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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/transgender-youth-role-camps-might-play
Transgender Youth — The Role Camps Might PlayYou may be asking yourself, "What does a discussion about transgender individuals have to do with me? Why am I reading this in Camping Magazine?" We've had the conversation about the LGBTQ community...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/out-about-creating-safe-environment-lgbtq-campers-staff
Out and About: Creating a Safe Environment for LGBTQ Campers and StaffIt was June 2006. I had been conducting staff training at a coed camp in the Northeast. I had already spoken to the entire staff about the “real work” of camp, which I see as helping campers use the...
https://www.acacamps.org/program-overview-accreditation
Program Overview of AccreditationOverview of Standards and Accreditation For 50 years the accreditation process has grown to keep pace with changes in the camp industry, expectations of the public, and the challenges of...
https://www.acacamps.org/accreditation/accreditation-academy/learning-resources
Accreditation Learning & ResourcesEarning and maintaining ACA accreditation takes time and commitment. ACA has many resources available to help you through this process including the web-based tool, the Accreditation Portal,...
https://www.acacamps.org/accreditation/overview/standards-glance
Standards at a GlanceThe Standards-at-a-Glance is only a basic reference and represents a general overview of the ACA standards. Not included in this...
https://www.acacamps.org/accreditation/accreditation-academy/certification-training-skills-verification-resources
Certification, Training, and Skills Verification ResourcesFinding the qualified staff and volunteers is a big task. Check out the resources you can use to help you find the industry experts and providers that meet the standards for certification across...
https://www.acacamps.org/about/partnerships/kindred-groups/faith-based-camps-professionals
Faith-based Camps ProfessionalsNurturing spiritual growth through the camp and retreat experience.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/transgender-staff-anti-discrimination
Transgender Staff and Anti-DiscriminationThe subject of transgender staff at camps is one that is getting a lot of play lately. For those camps that have not yet dealt with a current staff member transitioning or a new...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/does-your-camp-reinforce-resist-or-relieve-gender-stereotypes
Does Your Camp Reinforce, Resist, or Relieve Gender Stereotypes?Can you believe that sexist practices and beliefs remain entrenched in camps, even in this day and age? Although we have made great strides over the last decade to eradicate overtly sexist behaviors...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/individuals-who-identify-gender-non-conforming
Individuals Who Identify as Gender Non-ConformingThis year, and for the past three years, the Hotline Team has seen a sharp increase in the number of calls regarding the issues of inclusion and accommodation of people who identify as trans,...