Mulcahy Fellowship<\/a> is an initiative to intentionally honor, support, and uplift seasonal staff who identify as historically underrepresented members in AYF program communities. The goal is to address the lack of diversity in leadership positions within AYF programs and recognize that individuals with these identities provide more emotional labor than other camp staff.<\/p>\nThe AYF launched the Fellowship in 2019 with an inaugural class of five individuals who worked as seasonal summer staff at Merrowvista, Miniwanca, and National Leadership Conference. Today, there are 25 fellows.<\/p>\n
Director of Community Life, Diversity, and Inclusion Ambrean Ford said the retreat, which she hopes will take place annually before summer programs, give fellows a chance to acclimate to camp before staff training.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Mulcahy Fellowship retreat gives them an opportunity to bond meet each other and for older fellows to mentor the class of 2022,\u201d she said. \u201cWe also did some long-term planning for the next five years, laying out our vision for the future of the fellowship.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ford said the fellows hope to offer a future program for youth from the Detroit area. \u201cThis mini-camp\u2019s purpose is to allow kids to experience outdoors and nature in a positive way with leaders who look like them and who hold similar identities,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n
Ford, who is also a 2019 Mulcahy Fellow, said the retreat helped her realize how important it is for this community to gather in person. \u201cPeople need that in-person connection so we can realize we are more than folks on a screen. The retreat was a great reminder that it is important to hold affinity spaces where folks who have similar identities are connected and enjoying each other\u2019s company. When you can actually be together and share those moments in person, you feel you know someone\u2019s authentic self.\u201d<\/p>\n
The fellows built on the strength of their time together and left the retreat energized to step into their staff roles and share in the leadership of camp communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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