https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/interrupting-biases
Interrupting Biases"Excuse me," the camp director interrupted, "I just need you to tell us how to respond when a camper or counselor uses a slur like that." We were in the midst of debriefing a series of...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/making-improvements-one-vulnerable-step-time
Making Improvements One Vulnerable Step at a TimeI grew up a camp kid. I started going to camp when I was eight years old, participating in Camp Ondessonk's "Mini-Camp" program. Back in 2003, the program was Sunday–Wednesday, four days and three...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/next-summers-staff-recruitment-starts-today
Next Summer's Staff Recruitment Starts TodayResearch suggests college-aged students are already thinking ahead to employment plans for next summer, so it's important to have conversations about the future with staff you'd like to return to...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/keep-good-learn-bad-moving-beyond-cultural-appropriation
Keep the Good, Learn from the Bad: Moving Beyond Cultural AppropriationRyan Bean and Paul Hillmer are the coauthors of Inappropriation: The Contested Legacy of Y-Indian Guides, which examines Native cultural appropriation in camp settings.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/change-tool-makes-big-cultural-impact
Change: A Tool That Makes a Big Cultural ImpactThis blog post in support of Project Real Job discusses evaluating your camp culture and how to implement change.
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/feel-burn-spotting-responding-staff-burnout
Feel the Burn: Spotting and Responding to Staff BurnoutWorking at camp requires a lot of energy. Here are tips on how to prevent staff burnout.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/dear-camp-staff
Dear Camp StaffPresident/CEO Tom Rosenberg's latest Camping Magazine column.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/stay-sun-safe-summer
Stay Sun Safe This SummerSunshine is synonymous with camp. It can be healthy, and it can lift your spirits — but the sun can also be dangerous. Sunlight produces ultraviolet (UV) rays, which can lead to changes in the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/scars-enchantments
On Scars and EnchantmentsI 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/article/camping-magazine/raise-canopy
Raise the CanopyWhen the people we love die, they leave us with treasured memories. My father left 75 acres in Northern Wisconsin shaped by his influence: a summer camp infused with his values, rustic log cabins...