Interfaith Youth Leadership Camp
July 14-18, 2021
Drake University
Interfaith Youth Leadership Camp
July 14-18, 2021
Drake University
High school students and recent 2021 graduates representing a diverse array of religious and cultural traditions and communities will learn about each other’s religious beliefs and practices (or lack thereof) and religious and cultural diversity in Des Moines more generally. Participants will create and share a digital story that expresses a personally meaningful faith experience, practice, or belief, visit with religious communities of Greater Des Moines, and discuss with each other the principles and practices of interfaith leadership.
Interfaith Youth Leaders will each receive an honorarium for their participation in the camp. Entering first-year students at Drake University may receive additional compensation for joining an interfaith-leadership cohort during their freshman year at Drake.
Last year's Interfaith Youth Leadership Camp was held virtually with great success. We will be making an announcement as the camp draws nearer as to whether it will be held in-person or online.
“Working with the campers transformed my understanding of interfaith dialogue. Reading about different faiths in AP World History was completely different from seeing real people for whom these traditions were living faiths. Although we held different beliefs, by the conclusion of the camp we had come to recognize the similarities that bind us.”
- J.J. Singh Kapur