EmpowHer Camp is disabled women led year long mentorship and leadership skill building program. It starts with a week of camping (August 4th-9th, 2024) in the Adirondacks mountains learning survival and independent living skills, and forming a community of successful disabled women and stronf disabled young women. Each particpant is paired with a disabled woman mentor and work together virtually for a year working on a community emergency preparedness project. The following summer they are all reunited in Washington D.C. (July 2025) to present their work, talk to state senates, explore Washignton D.C. and continuing building those leadership skills. Applications for the upcoming class is opening Jan.5th.
*For the purpose of this program, the terminology “youth”, “young women”, and “girls” include cis or trans girls or other feminine aligned people.