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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/everybodys-nobodys-out

Everybody’s In, Nobody’s Out!

As a camp counselor this summer, you are about to meet campers from all walks of life. Just a casual look at the changing demographics in the United States suggests that your chances of having an...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/continuing-race-conversation-camp

Continuing the Race Conversation at Camp

The American Camp Association (ACA), in partnership with Teaching Matters, offered a series of webinars over the past year enabling camp educators to discuss how to talk about anti-racism in the camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/encouraging-black-youth-self-identity-through-theatre-camp-interview-ekundayo-bandele

Encouraging Black Youth Self-Identity through Theatre Camp: An Interview with Ekundayo Bandele

Recognizing the profundity of hardships and their potential long-lasting impact on developing psyches, this past summer Ekundayo Bandele launched a Self-Identity Camp for Black Youth. The goal of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/race-camp-creating-environment-camp-communities-truly-welcoming-people-color

Race and Camp: Creating an Environment in Camp Communities That Is Truly Welcoming to People of Color

This Camping Magazine article reflects on how to establish a truly inclusive camp environment by clarifying terms and phrases and discussing practices for creating deeper dialogue and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/embracing-larger-culture

Embracing the Larger Culture

At all levels of camp, people of color are dramatically underrepresented: in ownership, directorship, staffing, and as campers. This circumstance is unacceptable, especially because, within a...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/more-art-camp-bauen-story

More Than an Art Camp - The Bauen Story

Terence Terence is twenty. He lives with his aunt in Zuni, New Mexico. His first Bauen Camp experience was in 2005, as one of sixty U.S. campers, and one of six youth from the Zuni Pueblo....

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/addressing-educational-gaps-through-camp

Addressing Educational Gaps through Camp

President/CEO Tom Rosenberg's latest Camping Magazine column.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/expanding-reach-camp-through-schools

Expanding the Reach of Camp through Schools

My oldest child, Jane, once said she wished camp could be all year. Naturally, I asked her why, and she said, “We get to do everything at camp — when we hike in the woods, the camp staff tells...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/creating-connection-between-university-education-programs-summer-camp

Creating the Connection Between University Education Programs and Summer Camp

In Beach Lake, Pennsylvania, at a large residential summer camp, over one hundred male counselors pack the air-conditioned canteen on July 1. It is late as the off-duty counselors watch the re-run of...