From July 10th through 20th, 25 students from six different New York public schools participated in the second edition of our Summer Camp. Like in 2006, this intensive program featured cultural, tolerance and freedom-oriented projects that allowed for a thorough use of their language skills as well as their creativity and knowledge.

A wide range of activities included a liberation painting workshop, an artist-guided visit to the Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts (MoCADA), an afternoon meeting with the Ambassador of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, a freedom writing workshop, discussions on cross-cultural issues with Francophone Fulbright students from Metro International (http://www.metrointl.org/index.html), and visits to the Statue of Liberty, the Museum of Immigration and the United Nations. More recreative activities included a Haitian dance workshop and a Scrabble competition. On Sunday, July 15th, the students also contributed their own booth to the French Institute-Alliance Française's Bastille Day, held yearly on the occasion of France's National Day. There, they could speak to hundreds of French speakers and Francophile visitors, and tell them who they were and display their paintings.

This year, the summer camp was hosted by Medgar Evers College Preparatory High School and our students came from the following schools :

- Medgar Evers College Preparatory High School (Brooklyn)
- Brooklyn International High School
- International High School at Prospect Heights (Brooklyn)
- International High School at Kingsborough Community College (Brooklyn)
- Jamaica Learning Center (Queens)
- Linden Learning Center (Brooklyn)
- Valley Stream South High School (Long Island)

See our summary and photos below
or read our full Summer Camp Report 2007 [pdf]