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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/giving-voice-inclusive-leadership-competencies
Giving Voice to Inclusive Leadership CompetenciesAn 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 PoliciesHere are seven steps to help camps manage these conversations with parents and caregivers.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/discussing-identity-equity-authenticity-camp
Discussing Identity, Equity, and Authenticity at CampUse these skills for developing more equitable communities where staff and campers feel included in spaces where they want to belong.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/meeting-campers-where-they-are
Meeting Campers Where They AreI’ve often been taught to look at a person through the lens of a prism. On one side, you can see only a clear, flat, one-dimensional object, but when the light filters through you are left with all...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fighting-wellness-youth-thrive-when-you-do
Fighting for Wellness: Youth Thrive When You DoAn Interview with Brittany Patterson, PhD
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/all-aboard
All Aboard!Nonprofit organizations are nothing if not complex — and nonprofit camps are no exception. While each nonprofit is unique, one thing they all have in common is a board of directors. For some of you,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fumble-or-fiasco-ensuring-leaders-staff-campers-learn-failure
Fumble or Fiasco? Ensuring Leaders, Staff, and Campers Learn from FailureWe need to fail before we achieve success. In our personal and professional lives, we generally try to succeed, which is perfectly sensible. To reach our potential, however, we must stop fearing...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/make-strategic-decisions-not-guesses
Make Strategic Decisions, Not GuessesEnjoy one of camp’s sweetest sounds as you walk up on a dining hall or an evening campfire and hear a chorus of voices singing a favorite camp song — 100 campers, 250 campers, 500 campers — can you...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/embracing-differences-forging-intentionally-inclusive-diverse-communities
Embracing Differences: Forging Intentionally Inclusive and Diverse Communities“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” –James Baldwin Here’s the truth: we were all raised differently — even those of us who share similar...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-pride
On Camp and PrideGrowing up in the 1980s and ’90s, something I looked forward to every year was attending summer camp. After spending winters mostly indoors, the perfect reprieve from school was getting the...