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https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/aca-ohio-camp-conference
ACA, Ohio Camp ConferencePlease join us for the 2025 Ohio Camp Conference! The Ohio Camp Conference, located at the Ohio 4-H Center at Ohio State University, is a one-day event for camp professionals....
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/2024-september-october-camping-magazine
2024 September/October Camping MagazineView the digital issue. Features...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/belonging-enough-making-case-mattering-within-camps-dei-efforts
Is Belonging Enough? Making a Case for Mattering within Camps’ DEI EffortsBelonging is a concept that has long been held as a solution for redressing the exclusion of diverse people. On the surface, this concept makes sense. The assumption is that if all members of a group...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/making-outdoor-wilderness-experiences-more-inclusive
Making Outdoor Wilderness Experiences More InclusiveAn interview with nonprofit Brooklyn to Alaska.
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/aca-southern-california-hawaii-spring-leadership-conference
ACA, Southern California/Hawaii Spring Leadership ConferenceFeaturing a special appearance by Bob Ditter. Bob will join us for a keynote presentation about how camps can leverage their unique ability to develop character with their participants and staff...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/empowering-camp-conversations-mastering-difficult-dialogues
Empowering Camp Conversations: Mastering “Difficult” DialoguesAs summer camp professionals, we’ve all experienced those unexpected moments when a camper or staff member raises a comment or question that catches us off guard. It could be related to a sensitive...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/planting-seeds-inclusion-practical-strategies-inclusive-mentoring-camps
Planting Seeds of Inclusion: Practical Strategies for Inclusive Mentoring in Camps“A society grows great when elders plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.” — Greek Proverb. Growing up, my family always said it takes a village to raise a child, and it most definitely...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/8-quick-easy-tips-reviewing-updating-your-camp-songbook
8 Quick and Easy Tips for Reviewing and Updating Your Camp SongbookThink about your camp songbook. If you don’t have one, create one! It’s the best way to formalize your song collection and to recognize songs that may have outlived their appropriateness. While...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/inclusive-camp-pathway-toward-friendship-between-campers-without-disabilities
Inclusive Camp: A Pathway toward Friendship between Campers with and without DisabilitiesIn the summer of 2014, I was the association director of inclusion for the South Shore YMCA in Massachusetts, with oversight of the inclusive day camp sites. It was officially our first summer of...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/welcoming-international-counselors-could-boost-campership-marginalized-immigrant-communities
Welcoming International Counselors Could Boost Campership in Marginalized and Immigrant CommunitiesWhen I attend ACA conferences (which I do as a US Department of State Designated J-1 Sponsor for the Summer Camp Counselor Exchange Visitor Program), I make a point to attend sessions that include...