WHEN:
June 18th - 23rd, 2025 (Girls)
WHEN:
June 25th - 30th, 2025 (Boys)
WHEN:
August 6th - 11th, 2025 (Boys)
WHEN:
August 13th - 18th, 2025 (Girls)
WHERE:
Baja California, Mexico
WHO:
Middle & High School Students
COST:
FREE
About our Summer Institutes
Living Manuals Summer Institutes provides youth between the ages of 12-18 a revolutionary learning opportunity to engage in an interdisciplinary curriculum that is designed to provide our youth with the necessary knowledge and skills they need to navigate modern-day society successfully. The learning happens at our wellness retreat center in Primo Tapia, Baja California, an incredible black-owned space heavily focused on health, wellness, and sustainability.
The Living Manuals Summer Institutes provides a powerful learning experience for young people. It helps them understand and appreciate their culture and identity and empowers them to build community and protect themselves and their families with valuable knowledge and health and wellness practices. The program is free. Participants are chosen through an application process.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
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Develop identity through a knowledge of self, history, and community.
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Develop Meditative & Reflective Problem Solving Skills
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Develop Mastery of Your Body & Emotions Through Self-Defense Skills
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Promote Cultural Pride
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Learning Community & Cultural Traditions
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Building Healthy & Safe Communities
PARTICIPANT OUTCOMES:
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100 % Participation
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Individual breakthroughs in self-esteem and self-confidence
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Development of life skills
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Stimulating/enhancing positive peer interactions
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Learning Black History
The LM curriculum
The Living Manuals curriculum focuses on essential knowledge for navigating the complexities of modern life such as:
International Revolutionary Black history
Self Defense & Emergency Medical Training
Permaculture & Homesteading
Financial Literacy & Cooperative Economics
The Fruit of Living Manuals
Since 2022, Living Manuals has created immersive experiences and taught essential skills to our young black youth. These transformative workshops wouldn’t have been possible without the support of our community. Thank you to Racial Justice Now, Brotherly Love, Soulflower Farm, Plant Based Fitness, Hella Nuts, Soul on a Roll, AM1 Creates, Rashad Visions, and all the parents and families who supported our programming.
You can support programming like the Black August Summer Institute or any of our other program offerings by donating here.
