This year was the 10th Annual CRS Alumni Picnic in Central Park! Thank you to the New York Alumni Association for hosting and for everyone who joined us. Click the post to check out photos from the event.
Read the highlights from our annual LAJF Board Retreat at Camp! Big thanks to the incredible members of our Board of Directors who volunteer their time and give their energy to ensure the foundation and CRS continue to thrive.
Thank you to all of the CRS Alums who gathered together in Poland for the World Reunion in September 2024! Click to check out photos from the weekend.
We are excited to announce the winners of the 2024-25 GEJ Scholarship Awards! These recent CRS alums, staff, and volunteers embody the values of leadership, excellence, and commitment to social justice across a variety of fields and disciplines. We congratulate them on all of their achievements and look forward to seeing what they do in the future! Please click to meet this year's scholarship recipients.
Every month we send out an email newsletter to keep you — our community — up to date with everything going on at LAJF and CRS! If you aren’t already subscribed to our email list, please click here to subscribe. We’ll be sharing the link to the newsletter each month: Click to read the full September e-Newsletter.
During Virtual CRS, campers from around the world engage with each other in conversations about world issues, teach each other, and come together to make projects happen!
A group of campers created an in-depth video essay that analyzes the film "Legally Blonde" through a feminist lens. Get ready for your perspective on this movie to completely change!
We are excited to announce the publication of our Annual Report for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. Please click here to read the report.
For LAJF, the 2019-2020 fiscal year was full of surprises, innovations, and new opportunities in the face of the COVID-19 global pandemic and its impact. With no in-person Camp Rising Sun program over the summer and international travel being suspended throughout most of the world, the LAJF staff were hard at work reorganizing, restrategizing, and reimagining how to fulfill our mission.
During Virtual CRS, campers from around the world engage with each other in conversations about world issues, teach each other, and come together to make projects happen! We will be sharing a few of the projects made during the second session of Virtual CRS 2021 for you all to watch and enjoy! This week brings a collection of stories from around the world!
During Virtual CRS, campers from around the world engage with each other in conversations about world issues, teach each other, and come together to make projects happen! We will be sharing a few of the projects made during the second session of Virtual CRS 2021 for you all to watch and enjoy! This week brings you a thrilling short film.
During Virtual CRS, campers from around the world engage with each other in conversations about world issues, teach each other, and come together to make projects happen! We will be sharing a few of the projects made during the second session of Virtual CRS 2021 for you all to watch and enjoy! This week brings you the Memento Project. Watch this video to hear campers ask each other about:
What drew them to CRS
What they got out of the program
Whether it met their expectations
Their most cherished memories
and more!
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