnight camp.

1463547_10152454272039698_602180978_n.jpgAt YEA Camp, youth 12-17 learn important activist skills like starting a school club, fundraising, using art and social media for social change, and communicating effectively — especially with people who disagree. YEA Camp also develops campers’ confidence to speak up about what’s important to them.

Because the camp tries to model sustainability and compassion, all of the food is vegan. Campers don’t have to be vegetarian to attend, but with a personal vegan chef as the camp cook, many are impressed enough with the food that they go veg after camp.

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Campers working on animal issues have gone on to volunteer with MFA, start school veg clubs, get vegan options in their cafeterias, fundraise for MFA, pass out leaflets, and so many other inspiring things to make the world a more compassionate place.

MFA is proof of the difference one teenager can make. MFA’s founder, Nathan Runkle, started the organization in 1999 when he was just 15!

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YEA Camp has sessions in California, Oregon, and Massachusetts, though campers come from all over the country and even other countries to attend this unique program. To learn more about YEA Camp, visit www.yeacamp.org.