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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/lot-courage-needed
A Lot of Courage Is NeededAn interview with Nick Teich, founder and CEO of Camp Aranu’tiq. Camp Aranu'tiq of Harbor Camps is a nonprofit program serving transgender and gender-variant youth and their families. Camp Aranu...
https://www.acacamps.org/link/outdoor-afro
Outdoor Afrohttps://www.acacamps.org/book/multiculturalism-camps-youth-programs-how-us-them-became-just-us
Multiculturalism in Camps and Youth Programs: How Us and Them Became Just UsCulture affects our politics, relationships, how we spend and save our money, our leisure pursuits, what we eat and drink, our expectations for children, and how we approach work in our lives, to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/there-camp-movement-china
Is There a Camp Movement in China?China is interested in American summer camps. This should not be a surprise to anyone who has seen the increasing numbers of Chinese attending the American Camp Association or Tri-State conferences....
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/challenges-chinese-camp-education
The Challenges of Chinese Camp EducationIn the summer of 2015, we partnered with a talented group of Chinese educators called Initiate Development for Education and Service (IDEAS) to operate a resident camp and a day camp in China. The...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/does-your-camp-reinforce-resist-or-relieve-gender-stereotypes
Does Your Camp Reinforce, Resist, or Relieve Gender Stereotypes?Can you believe that sexist practices and beliefs remain entrenched in camps, even in this day and age? Although we have made great strides over the last decade to eradicate overtly sexist behaviors...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/working-children-special-needs
Working With Children With Special NeedsIt is often said by people who mean well that working with children with special needs “requires the patience of a saint.” Not true. What it does require is human compassion — something more of us...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camp-was-made-summer-learning
Camp Was Made For Summer LearningJune 19 is National Summer Learning Day, a time to reflect on what summer learning means and what summer learning loss implies. In a March 2009 interview in support of year-round schools with OnPoint...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/creating-connection-between-university-education-programs-summer-camp
Creating the Connection Between University Education Programs and Summer CampIn 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...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-culture-sensitive-are-your-camp-health-services
How Culture-sensitive Are Your Camp Health Services?Campers and staff come from a variety of backgrounds. An urban-savvy camper becomes the bunkmate to a youth raised on a rural farm; two girls — one from a small mountain village and the other from a...