Harambee Cultural Society Summer Festival 2025
June 28 @ 8:00 am - July 5 @ 5:00 pm
The Harambee Cultural Society leads our Harambee community in celebrating the varied heritage and cultures of the African diaspora.
The society provides practical support and tools for overcoming challenges faced by trans-racial families and trans-racially adopted children.
The culmination of this support is an annual family camp, the Harambee Summer Festival. This multi-day camp is open to all families raising children who are part of the ACB (African, Caribbean, Black) community.
You can expect a varied and flexible schedule of events where everything is ‘optional’. Typical camp activities include:
- Daily soccer matches for all ages (kids and parents)
- Water fights
- A day of inflatables and bouncy castles
- A community-wide evening pot-luck dinner
- 2 separate parent nights out
- Expert-led talks and ask-me-anything style chats from members of the ACB community and from parents with lived experience.
- A silent auction
- Plenty of beach and swim time
- Drumming
- Live concerts and dance parties
- Songwriting workshops
Who attends camp? Harambee Cultural Society welcomes any and all families who are raising children that are part of the ACB community. Whether you’ve been coming for years or whether this is your first time, come and participate in a multi-day immersion experience unlike anything you will find in your home communities. We have families from all over, including many parts of British Columbia, Alberta, Washington state and even Eastern Canada.
Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre looks forward to welcoming you. We know you will be enchanted with our accommodations and daily offerings of good and wholesome food. Accommodations and meals must be booked in advance as we cater for reservations only.
