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https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/2024-aca-national-award-recipients-announced

2024 ACA National Award Recipients Announced

The American Camp Association® (ACA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 National Awards. The award winners will be recognized at ACA’s National Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/improving-belonging-camp-moving-forward-together

Improving Belonging at Camp — Moving Forward Together

“Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.” -- Brene Brown...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/advocacy-policymaking-through-understanding

Advocacy and Policymaking through Understanding

An Interview with Maulian Dana Bryant

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/embracing-jedi-strategy-vital-integration-organizational-success

Embracing JEDI Strategy: A Vital Integration for Organizational Success

For far too long, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) efforts have been pushed to the sidelines, often treated as separate initiatives rather than an essential strategy embedded into the...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/indigenous-appropriation-assessment-tool

Indigenous Appropriation Assessment Tool

This assessment tool — developed by Maine Summer Camps (MSC) — is intended to help camps examine their ethos with an openness to experiencing the camp’s symbols and practices from other perspectives...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/dynamic-interviewing-making-connections-across-season

Dynamic Interviewing: Making Connections Across the Season

If you’re not referring to your interview questions across the season and turning them into outcomes for your staff, let me tell you why you should.

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/template-resource-documents-camp-operations

Template Resource Documents for Camp Operations

ACA is committed to providing resources to assist in your camp's operation. These resources include sample schedules, planning forms, charts of accounts, supply lists, and more. These samples...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/celebration-difference-camp

The Celebration of Difference in Camp!

Join us for a presentation on the benefits of celebrating differences in the camp bubble. Within any group of campers and staff comes a great deal of diversity and difference. The great equalizer of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/2023-golden-quill-golden-lens-winners

2023 Golden Quill and Golden Lens Winners

The J. Wendell and Ruth T. Howe Awards recognize those individuals who contribute their talents to Camping Magazine. The Golden Quill Award is presented to the authors of quality articles...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/creating-inclusive-camp-unpacking-tools-strategies-summer

Creating Inclusive Camp: Unpacking the Tools and Strategies for Summer

The Inclusive Camps Tool is designed to help you and your camp identify the work you already do to make your camp an inclusive space. It does this by supporting you in identifying where you are on a...