Free Write:
A Diverse Community
In addition to the individual growth I experienced at camp.
It also gave me a community to belong to which was unlike anything I had ever
experienced. While at camp, you have life-changing conversations and open up to
the other delegates about very personal experiences. Inevitably you become
close friends with the other delegates who originally started out as strangers.
One of the core strategies of the camp is to bring together delegates
from a variety of different backgrounds. So I ended up building close relationships
with people who I would have otherwise not have had the opportunity to meet. It
was a completely different setting than I was used to. Often times high school,
work, and even church I was only exposed to people of a similar background than
me. Anytown was the first time I connected with like-minded people who came
from different backgrounds.
It only helped enrich the experience and added depth to our
conversations. I was able to learn how other races and genders experienced
prejudice from those who felt it first hand. It deepened my compassion for
those groups even more since I was able to put faces to the struggle. My main objective
during this internship is to enrich the experience for current delegates.
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