Camp Tawonga

We hope that the teachings of Tawonga have served as flashes of light in the darkness of this year. Compassion, resilience, caring for our environment and each other, Jewish values to guide us home. If these lessons from Tawonga are in your heart, we urge you to contribute, if you haven’t already, to Tawonga Together, our ongoing emergency fundraising campaign tawonga.org/donate or venmo.com/camptawonga. Help us to close out 2020 strong. You will be offsetting a $4.2 million net revenue loss due to our 2020 season cancellation. We are moved by the outpouring of love from our community and are confident that Tawonga will survive this crisis. We are Tawonga together.

We know we aren't the only ones who love to jam out with the Tawonga songbook! Join incredible Tawonga teens Devin Leslie and Leo Freedman for a Tawonga Songbook Concert live on Zoom, THIS Saturday, Oct. 17 at 7:30pm. Join via Zoom bit.ly/2H557OC

Today, we honor #IndigenousPeoplesDay, a holiday celebrated in lieu of Columbus Day. Indigenous Peoples’ Day honors the past, present and future of Native peoples in the U.S. and acknowledges the legacy of colonialism, which has devastated Indigenous communities historically and continues to negatively impact them today. Camp Tawonga is located on ancestral Mi-Wuk land, and our San Francisco office is located on ancestral Ohlone land. You can discover, acknowledge and learn about what land you occupy in California through this tool native-land.ca/. You can also support indigenous sovereignty by paying the @Shuumi Land Tax (sogoreate-landtrust.org/shuumi-land-tax) and learn more about Jewish partnerships with native people through exploring Jews on Ohlone Land (jewsonohloneland.org/).

Tawonga is excited to launch a free series of monthly virtual Tot Shabbats with Isaac Zones! Come sing and dance with fellow Tawonga families for our first Shabbat of the series on Friday, October 30. Info & link to register below! Best for kids 6 and under (siblings always welcome!) Build community with old and new Tawonga families In partnership with Urban Adamah and PJ Library Bay Area

What made Camp Director Becca Meyer shift from pursuing a PhD in cognitive neuroscience, and studying the brains of mice, to working at Tawonga? Check out our latest Journey to Tawonga to find out! tawonga.org/%f0%9f%93%bb-journeys-to-tawonga-becca-meyer/ Becca's story is part of a series of brief conversations about how different people stumble upon Tawonga in nonconventional ways and the impact it makes on their lives. #TawongaRadio

Do you want to talk to your kids about race, but not sure where to start? Join us, Urban Adamah and Eden Village West for a conversation with Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith about how to address race with our children during these particularly challenging times. Register sforce.co/36AurXz Thursday, Oct. 21 from 7pm - 8:30pm on Zoom For parents, guardians and educators of all ages Review science behind children's understanding... Gain and refine tools for engaging in conversation Sliding scale $0-72 See more