Affinity-Belonging Camp (AB Camp) is an experimental community organized, led by, and designed for persons who identify as People of the Global Majority/BIPOC, and/or LGBTQIA+/Genderqueer folks, and their allies.
2025 Theme: Our Love is Resistance: Weaving Interdependence
Together we'll weave strong, interdependent bonds that can serve as our most powerful asset to both survive and Thrive. We'll soften our hearts to community as sanctuary; to the knowing that our mutual care, generative conflict, and empowered action will help us weather this collective storm-- like so many others have before us.
We’ll spend 5 days co-creating a welcoming nest for us to find deep belonging in loving, liberating community. To let down the masks we keep in the dominant culture, and find solace in a community of like-minded and like-hearted humans— committed to both collective liberation and individual expansion.
And to share…
* Somatic ancestral healing * Dance & play * Joyful consent * Decolonizing our bodies * Music jams * Forum & sharing circles * Being in the moment * Snuggle piles * Love pods * Sexual freedom * Liberation action plans * Yummy multicultural food * Mutual care *
CAMP INVESTMENT:
Sliding scale $100-1695
This includes 5 days of shared meals, a campsite nestled in beautiful nature, warm showers, and all programming.
APPLY TO ATTEND HERE:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSckLBc_tPcpTM-5FaTcSHkfu9xCEOQU9l0PZnHK4H-zBTbuGg/viewform
In addition to BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ folx, we welcome people who hold other systemically undervalued identities to apply. We will do our best to accommodate people with unique access needs of all kinds-- from physical, to sensory, to financial.
*ABCamp is for people who:
- Identify as a Person of the Global Majority (PGM aka BIPOC) and/or Trans or LGBQIA+
- Value anti-oppression work, social change, AND personal growth/healing
- Want to learn to be a better ally and support others in marginalized groups
- Want to share your learnings with your community outside of camp
- Want to make the world a better place for All
*Pre-Camp & Post-Camp:
Come for Pre-camp to plant the community and logistical seeds that will blossom into our beauteous retreat (setup)! And/or Post-camp as we compost what’s left and reset the venue (take-down). At both we’ll have meals; connection gatherings; collective contribution; and time to rest, integrate, and enjoy.
Pre-Camp: Sept. 16-19
Post-Camp: Sept. 24-27
- Not tryna apply, but wanna support safer healing community spaces that center BIPOC, trans, & queer folx? Donate here to fund camp for people who couldn't usually afford it:
https://chuffed.org/project/affinity-belonging-initiative-2025
*Demographics:
At the Affinity-Belonging Camp pilot retreat in 2024, we had a mix of 50-70 campers that included approximately 35% PGM/BiPoC, 35% LGBTQIA+/Genderqueer, and 30% folks who were drawn towards this liberation work as allies.
*ABCamp 2024 Goals:
To co-create a supportive community, a love-filled nest, where camp participants are welcome to share about the wounds they carry as a result of stereotyping, discrimination and systemic oppression.
To incorporate music, food and dress from multiple ethnicities.
To liberate ourselves from these wounds and then to fly the nurturing nest we’ve created through growing perspectives, skills and trusted friendships that allow us to move from oppression to full expression, without shame or fear, wherever we find ourselves.
To initiate a multi-year plan to strengthen and deepen the work of liberation-for-all in compassionate, growth-oriented community.
To build compassionate connections between people from different affinity groups, allies, and New Culture community.
APPLY TO ATTEND HERE:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSckLBc_tPcpTM-5FaTcSHkfu9xCEOQU9l0PZnHK4H-zBTbuGg/viewform
~ We hope to see you at Affinity-Belonging Camp East 2025! ~
