Camille Cyprian has worked at Wellstone Action for 3 years. She is currently the Co-Director for Campus Camp Wellstone.
A true 80s baby and lover of all things artistic, Camille’s first love is the performing arts. She is a classically trained ballerina, social justice theater actress, performance poet, and was a singer in a past life. She particularly enjoys alliteration, MC battles, and pretending she can break dance. She is also an admitted twitter-holic.
Camille is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with an individually designed major of Social Justice and Community Organizing. Combining work in African American and Chicano Studies, Social Justice, Sociology: law/criminology, and Youth Studies. In college she spent most of her free time using the performing arts to promote social justice on campus, and throughout the city. In 2009 she co-authored an article in the book: Changing the Race: Racial Politics and the Election of Barack Obama. She has also been & continues to be a featured guest blogger for several progressive & community blogs. Camille is currently a candidate for a Masters of Nonprofit Management at Hamline University.
POSTS BY CAMILLE CYPRIAN
One thing many schools down here, and really around the nation, are facing are major budget cuts.
Our overall impression of today is that there is A LOT of work to be
done, and great potential. Were excited to be apart of moving
Mississippi forward in a progressive direction. Today really validated
the need and importance of this HBCU/Southern initiative.
We hit the road to build relationships here in Mississippi and connect with students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) about training to build skills and power. Here's our first update from the trip!
Yesterday, Van Jones was named as the Obama administration’s Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation. This appointment comes on the heels of some exciting circumstances, events, and conferences that have happened just this year (and we’re only 3 months in). But what does having Van Jones as this special advisor mean, not only for “enviros,” but for community organizers in general?
At our
inaugural High School Camp Wellstone a few weeks ago, we offered the opportunity
for students to make
their mark on
the history of the camp by participating in some artistic
outlets.