Black August Summer Institute

retreat details

August 2nd -7th, 2024

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

“SCHEDULE” 

An example of a typical day with us...

7:00 am – 7:30 am

Enjoy a cup of coffee, tea, and/or fresh juice

8:00 am – 9:15 am:

1 hour Gentle Yoga session to start the day

9:30 am – 10:30 am:

Breakfast 

11:00 am – 12:30 pm:

A mellow hike in a beautiful hidden canyon or time at the beach

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm:

Lunch

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

KRAV MAGA | self defense class

4pm - 5:30 pm

Archery Lessons & Horseback riding

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm:

Sunset Dinner 

What’s Included?

  • 5 nights accommodation 

  • Private Chef

  • 3 meals per day (vegan, vegetarian and non-vegetarian options available) 

  • Yoga and Krav Maga sessions everyday

  • Horseback riding lessons & Excursions

  • Archery Lessons

  • Transportation from San Diego International Airport

What’s not included

  • Flights

  • Travel Insurance

  • Alcoholic beverages

 
 
 
 
 

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About Living Manuals, the Non Profit organization responsible for the

Black August Summer Institute

Living Manuals is an accomplished collective of Black professionals passionately devoted to imparting cultural knowledge, understanding and critical life skills to the next generation. Our upcoming 2023 offering will be the second annual Black August Summer Institute, held during the first week of August on the rich revolutionary soil of the SF Bay Area. We’ll also be launching a pilot program of the Black August Summer Institute in Los Angeles, the second week of August. The Black August Summer Institute features a curriculum that focuses on International Revolutionary Black History, Self Defense, Yoga, Permaculture, Financial Literacy, and Basic First Aid - all essential knowledge for navigating the complexities of modern life.

Through our engaging, real-world courses, we endeavor to satisfy the hunger for knowledge in the hearts and minds of our youth. Our team members are accomplished experts who are well respected in their fields of knowledge. We have combined our extensive collective experience and produced a teaching culture and methodology that is practical, relevant, empowering and straightforward, that fosters comprehension and retention in the bodies and minds of our students.

At our team at Living Manuals, we believe that knowledge when put into practice is not only power, but the key to unlocking personal and societal progress. With this in mind, we strive to impart skills that are not just useful, but necessary. Our slogan - "Sharing skills that matter" - encapsulates our commitment to the empowerment of Black Youth.

​We are proud to be a part of a movement that is striving to create a brighter future for generations to come, one skill at a time.

Program Objectives:

  • Develop identity through a knowledge of self, history, and community.

  • Develop Meditative & Reflective Problem Solving Skills

  • Develop Mastery of Your Body & Emotions Through Self-Defense Skills

  • Promote Cultural Pride

  • Learning Community & Cultural Traditions

  • Building Healthy & Safe Communities

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Participant Outcomes:

  • 100 % Participation

  • Individual breakthroughs in self-esteem and self-confidence

  • Development of life skills

  • Stimulating/enhancing positive peer interactions

  • Learning Black History

Program National Impact:

  • Advancement of culturally relevant curriculum and schools

  • Combatting the Preschool to Prison pipeline

  • Promotion of Black Literacy and Education

  • Creating Community Awareness and Connections beyond our local geographic boundaries

  • Instilling Community & Cultural Pride