https://www.acacamps.org/link/cities-counties-non-discrimination-ordinances-include-gender-identity
Cities and Counties with Non-Discrimination Ordinances that Include Gender Identityhttps://www.acacamps.org/link/gender-spectrum-lgbtq-resources
Gender Spectrum LGBTQ Resourceshttps://www.acacamps.org/link/supporting-caring-transgender-children
Supporting & Caring for Transgender Childrenhttps://www.acacamps.org/resources/template-resource-documents-camp-operations
Template Resource Documents for Camp OperationsACA 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/blog/camp-everyone-interview-sarah-kientz
Camp Is for Everyone: An Interview with Sarah KientzIn this interview, the American Camp Association (ACA) sits down with Rev. Sarah Kientz, minister to youth and director of Camp Akita, to discuss Camp...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/lost-boys-finding-their-way-summer-camp
Lost Boys: Finding Their Way at Summer CampAre boys in crisis? Popular literature (Raising Cain, Lost Boys, Boys and Sex) and theater (Dear Evan Hansen) seem to suggest so. Terms such as “boy code” and “toxic masculinity” further paint a path...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/make-strategic-decisions-not-guesses
Make Strategic Decisions, Not GuessesEnjoy one of camp’s sweetest sounds as you walk up on a dining hall or an evening campfire and hear a chorus of voices singing a favorite camp song — 100 campers, 250 campers, 500 campers — can you...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fumble-or-fiasco-ensuring-leaders-staff-campers-learn-failure
Fumble or Fiasco? Ensuring Leaders, Staff, and Campers Learn from FailureWe need to fail before we achieve success. In our personal and professional lives, we generally try to succeed, which is perfectly sensible. To reach our potential, however, we must stop fearing...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/gender-inclusion-camp
Gender Inclusion at CampThis Camping Magazine article discusses why it is important to have gender inclusive spaces at camp.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/time-detox-masculinity-break-box-cut-schlock-be-beauty
Time to Detox Masculinity: Break the Box, Cut the Schlock, Be a BeautyPeggy Orenstein’s recent Atlantic article on “The Miseducation of the American Boy” — which pulls from her 2020 book Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and...