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Podcast: MICROCOLLEGE: The Thoreau College Podcast
Episode: Kayleigh Johnson, Julia Machlin - Lamplight Program, Guntersville, Alabama
Description: Lamplight is a free three week summer program located in rural northern Alabama where teens practice leadership and service by running the camp themselves and doing projects for their community. Along the way, campers learn real-world skills and how to live together as a community. This unique program is rooted by a strong sense of place and is inspired by the educational ideas of L.L. Nunn, founder of Deep Springs College and the Telluride Association, as well as by the radical folk school model of the Highlander Folk School. In addition to the summer program, Lamplight is part...