Become a Participant
Join summer or winter reading camps for roundtable reading, discussion, and critical thinking. Participants are mainly local high school students and early-year undergraduates.
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Join Zhihe
Infinite possibilities—working together for fairer access to education.
Paths
Ways to join
Become a Facilitator
After recruitment, interview, and training, design and lead an original roundtable course. 2025 summer: 60+ applications, ~50% acceptance.
Join the Working Team
Volunteer with the curriculum, operations, brand, or city partner teams to support camp preparation and delivery.
Zhihe is an all-volunteer team. If interested, send your CV toalexisprotopia@gmail.com
Why Nexus
What makes us different
Nonprofit Commitment
At in-person camps, Zhihe NEXUS has never charged tuition, subsidizing necessary costs through annual sponsorship where possible. Even if scale grows and cost recovery becomes necessary, our nonprofit nature will not change.
Rigorous Selection & Training
Facilitators pass multiple rounds of strict screening and training each year. We receive hundreds of applications; final acceptance is about 50%, with an average of 15 hours of training to ensure course quality.
Diverse Facilitator Backgrounds
Zhihe NEXUS brings together facilitators from overseas and domestic universities. Those abroad offer different perspectives; those from top domestic schools understand the educational needs of students outside first-tier cities.
60+
2025 summer applications
≈50%
Annual acceptance rate
15h
Avg. facilitator training hours
Partners
Partnership cases
Organizations that have partnered with Zhihe NEXUS in recent years (partial list)
Zhihe × May · Collaborative Reading Camp
2025.7May, founded in 2015, is a local cultural and creative organization based in the small city of Linhai, exploring how youth culture can integrate into organic old-town renewal. Online via WeChat with 500,000+ words of original writing; offline through May Space and events with 100+ gatherings.
Zhihe × Ledu Reading Club · Zunyi Reading Camp
2025.8Partnered with Ledu Reading Club to run a summer reading camp in Zunyi, Guizhou, using local reading communities and venues to build spaces for critical thinking and collaborative learning among youth in cultural plains.
Zhihe × Li Sichen Study Abroad · Guiyang Reading Camp
2025.7Partnered with Li Sichen Study Abroad to host a Zhihe reading camp in Guiyang, connecting local education networks with youth co-learning and bringing roundtable discussion and liberal reading to more cities in the southwest.
Zhihe × Zhijian · Harbin Reading Camp
2025.8Partnered with Zhijian for a summer reading camp in Harbin, bringing Zhihe facilitator training and roundtable methods to a northeastern cultural plains city and expanding the co-learning network in the north.
Zhihe × Zhuzuo Wuding · Cili Reading Camp
2026.8Partnered with Zhuzuo Wuding for a reading camp in Cili County, Zhangjiajie, Hunan—continuing to explore youth critical discussion and co-learning communities at the county level.