Overnight camps for kids of color?
I know most camps are full for this summer, but looking ahead to next year, I’m hoping to find some good overnight camp options for our middle schooler. Does anyone know of overnight camps in Northern California (or even Southern California) that are racially diverse (campers and staff)? If they’re queer-friendly, that would be even better.
Thank you for your help!
Jul 13, 2021
Parent Replies
My son is a person of color and he attended Camp Ravencliff (https://ymcaeastbay.org/camps/camp-ravencliff) several years running and LOVED it. It was so great to see the kids loading up in the bus at the Richmond YMCA - one of the first times he felt completely immersed in a community of kids that looked like him. They do all the classic camp stuff and it is on a river so lots of fun water stuff too.
There was a similar question in April and parents' suggestions are here: Naturalist teen camp w/ at least some Black kids?