EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST

Every year we look forward to enjoying Ethiopian coffee – roasted, ground and brewed under the big Wil-low Tree in the traditional manner and evoking the wonderful ritual that is centuries old. Every year with all the music being played throughout the entire event,

DISCOVEIRNG ONE’S ROOTS

This is a lecture for the Ethiopian diaspora and immigrant families on cultural identity & socialization, belonging & becoming the third culture, and the significance of representation & social responsibility. The session will

EXPRESS YOURSELF

Focusing on cultural identity and diversity, children will be taught to identify their culture, recognize the many others that exist, and embrace the differences. They will be afforded a platform where they can ex-press their identity

SHARING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ETHIOPIAN PROVERBS

The Kurtz sisters, who spent most of their childhoods in Ethiopia, are currently both writers, educators. They both volunteer for projects in

COLLEGE READINESS 101

An opportunity to have an open and informative discussion about college readiness with parents of chil-dren who are in 9th grade and above, and for our older groups of children at the Camp. Even with all the information readily available via the internet,

GROWING UP IN AMERICA

SAYLA FAISON is born in Silver Spring, MD and raised in Washington, DC, Sayla has been a member of our Camp family for the last 10 years. As a recent graduate from the School Without Walls High School, Sayla will be

ETHIOPIAN COOKING: Traditional Drinks of Celebration

TESHAGER (TESH) TESFAYE is an Ethiopian-American Serial Entrepreneur with 20+ years of di-verse Mobile/Web, Software, Cloud and Network engineering experience.

ETHIOPIAN COOKING: Traditional Drinks of Celebration

In celebration of or 10th year anniversary, this year we have selected the two commonly accepted Ethiopi-an traditional drinks of celebration, Tella & Tej to be demonstrated and discussed during the Adult Cook-ing Session.

LANGUAGE CLASSES FOR ALL – MESSAGE IN AMHARIC

Our camp has a special focus on language, as we strongly believe language is key in connecting our kids to their heritage and culture. As such, we continue to offer both children’s and adult’s language classes. This year we have language session with a bit of a twist

NATURAL HAIR CARE

The Natural Hair Care for Children is an instructive and informative discussion that will explain how to care for both girl and boys natural hair. This fun and easy workshop will take the guess work out of prod-uct selection, braiding and twisting techniques,

INTENSIVE DANCE WORKSHOP

An Intensive Dance Workshop and a performance by our own Heritage and Culture Camp Dance Group has become a unique feature of the Camp. We have kids 9 years and older who have already registered for this special dance program, where they will be spending several hours a day learning Ethiopian Traditional Dance as well as

ETHIOPIAN COFFEE CEREMONY

GENET ASTATKE – We are pleased to welcome GENET ASTATKE-FAISON as our resident educational specialist. She has taught in Fairfax county school system for 7 years and in Washington, DC for 6 years.

EXPERIENCE TRADITIONAL ETHIOPIAN MUSIC

The best Masinko player and multi talented, Gezachew T/Mariam, will join us in playing and demonstrating different Ethiopian musical instruments (Masinko, and Washint) for our enjoyment and education. His talent takes center stage at the Ethiopian Banquet as he is joined by his band to entertain us.