Up to 25 high school students and recent 2019 graduates representing a diverse array of religious and cultural traditions and communities will spend five days and four nights at Drake University, learning 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 religious communities in Greater Des Moines, and discuss with each other the principles and practices of interfaith leadership.

Interfaith Youth Leaders will each receive a $500 honorarium for their participation in the camp. Entering first-year students at Drake University can receive an additional $500 for joining an interfaith-leadership cohort during their freshman year at Drake.