CAP, Camping at the Presidio provides first time camping experiences for Bay
Area youth who traditionally have not been exposed to our National Parks. Today
I-YEL lent out a helping hand to CAP by participating in their pilot program
about the human history of the Golden Gate Bridge. This program is being designed
for youth from third to twelfth grade. Through the course of the program we
hiked from Rob Hill Campground down to the Golden Gate Bridge. We started with
a self-reflection activity, a map of the progress we have made in our lives; we
shared about our personal experiences with nature and life changing events.
Next, we headed to Fort Scott and broke into two groups for a role playing
activity. Everyone was assigned a character from the Presidio and we had to
come up with a solution to what should be done with the area of Fort Scott. In
this scenario, we had to accommodate everyone’s wishes to use the space for
children, wildlife, plants, and for historical background. Someone wanted
Native plants to cover a baseball diamond while other wanted to keep it for
little league programs. We all had to argue from our point of view while
attempting to create a compromise for the Fort Scott remodeling plan. We
learned about compromise and how hard it is to create a plan for an area when
there are so many different people invested in it. Also in the program, we had
a discussion about progress using the Indian occupation of Alcatraz and the
Occupy movement as examples. We debated whether or not those movements could be
considered progressive because neither had achieved clear success but they both
had spread awareness. In the last
activity we got to make our own bridges out of wooden pipes, wire and cones. We
learned that the Golden Gate Bridge was the first bridge to make its workers
wear hard hats and tethers to prevent them from dying. After the program we
came back to the center and gave our feedback about the program. We wrote what
we thought worked and what we thought could be improved. Overall, we agreed
that the program was a fun and a wonderful addition to Camping at the Presidio.
If you would like to learn more about Camping at the Presidio please visit the
following website: CAP
By: Ashley Tolliver
By: Ashley Tolliver
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