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The Black Youth Leadership Summit creates a space for connection, learning, and belonging in Southern Oregon, where Black students are few in number. 

What started seven years ago with 70 students has grown to a powerful, one-day gathering of 350 students, teachers, and advisors held at Southern Oregon University each February.  

The Summit welcomes all students in grades 7鈥�12 who want to explore Black history and culture. It is a project of the Black Southern Oregon Alliance, a parent-led organization. D.L. Richardson, a leader with the Alliance, describes the impact of the Summit: 

鈥淭his is an opportunity finally for these students to have a chance to take a breath. To just be. To not be performing. To not be on display. They get to just be a student鈥攁nd learn,鈥� he says. 

Richardson says the camp leaves students feeling like they can stand up for themselves, and some have gone on to start Black Student Unions when they return to school.  

Black Youth Summer Institute Offers Empowering Campus Experience 

Further enrichment and empowerment await students who attend the Black Youth Summer Institute, a weeklong camp held on the campus of Southern Oregon University. Students live on campus, attend classes and experience events and cultural activities. 

Tuition is free for up to 80 campers through a partnership between the Southern Oregon Black and African American Student Success Grant Team and Southern Oregon University Youth Programs.  

Richardson says the experience leaves students with a feeling of  belonging and the understanding, 鈥淵ou鈥檙e not by yourself in Southern Oregon. There's hundreds of people like you.鈥�  

Oregon Community Foundation is proud to support the Black Southern Oregon Alliance, an organization building community, connections and power. They show us what it means to be Stronger Together. Join us in standing with them!