Financial Assistance
We have financial assistance available for those in which cost would be prohibitive. Students that qualify for assistance may be able to attend for as little as $25.00.
Please contact apply@anytownleadershipcamp.org for more information about our need-based assistance.
Registration Fee – $550
It costs Anytown $919 to send one delegate to camp for the week – transportation, meals, lodging, swag and the staff who run the program are all included in that cost.
We ask you to cover a minimum of $550 toward that cost. We work hard every year – through grants, fundraising, and donor support – to cover the rest, the same way we work to fully fund scholarships for delegates who couldn’t otherwise attend.
If you’re able to give more than the minimum, we welcome it. Every dollar above $550 goes directly toward covering the true cost of sending your delegate to camp.
Empowering teens to become change-agents in their schools and in their communities.
Anytown Leadership Camp July 6-10, 2027
Anytown is a nationally recognized, award winning leadership and social justice program for youth ages 14-19. Every year, we bring diverse groups of Arizona high school students together for a 5 day long residential learning experience. Through interactive workshops, simulations and discussions, participants explore topics like prejudice, discrimination and bias. Anytown addresses widespread cultural competence gaps by educating young leaders about the value of diversity and inclusion and teaching participants to recognize and counter stereotypes and bullying.
Our approach to creating change can be summed up in three words: understanding through sharing. Anytown is the only program of its kind, intentionally bringing together unlike teenagers with diverse beliefs and backgrounds to learn appropriate and effective methods of discussing difficult topics such as racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, classism, ableism and more. Anytown changes hearts and minds by bringing diverse people together to engage in respectful, productive dialogue – an essential step in moving past conflict and division.
By advancing those conversations, we build and nurture empathy and understanding.
Teens who experience Anytown Leadership Camp leave the program equipped with the tools to increase their ability to foster inclusion and respect among all members of society.
See what they’re saying.
Our Anytown Alumni have a lot to say about us!
Anytown is a leadership and social justice camp that not only develops your character and motivations, but your entire community.
It resonates within everyone who attends because it is such a powerful experience and leaves you with new perspectives, new friends, and a new network that you will carry into your future.
Brynn Kramer
Pinnacle High School, Class of 2019Anytown is a life changing experience open to everyone who is willing to grow as a person. It offers bonding activities, and allows you to meet and befriend many people who have similar interests to you. It’s truly is an unforgettable experience, and it’s worth every second you spend there.
Gabriel Valentin
North Canyon High School, 2019The most important part of my experience was interacting with other campers and getting to learn about our differences and their experiences in a. more intimate setting. I learned that I didn’t know everything and that there were still ways to improve as a person.
I plan to be more wary of microaggressions in my language and to check my friends when they say something offensive.
Parker Spalding
Arizona State University, 2023I learned very valuable life lessons. I learned about the importance of how my actions affect everyone around me, whether it’s good or bad. I learned that it is important to be more considerate and open-minded. People should support Anytown so the program can educate more teens about social problems and STOP IT!
Eli Mann
Cococino High School, 2022Anytown has been the thing that has had the greatest impact on my life. It is why I became a teacher and has helped me beyond measure in that role. I would not be the teacher I am without Anytown.
Beyond that, are the friendships I have made that have lasted a lifetime. There is something very special about sharing the Anytown experience with others.
Matt Case
Teacher, Class of 1997The Anytown experience has provided me with a new perspective in regards to how I see and understand others. It’s an experience I believe many teenagers would benefit as it allows us to observe and have the opportunity to listen to others. I’ve learned how to connect and be an ally.
I plan to quit making assumptions in general and plan to take more initiative to educate myself on certain topics.
Liv Brooks
Sunnyslope High School, 2023Anytown was simply to put in words magnificent in a way that it opened and allowed me to be aware of how to advocate for issues that exist and have existed till this day. Anytown is a passion of drive to change within yourself and change others.
Malik Zdouq
Millenium High School, 2019This camp has been undeniable one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. Being able to have these discussions has challenged my views and helped me learn.
The ability to hear out other people/ group experiences and stories was so powerful in a way I’ve not really seen before. From learning about my privilege to finding communities I belonged in/ to, it meant so much to me.
Anderson Conkle
Horizon Honors, Class of 2022My entire life changed after experiencing Anytown. Thanks to the program I know that social justice is the path I want to follow in college and there is no doubt about it. I know how to embrace the world around me and to spread a light that not everyone gets the chance to experience.
Clara Bass
Westwood High School, 2019This group of people showed me what the world could look like and reminded me that kind people do exist and that they are all around us. It taught me that we can’t be all the good that the world needs, but the world needs all the good we can do.
Ezra Glenn
Chandler High School, 2019Anytown is such a special experience. It has changed my perspective for the better in so many ways. I have never felt more loved, complete, supported and changed. Anytown is a camp everyone needs to experience because this world and community as a whole group of people need to change. We are not united as human beings and that is an issue.
A question we asked ourselves is “What would a world without hate look like?” Honestly, Anytown is what a world could look like without hate.
Anytown is a camp everyone needs
Marty Ramos
Maryvale High School, 2023Sneak peak:
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