What if we told you that, over thousands of years, human beings have developed a profound need for connection? That we grow through relationships rooted in love and care, while isolation can weaken both our bodies and minds? That our need for closeness and belonging is nearly as fundamental as our need for food and water?

In our sessions, we explore how our species survived and flourished through friendliness: our remarkable capacity to communicate, cooperate, and build relationships with one another. We consider how the human brain itself developed through connection and interdependence, and we examine the forces that prevent us from fully honoring that shared humanity, including prejudice and cultures that prize individualism over community.

Finally, we ask what it means to live according to our interconnectedness: to recognize the universal rights and dignity of every person, and to take responsibility for advancing and protecting them.

Join young people from around the world as we explore these questions—and imagine how we might build a more connected, compassionate, and just world together.

This year, our camp brought together 120 participants from Angola, Brazil, Egypt, France, Germany, Mexico, Mozambique, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, the Philippines, the Seychelles, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and across the United States.

We invite you to watch the recording of our final session below, in which participants shared a heartfelt conversation with Ahmed Muin Abu-Amsha, a musician and music teacher in Gaza.

Throughout the conversation, we witnessed not only the power of music, but also the extraordinary power of the human spirit—its capacity to create, to heal, and to continue giving even amid the most profound loss and destruction.

Registration for next year’s Camp opens in April 2027

YOU CAN NOW ACCESS OUR 2026 SESSIONS!