According to the registration form:
The Youth Activist Camp organizer is Dr. Anthony Ratcliff, who is also a professor of Pan-African Studies at California State University – Los Angeles (CSULA). When he was hired in 2015, the department – headed by Black Lives Matter-LA leader Melina Abdullah – announced:
Ratcliff, who has referred to Abdullah as his “comrade,” is also BLM-LA’s Political Education Coordinator. He recently posted a meme promoting the camp on social media. It featured an image of two youths attending a Black Panther Party (BPP) “Political Education Class” in 1972. A quote from Huey P. Newton, who co-founded the Black Panthers in 1966, reads: “The young always inherit the revolution.”
EXCLUSIVE: Black Lives Matter Organizing A 'Youth Activist Camp' For 10 -Year-Olds
In addition to learning strategies for organizing social justice campaigns and direct action tactics, the camp will focus on community building, skill-sharing, critical literacy, public speaking, as well as techniques for developing healthy collective and self-care practices. All youth attendees will be served a breakfast snack, lunch, and afternoon snack.
The Youth Activist Camp organizer is Dr. Anthony Ratcliff, who is also a professor of Pan-African Studies at California State University – Los Angeles (CSULA). When he was hired in 2015, the department – headed by Black Lives Matter-LA leader Melina Abdullah – announced:
We are on our way to building one of the strongest, most vibrant, visionary, brilliant, nurturing, active/ist departments in the world!
Ratcliff, who has referred to Abdullah as his “comrade,” is also BLM-LA’s Political Education Coordinator. He recently posted a meme promoting the camp on social media. It featured an image of two youths attending a Black Panther Party (BPP) “Political Education Class” in 1972. A quote from Huey P. Newton, who co-founded the Black Panthers in 1966, reads: “The young always inherit the revolution.”
EXCLUSIVE: Black Lives Matter Organizing A 'Youth Activist Camp' For 10 -Year-Olds