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African Caribbean Heritage Camp
June 9, 2016 - June 12, 2016
African/Caribbean Heritage Camp (ACHC) celebrates its 18th year in 2016 and remains one of the few camps of its kind in the country. Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families developed ACHC for families who adopted:
African American and bi-racial children
African children (from Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, and other African nations)
Haitian or other Caribbean children
Every year at camp, we incorporate the roots of African culture into our programming for all ages, and have the pleasure of experiencing how these diverse and amazing histories make all of us who we are today. While we celebrate and strive to highlight the different birth countries of our campers, the similarities among adopted children of color in transracial families is what really bonds us. It is that connection — with other families, cultural heritage, the greater community, and role models — that makes a lasting difference.
We also spend time at camp exploring the unique gifts and challenges that come with our transracially adoptive families. We realize that, as our children grow, they will be dealing with issues faced by any child of color, no matter their country of birth. This is never more evident than the first day of camp, when children and parents alike experience that collective sigh of relief upon realizing that they are with a sea of families who are just like theirs. We also celebrate adoption as a culture of its own. There is no greater gift you can give your child (or yourself).
ACHC 2016 goes “Soul Deep” as we have fun, explore our roots in Africa, the Caribbean and the US, connect with friends old and new, play with ways to express ourselves, and go beyond the surface to the issues and people that matter to us, that nourish our souls. As Langston Hughes wrote in 1921, “I’ve known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers. /My soul has grown deep like the rivers.” Come ready to dive in together!
