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https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/medical-disability-camps-kindred-conversations

Medical and Disability Camps Kindred Conversations

Join us bimonthly for conversation and sharing.  Thursday, October 3, 2024 - 3:00 pm eastern -...

https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/new-poll-reveals-30-million-youth-summer-opportunities-cost-remains-major-barrier

New Poll Reveals 30 Million Youth in Summer Opportunities, But Cost Remains a Major Barrier

New legislation, Summer for All Act, aims to bridge the summer learning equity gap.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/innovation-work-2024-eleanor-p-eells-award-winners

Innovation at Work:​​​​​​​ 2024 Eleanor P. Eells Award Winners

Each year, ACA’s Eleanor P. Eells Award for Program Excellence honors camps that embody the spirit of the award’s namesake through their efforts to provide exceptional programming that effectively...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/celebrate-juneteenth-100-black-men-indianapolis-interview-joseph-eldridge-marcus-r-hatcher-keli

Celebrate Juneteenth with 100 Black Men of Indianapolis: An Interview with Joseph Eldridge, Marcus R. Hatcher, and Keli Reese

Join ACA staff in conversation with 100 Black Men of Indianapolis discussing the importance of Juneteenth and learn more about the 100's Summer Academy program.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/scars-enchantments

On Scars and Enchantments

I believe that when we become attached to a particular part of the environment, when we try to understand a place and feel at home there, we don’t just learn about that place, we learn about...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/lighting-night-sky-camps-auroras

Lighting Up the Night Sky at Camps: Auroras

Did you see the Northern lights at your camp this spring?

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-includes-me-intersectional-approach-equity-camp

Camp Includes Me: An Intersectional Approach to Equity at Camp

The “Surviving and Thriving” theme for this year’s ACA National Conference is one that both acknowledges the challenges that we as a society have triumphantly endured over the last few years and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/i-cant-breathe-poor-air-quality-communities-color

I Can't Breathe — Poor Air Quality and Communities of Color

Anyone who operated, worked at, or attended a camp this past summer knows more than a thing or two (and likely more than they ever wanted to know) about risk. I, Briana Mitchell, am one of those...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/summer-learning-resources

Summer Learning Resources

Camps and other youth development programs provide the opportunity to reduce summer learning loss in an expanded learning environment where children are engaged experientially and have an opportunity...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/bodies-beliefs-bias-why-respect-human-rights-unnatural

On Bodies, Beliefs, and Bias: Why Respect for Human Rights Is Unnatural

My mother crochets. Over tea in restaurants. In line at the airport. At the movies. If you can breathe there, my mom can crochet there. She crochets for friends, family, and perfect strangers....