A Message From
The Change Summer Team

Dear Change Summer Community:

The Declaration of Independence states that all human beings “are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Absurdly, our country continues to deny these rights to our Black and Brown communities. At Change Summer, we are deeply distraught, frustrated, and saddened by the senseless deaths and instances of racial violence and police brutality that permeate society. In his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, wrote, “We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that ‘justice too long delayed is justice denied.’” 

We will continue to listen, learn, and act until justice for all is a reality.

With love and peace in our hearts,
Joshua Phillips, CEO of Change Summer
Monia Johnson, Director of Camp Beyond