The ARC Young Professionals Board (YPB) had its inaugural retreat this weekend outside of Sacramento. The creation of this group was inspired by a trail conversation between ARC’s founder, Katie Zanto, and Yami Gutierrez, a graduate from ARC’s 2008 Tahoe summer course. Yami had served on another organization’s Young Professionals Board and wanted to offer similar […]
Identity Crisis: Overcoming a Clash of Cultures with ARC
As a teenager, Michelle Lee was at the center of a clash of cultures. At home in Merced, as a young Hmong woman, she imagined a traditional path for her future: marriage and nurturing children. She spoke only Hmong at home with her Mom. Meanwhile, at school, she was bullied when she used the language […]
Community Leadership Program Making an Impact
We are very excited to have launched a new academic-year program this fall: the ARC Community Leadership Program! Forty students are participating in the program at Truckee, North Tahoe, and Dos Palos High Schools, meeting regularly for in-school leadership workshops and participating in weekend adventures to California state and national parks. Weekend trips this fall have included […]
ARC Yosemite Staff Empowers the Voices of Youth
At 6PM tonight at Sierra Meadows in Awahanee (close to Yosemite and Oakhurst), eight ARC students will be performing beautifully-crafted stories of hardship and success. The event is deeply moving and the students have been preparing for Voices of Youth since their first wilderness expedition over a month ago in Hetch Hetchy. Four staff have […]
Tahoe Staff Team Guides Students Through 34 Days of Adventures!
Our Tahoe course is nearing its close and the group is at Sagehen Creek Field Station for their final basecamp! On day 30 of 34, we would like to acknowledge the incredible work of the Tahoe staff team. The team has guided the students on three wilderness expeditions, led them in creative writing exercises, journaling, and […]
Meet ARC’s 2019 Sequoia Staff Team
ARC’s Voices of Youth performance for the 2019 Sequoia 25-day Course will take place in Three Rivers at St. Anthonys Retreat at 6PM this Thursday, July 18th. Three dedicated and hard-working staff members have guided the students through their experience, including two backpacking expeditions and two academic basecamps. The staff helped students navigate through snow on […]