TYPICAL DAY

Our Camp Diva Leadership curriculum was created to help girls discover their girl power. The Camp Diva Leadership schedule is divided into rotating activities each day, including free time, team time, and whole group activities. Each group of participants has a weekly schedule and follows a structured rotation of activities.

Character development & shaping sisterhoods Cultural enrichment & women’s history

Hands on artful activities

Learning healthy & wealthy life practices

Experiencing the amazing world of agriculture

Becoming one with the community & themselves

STEAM and non-traditional career exploration

Cooking up creativity in the kitchen

THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:

Every day participants will celebrate their Black Girlhood, get to know their sisters, elevate their voices, learn to respect the strengths and differences of themselves and their peers, and, together with our staff, develop new skills and further their own self discovery journey.

Each day celebrates Black girls’ stories and voices and is full of unique approaches toward transformational change packed with fun and exciting activities related to our theme focus for the week—a typical day may look like this:

7:30 am Doors Open Free Time/Breakfast On your own

8:30 am Sister Circle

9:00 am–10:15 am Activity 1

10:15 am–11:30 am Activity 2

11:30 am–12:30 pm Lunch

12:30 pm–1:30 pm Rising w/ Ujima and Umoja

Daily Focused Activities –Consistency, Choices and Carefree

One of Camp Diva’s strengths is our volunteers and workshop presenters. They bring new innovative ideas and enhancing opportunities. We have many trendy traditions here that will bring a collision of the known and the unknown. On Mondays, the participants will divulge in the culinary arts with Vegan Action. Capitol One Coders endeavor to guide the girls into the tech enterprise every Tuesday. Thursdays, Fancy & Spicy will take the camp on a voyage into food science. One activity at a time, Camp Diva will eliminate summer program and give the participants days they’ll never forget!

We Out – Friday Field Trips

Girls For A Change field trips are an important part of the Camp Diva experience. These shared social experiences provide opportunities for Black girls to encounter and explore novel things in an authentic setting.

When our participants leave GFAC’s center, they see the connections between what is happening at the center and in the ‘real-world’. They begin to see that what they learn within our four walls can help them solve the problems they see in the world around them, and can have a direct impact on enriching and broadening their experience.

Here are a few places we will venture out over the summer

• Science Museum of Virginia

• Challenge Discovery

• Launch Trampoline Park

• Maymont Park

• The Well Collective

• Adiva Naturals

• And so much more

How much money should your daughter take on field trip? $25–$75 recommended for each field trip.

Sometimes it’s not about the price; it’s about the value of the opportunity. Field Trips are rites of passage. They provide personal growth opportunities, from basic travel skills, like going through airport security, to career exploration. Trips support the social-emotional development of teens and tweens, including the chance to develop resiliency, independence, confidence, and empathy. To ensure every girl participates, we have established a fundraising initiative to support families who need extra support. To learn more, please email info@girlsforachange.org

More Field Trip confirmations will be discussed at our mandatory Camp Diva Leadership Orientation on Wednesday, June 14th.