Announcing our Virtual Programs

We have been hard at work developing programs and virtual opportunities for connection, and we are excited to officially share them with you!

These programs serve our diverse alumni community and incoming campers in a variety of unique ways. You can review our programs below, starting with our “Camper for Life” programs which are available to all CRS alumni regardless of Camp year.

We hope to connect with you in the upcoming months through one of these programs!

Camper for Life Programs

Virtual Alumni Instructions

Running weekly from June - August. Submit your instruction proposal now!

As a CRS alum, we are sure there’s an instruction, evening program or conversation that really made you rethink the way you see the world. Through Virtual Alumni Instructions, our alums around the world (you!) will be sharing their expertise with the community in the form of engaging, interactive instructions. If you’ve spent any time with fellow alums recently, you will know that they are all doing amazing work. We are really excited to launch this program as an opportunity to share the collective knowledge we hold.

You can expect sessions in topics as broad as at Camp, including subjects such as art, elections, science, business, life development and healthcare.

We cannot make this happen without you! You are the expert, you have the knowledge, and we’d love to have you give an instruction.

If you’re interested in giving an instruction, please visit this page to do so. 

To stay up to date on upcoming alumni instructions, please fill out this form and we will send you information as it becomes available. 

You can learn more about this program here. If you have any questions, please email us at vai@lajf.org.

CRS Documentary Series

An advantage of spending more time inside is the possibility to dedicate energy to new hobbies and growth - so why not watch a documentary and learn together?

We are excited to announce our new Documentary Series! In this initiative, you are invited to join a Netflix Party where we will watch a documentary together and participate in a virtual discussion afterwards. If you don’t have Netflix - no problem! You can join us for the discussion after the viewing, we just ask that you have seen the documentary at some point. 

This program begins with our first viewing of Crip Camp on Sunday, May 3rd, and on May 31st CRS alum Jeff Orlowski will join the post-documentary discussion of his film Chasing Coral!

To learn more about this program and register for our upcoming documentary viewing dates, please visit our webpage.

Recent Alumni Programs

Virtual College Week

It’s back! For our 2014-2019 campers, we will offer this program in May as it has been done for the past two years. 

This series of interactive workshops will cover topics such as how to craft your college application, affording higher education, The FAFSA, studying in the U.S. as an international student and the F1 visa, LAJF scholarships available to alumni and how to best use the extensive international network we are all a part of as CRS alums!

We have curated workshops featuring experienced alumni and guest speakers who are experts in their fields. If you are a recent camper, we hope you will join us!

To learn more about this program, please visit our resource page here.

If you are a 2014-2019 camper and you are yet to register, please do so here. If you have knowledge you’d like to share about the college admissions process, please visit this page.

Tent Talks From Home

For our most recent 2019 campers, we will offer workshops in July to discuss life after CRS and provide space for reflection on their experience. Camp Rising Sun is an impactful experience, and through these tent talks we hope to provide the opportunity for our most recent cohort to further reflect upon and digest their time at Camp. 

If you are a 2019 camper, we will email you in the coming weeks to register for a virtual tent talk.

Expanded CRS

For our 2017-2019 campers, we will run this five-day program in the Fall to expand upon topics discussed at Camp and further the mission and values of LAJF. This will further be an opportunity for recent campers to engage across generations and sessions of Camp in a co-ed mixed-Camp year format.

If you are a 2017-2019 camper, we will email you in the coming weeks to register. 

2020 Selected Camper Initiatives

Virtual CRS

For waitlisted candidates and campers initially selected for the 2020 season who are unable to transfer to the 2021 season, this 10-day program provides a space for discussion and learning surrounding the CRS mission and values. 

While this program does not aim to substitute our in-person program, we are excited to share well-loved aspects of Camp, including instructions, leadership roles, and a focus on curriculum which reflects the CRS pedagogy of reflection and experiential learning.

For campers who transferred their selection to 2021, we will provide:
- Information sessions led by our second year campers,
- small-group virtual check-ins,
- and programming in the Spring of 2021 to provide a foundational knowledge base for CRS, including such topics as servant leadership.

While we will all miss having a 2020 Camp season, the unique opportunity of developing virtual programming and serving alumni in different ways is an exciting one. We look forward to your participation in our programming and connecting virtually!