About Us

Camp Sojourner, Girls’ Leadership Camp is a nonprofit leadership development program for Philadelphia girls focused on team-building, self-actualization, appreciation of nature, and creative arts.  Our work is accomplished by hosting girls at Camp Sojourner, our summer overnight camp program, and by involving girls in our year-round mentoring, service projects, and enrichment activities.

Our organization is composed of both girls and adult women, who work together to make our summer program and year-round activities possible.  We fundraise all year so that our programs can be affordable for all families, and we offer our programs on a sliding scale based on family size and income.

GLC Director, Alisha Berry: (left) Alisha is a writer and former high school teacher in Philadelphia, with ten years of professional camp experience.

GLC Program Director, Kandace Thomas: (right) Kandace is a foundation program officer in Chicago with five years of professional camp experience.

GLC Advisory Board: (top row, left to right) Angela Clinton, Markeita LeVan, Sade LeVan, Linda Walker, Nykeia Knight, Lateefa Smith, Elizabeth Larin (bottom row, l-r) Alisha Berry, Ebony Henson, Sonia Rosen, Lunden Abelson

Not shown: Shanita Brown, Susanna Gilbertson

Together, we have over thirty years of camp experience and expertise in a broad range of fields such as law, retail, counseling, non-profit management, violence prevention, conference organizing, educational research, and parenting.

New Beginnings
Girls’ Leadership Camp is a member of the New Beginnings Nonprofit Incubator at Resources for Human Development, Inc. (RHD). RHD is a large, diversified nonprofit organization, based in Philadelphia, that oversees roughly 150 programs. The New Beginnings incubator provides small and startup nonprofit programs with a range of services and support designed to help them grow to achieve their missions. Girls’ Leadership Camp is responsible for all its own fundraising.