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The Council for Unity has promoted Safety, Unity, and Achievement in Schools and Communities since 1975. 10 years ago we decided that we wanted to enhance that experience by introducing kids to a week look experience of the Past, Present, and Future! Sadly our organization cannot absorb the cost and the youth attending are mostly of poverty and will require support from people willing to make a selfless investment in their future!
Students started the experience by arriving at former slave plantation in the south and walking through the very grounds that enslaved men and women lived. We would then travel to a variety of Colleges including HBCUs, Division 1 schools and other schools all of which had great programs and student culture.
During our 5th year we were unable to pay for a 5 day, 4 night trip across the states so we opted to host a youth retreat at a camp facility in upstate NY. During this trip our participants experienced interpersonal growth beyond our expectations!
My co founder of the Retreat Lyddia Wilson who was they key planner for these life changing youth retreats came up with a brilliant idea. She figured out a way to maximize the total experience by joining the two experiences. This became the recipe for one of the most successful and talked about experiences in our organization.
This year we will begin our journey at F.I.T in NYC and then travel to the Greenkill Retreat Center where the kids will participate in leadership and team building activities hosted by the camp. Our still will also facilitate workshops geared towards their interpersonal growth. We will visit the University at Albany on the third day to tour the campus and explore student life there. After our last night at the camp we are going to board the bus and head to Washington DC making a stop at Golden Corral on the way. The group will spend day 4 at a 5 star hotel in DC where they can enjoy the amenities offered and later that night enjoy dinner at a restaurant. On our 5th and final day we will visit Howard University for a tour and presentation from Council for Unity Alumni attending the school. Last but not least we will visit the African American Museum of History & Culture connecting the past with the talks of the present and future during the first days of the tour.
We need your help to realize this vision! Without your support we cannot create change! The kids are raising awareness and money for this cause! Show them that there are people in our communities that care enough to make this dream a reality! Make a donation today!!!
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