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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/culture-change-not-easy

Culture Change Is (Not) Easy

Make 2022 the year that you will implement all your great national conference ideas. Easy, right?

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/creating-inclusion-camp

Creating Inclusion at Camp

Social justice and equity aren’t woven into the fabric of all camps — but they could be.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/five-tips-dealing-disgruntled-camp-parents

Five Tips for Dealing with Disgruntled Camp Parents

“I need to speak with the camp director right now.” These are some of the most universally dreaded words for camp professionals. Over my past 37 years as a camp owner/director, dealing with...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/giving-voice-inclusive-leadership-competencies

Giving Voice to Inclusive Leadership Competencies

An interview with author Jennifer Brown.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/preparing-pushback-when-instituting-lgbtq-inclusive-policies

Preparing for Pushback When Instituting LGBTQ+ Inclusive Policies

Here are seven steps to help camps manage these conversations with parents and caregivers.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/revolutionary-leadership

Revolutionary Leadership

When a new acquaintance asks, "What do you do for a living?" and I answer that I'm a camp director and shape lives in positive ways through summer camp, I often get a quizzical response. "Is that a...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/business-leadership-interview-adam-bryant

The Business of Leadership: An Interview with Adam Bryant

Journalist Adam Bryant has spent two decades wearing multiple reporting and editing hats at The New York Times. Concentrating on the business world and what CEOs have to teach us about...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/dont-let-your-camp-go-pot-impacts-policy-challenges-legalized-marijuana-youth-camps

Don't Let Your Camp Go to Pot: Impacts and Policy Challenges of Legalized Marijuana on Youth Camps

Marijuana is now legal for recreational use in seven states (Alaska, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington) and Washington, DC. It is still a federal offense to possess...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/cultivating-leaders

Cultivating Leaders

Cultivating leaders is one of the best aspects of my job. For the past ten years, I have used the leadership curve to initiate the training with our Campers in Leadership Training (CILT). Our CILTs...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/translating-passion-growth-camp-leadership-skills

Translating Passion for Growth into Camp Leadership Skills

For 24 years, I have been a camp professional. Most of that time, I have led nonprofit camps that serve the Jewish community. For less than three years in between two camp directing positions, my job...