Well this is day 2 of our Campus Pride Leadership Camp and it has gotten off to an awesome start. Yesterday there was so much good energy in the room as the campers came in and met everyone and began to bond.

We started off today with a morning energizer in each of our dens to get us started. As a pride leader, this time gave me a chance to really bond with my den and get to know them. After our den time was over is was time for the campers to participate in a session entitled "Just Rescue". In this exercise, campers were given the scenario that there were 14 people on a roof and a storm was coming and there was a boat but only 10 people could get it in the boat. Campers were given the task of choosing which 10 people would get the opportunity to get on the boat. They were given a list of various people's descriptions ranging from a pregnant black woman to a person who was HIV positive to a person who held their entire life's savings with them. It was really interesting to look around and see the campers discussing reason people should and shouldn't get on the boat. At the end there was a discussion about the activity and how stereotypes could play a major role in their decisions and the feelings that this evoked. This was definitely a thought provoking and stimulating session.

From this session campers went on to "Who Am I?" which explored their identities and upbringings and how this played a part of their identity. There were so many questions around "culture" and what that meant. The discussions I heard I heard were both honest and enriching. It seemed that campers realized that there are so many different pieces that make up their own puzzle called life but that at the same time their own puzzles represent only a small piece of a much bigger picture.