TRACK OPTIONS
Judaism Through Art
The URJ 6 Points Creative Arts Academy team loves to connect, create and celebrate! Bring your Ruach (spirit) and your artistic passion for a weekend of developing your leadership skills through the lens of creative expression.
Judaism Through Sports
Unleash the leader within you both on and off the field with LLTI’s dynamic sports track. Embrace the powerful connection between leadership and sportsmanship, whether you’re in the heat of the game or strategizing from the sidelines.
Elevate your skills, cultivate resilience, and amplify your leadership prowess. Don’t miss out on your journey toward becoming a formidable leader in any arena.
Song Leader Training
In a songleader training weekend through Sing Unto God, teens will receive needed skills, techniques, and repertoire to continue to support and prepare them to lead in camps, congregations, and communities. In addition to the relationships the teens will build with each other and dynamic teachers, they will also be supported in connecting with mentors and professionals on the ground to continue their songleading growth through the year. With relationships built with the camps and communities in which the teens songlead, not only will our teens learn important leadership and group building skills, but our broader communities will be strengthened by having dynamic leaders of song leading them now and into the future.
Judaism Through Science
Knot Your Average Training
Living Leadership – Learn active facilitation skills to successfully lead and debrief group programs. Participants in this track will utilize Camp Coleman’s high and low ropes course elements as tools to help develop leadership skills and see them in action.
Madrichim Training
Leadership & Learning: Do you serve as a madrich / madricha in your synagogue religious school program? Do you want to build your knowledge and skills to develop as a leader and an awesome role model? Do you want to learn more about bringing FUN into a Jewish classroom? This is the track for you!
Israel Unplugged: Real Talk, Real Life
Join us for a weekend to discuss current events and life in Israel today. This is a special opportunity for our teens, especially those who did not have the chance to travel to Israel this summer, to come together at camp, engage in meaningful learning, and connect as a group. We are excited to be working with RootOne, Yallah! Israel, and URJ Israel Immersives to bring this programming to life!
Camp Coleman is so excited to once again be hosting the Liz Leadership Teen Initiative on September 20-22, in partnership with many other incredible camps and organizations. We are lucky to be joined by 6 Points Sports Academy, 6 Points Sci-Tech Academy, 6 Points Creative Arts Academy, The Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, Yallah! Israel, Sing Unto God, and the Religious Action Center of the URJ.
This event will be hosted at URJ Camp Coleman and will allow us the opportunity to learn about leadership in Judaism with experts in the fields of music, arts, sports, social justice, science, group facilitation, teaching, and more. When you register, you will have the choice of which track you would like to participate in.
Liz Leadership Teen Initiative FAQ:
Cost: The tuition for this event is $395. Thanks to a grant from JumpSpark, we are excited to be able to offer subsidy of up to $150 for teens based on where they live and how far they would need to travel to attend the event. Please see specific pricing options in the registration form.
Scholarship: Financial reasons should never be a barrier for teens to be able to attend and participate in URJ Camps & Immersive programs. Check with your home congregation to see what scholarship funds are available for teen programs.
Transportation: The event begins on Friday, September 20 at 5:00pm and concludes Sunday, September 22 at 11:00am.
There are three options for your transportation when you register for the event. Choose the one that matches your method of travel:
- Arriving Via Car or with a synagogue sponsored transportation option should arrive between 5:00pm-6:00pm on Friday, September 20 and be picked up at 11:15am on Sunday, September 22.
- Atlanta bus (Temple Beth Tikvah, Roswell, GA)
Will leave TBT (Roswell, GA) at 3:00pm on September 20 and will return to TBT at 12:30pm on September 22.
- Arriving Via Flight and then taking bus from the ATL airport
- There will be NO cost for the Atlanta bus.
Plan to land by the latest 1:30pm on Friday, September 20 and book your flight after 4:30pm on Sunday, September 22
- As we get closer, we will send you information with the name of the bus captain and where in the airport you will meet.
Please be in touch with your home congregation if you are not riding the Atlanta bus about possible transportation plans from congregations to Camp Coleman. Transportation is NOT included in the registration fee.
Meals: All meals will meet dietary needs as much as possible including gluten free, dairy free, and vegetarian. Please be sure to indicate your teen’s most up to date dietary needs in their registration.
Interested in being staff for the event? Email scotler@urj.org for more info about staff positions.
