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HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT OUR SPECIAL 1-WEEK CAMP SESSIONS?
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This summer, AMPLIFY SLEEP AWAY CAMP has 1-week sessions at the beginning and end of summer just for our youngest campers! Just like our 2- and 4-week sessions, campers get the full creative track experience with creating original music + art, plus off-campus trips to the beach, local water park, downtown Ojai, and of course fun on-campus electives, games, crafts, dance parties, final showcase, and so much more.
1 WEEK STARTING JUNE 18 JUST FOR GRADES 5–8 ★ 1 WEEK STARTING AUGUST 7 JUST FOR GRADES 3–6 ★ MULTIPLE 2- AND 4-WEEK SESSIONS IN BETWEEN FOR GRADES 6–12
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We're hiring for a bunch of awesome roles this summer—all full time, all include room + board. Mega bonus points and priority consideration if you apply by FEB 20 (2/20/23) ⚡️
Some currently open positions are...
health + wellness coordinator ★ camp care specialist ★ AM lead + class coordinator ★ PM lead + live sound engineer ★ trips + outdoor activities coordinator ★ instructors for several disciplines ★ counselors for several specialties
If you know someone great for these roles but it's not you, please don't be shy about sharing these opportunities far and wide! USE YOUR PASSION + EXPERIENCE TO CHANGE THE WORLD THIS SUMMER.
FYI, if you're currently in 12th grade, you get to choose if you want to attend camp as an LIT (senior-level camper) OR apply to be a junior-level counselor...and get paid!!
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In addition to these full-time summer positions, we're also hiring a LOCAL, in-person Administrative Associate! This is a year-round position with the opportunity to become full-time during summer (June–August) 2023.
The all-important admin associate is responsible for a variety of tasks in support of our mission to empower girls through music education, the creative arts, community, and positive mentorship. These tasks touch on every facet of the organization: operations, programs, development, events, marketing + PR, social media, and more.
Collaborative “team players” to the front, please! Just about everything we do gets done as a supportive team trying tirelessly to change the world, and the admin associate is undeniably part of that. BIPOC women + gender-expansive humans strongly encouraged to apply for any and all open positions.
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HOW DO YOU BLACK HISTORY?
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We hope you do it all year round, but we'll take any excuse to put incredible stories like that of BESSIE SMITH in front of our community. Thanks, February.
Nicknamed “Empress of the Blues,” Bessie Smith was the most popular and highest-paid (YES, get it, girl 💰) singer of her day. The singer-songwriter and composer released 160 recordings under Columbia Phonograph Company, sold millions of records, performed on Broadway, and even made her first and only silver screen appearance in the 1929 film St. Louis Blues. We love that Bessie's music bravely tackled social issues like poverty, intra-racial conflict, FEMALE SEXUALITY, and queerness.
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In 1937, Bessie was fatally injured in a car accident, but Jim Crow laws kept her from getting help at the local white hospital. She was instead transported miles and miles away to G.T. Thomas Afro-American Hospital, where she died. Her grave remained unmarked until 1970 when JANIS JOPLIN and Juanita Green, a woman who worked for Smith as a child, paid to have her tombstone engraved.
Tag us on IG with a Black figure/story that's important to you and we'll help you blast it to the world 📢
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DECEMBER GALA=MASSIVE SUCCESS
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From gorgeous youth performances to the hilarious dessert dash in the rain and beyond, our December 1 GIRLS TO THE FRONT gala exceeded our wildest expectations. Between ticket sales, winning auction bids, sponsorships, and good ole fashioned event-initiated donations that continue to trickle in, we've taken in MORE THAN $100,000 🌟 We can't thank everyone enough for making this actually the coolest gala of the season.
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If you couldn't make it to this all-important fundraising initiative, or even if you could and want to keep supporting us, please consider sending a 100% tax-deductible donation our way. Every dollar makes testimonials like this possible:
"Thank you so much for allowing my daughter to join your camp this summer. She has yet to stop talking about what an amazing time she had, she kept in touch with friends from all over the country! It was such positive impact on her confidence, it’s been a real joy to see this stronger version of herself come out." —2022 scholarship family
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IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO PRE-ORDER THE SYRYN RECORDS VOL. 1 VINYL RECORD 💽
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Every year, we create a compilation record that supports SYRYN RECORDS' artists, interns, and overall program (FYI Syryn Records is our world-famous youth-run record label and internship program). This year's record features 11 talented female and gender-expansive musicians, poets, songwriters, and producers!
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12" vinyl records are now available for pre-order on Bandcamp! This limited edition item features beautiful front and back sleeve artwork created by our very own Syryn interns. In case you missed it, we also launched a digital collectible version as an NFT mixtape to benefit our artists and program.
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CHECK OUT THE GENDER JUSTICE SUMMIT @ OAKWOOD SCHOOL THIS SATURDAY
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Oakwood students and faculty have partnered to bring human rights activists from around the world together for their inaugural Gender Justice Summit. With a focus on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal #5—to achieve Gender Equality—this landmark event features speakers working on international issues of girls’ access to education, menstrual and reproductive rights, and understanding how gender-based violence affects transgender individuals.
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SOMETHING MIND-BLOWING THIS WAY COMES
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You're gonna want to be checking out our IG activity this MONDAY, FEB 13...😏
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Thanks as ever to our MAJOR + MONTHLY SUPPORTERS. You keep the lights on...in both our facilities and our hearts 😉💡🔆
ZADIG&VOLTAIRE • STATE OF CALIFORNIA • CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL • SONOS • SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION • NORA MCNEELY + MICHAEL HURLEY • HUTTON PARKER FOUNDATION • CYNTHIA + JAMES LEE • HAZEN FAMILY FOUNDATION • KAPPY WELLS (TIDES FOUNDATION) • SAM DAVIS • SB BOWL • JOHNSON OHANA FOUNDATION • TEGAN + SARA FOUNDATION • JOHN MCGOVERN • KIMBERLY + KYLE BRANUM • WELLS RYAN • BRONTEE RYAN
Want to see your name up here? Become a major (or monthly) donor! ⬇️
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