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https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/summer-camp-all-serving-need-trans-campers
Summer Camp for All: Serving the Need of Trans CampersIn this article, we offer some basic guidance on ways you might address the needs of transgender youth who want to attend your camp.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/indigenous-instructional-programming-camp-professionals
Indigenous Instructional Programming for Camp ProfessionalsCamp professionals are taking a greater interest in the concept of allyship, a process of unlearning and re-evaluating whereby those in positions of privilege attempt to adopt a stance...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/reaching-out-building-relationships-engaging-underserved-populations-camp-experience
Reaching Out: Building Relationships and Engaging Underserved Populations in the Camp ExperienceCathy’s story: “He looks like me but he sure don’t talk like me” was the comment I heard from an 11-year-old camper as he described his counselor who was black but from South Africa...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/expanding-impact-camp-individual-lives-societal-change
Expanding the Impact of Camp: From Individual Lives to Societal ChangeThis article is part of Camping Magazine’s series on inclusion, identifying and exploring both big picture and on-the-ground actionable pathways for application through participant...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/supporting-individuals-autism-spectrum-disorder-asd-camp-environment
Supporting Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the Camp EnvironmentCamping and leisure activities are important for all of us, including individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This webinar will begin to identify the benefits of having children with ASD and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/bodies-beliefs-bias-why-respect-human-rights-unnatural
On Bodies, Beliefs, and Bias: Why Respect for Human Rights Is UnnaturalMy mother crochets. Over tea in restaurants. In line at the airport. At the movies. If you can breathe there, my mom can crochet there. She crochets for friends, family, and perfect strangers....
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/partner-online-course/summer-camps-abuse-prevention-program
Summer Camps Abuse Prevention ProgramASAP's abuse-prevention program is being used to ensure healthly physical and behavorial interactions and safety. It includes a Director's Guide, screening protocol, staff training - animated...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/training-social-justice-camp-staff
Training for Social Justice with Camp StaffHow do camps incorporate social justice into staff training programs? Five passionate, experienced, and insightful camp leaders discuss their professional and personal development as social justice...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/campculturalexchange
#CAMPCULTURALEXCHANGEIt's ironic that I've spent this fall encouraging Americans to advocate for the White House not to drastically reduce or eliminate J-1 visas for camp cultural exchange programs while also keynoting...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/trans-two-next-level
Trans Two: The Next LevelCamps have had exposure to learning more about serving transgender campers and staff, but what happens when you still face questions and challenges in this developing topic? This session will go...