Cassie Tokach/Winonan

Camp Wellstone calls students to further develop organization and planning skills outside of the classroom.

“This is a call to action for students,” Tamara Berg, director of women’s and gender studies, said of Winona State University’s Campus Camp Wellstone program.

Campus Camp Wellstone is an organization providing an interactive and high-energy problem-solving environment concentrated on practicing specific skills. Students will learn strategic planning, power mapping, grassroots organizing and message development.

Camp Wellstone at Winona State will be a daylong event provided by Campus Camp Wellstone and collaborating staff members.

With the university’s theme of the year being civic action, Camp Wellstone will be held on University Improvement Day, Oct. 22.

The event will be an interactive workshop with today’s upcoming youth leaders and innovators focusing on developing students’ grassroots organizing and campus planning.

Grassroots organizing is hands-on training that teaches students to be more effective in their fight for justice on campus and within the community.

At Camp Wellstone students will learn how to increase and support student power on campus and in the community, overcome lack of student participation, expand club and organization memberships, build networks and connections with others, and prioritize issues.

This event is held on campus, allowing students to plan campus events.

Camp Wellstone helps students hone their own skills, while providing them with a resume builder.

Forge, American Democracy Club and student activists of all kinds came together to find an event that would create a better campus.

Berg and the other leaders of this event are hoping for a good turnout. Thirty spots are already filled, but they are still looking for more.

The application due date is Oct. 1st, but they will be accepting applicants throughout the next week until all slots are filled.

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