About Us

Girls’ Leadership Camp is a nonprofit organization composed of teenage girls and adult women, who are working together to build an affordable overnight camp program to benefit Philadelphia area girls.

What makes GLC unique is our leadership model. Girls are on the Board of our camp, and have equal voting power with adults. Girls give their input on every major decision made as the organization is built. We believe that in order for young people to grow as leaders, they must be given authentic opportunities to act as leaders; we also believe that the people served by an institution must have a key role in decision making so that the institution can meet their needs in a relevant and respectful way. GLC has therefore built into our structure having girls and parents play key roles in shaping the organization, serving on our Advisory Board, visiting the campsite throughout the year, and serving in a leadership capacity during the summer program.

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

GLC Program Director, Kandace Thomas: (right) Kandace is a foundation program officer in Chicago with four 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.