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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/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/livin-prayer-celebration-difference-camp

Livin’ On a Prayer: The Celebration of Difference in Camp

We’ve made some amazing progress with regard to diversity in our camp populations — race, socioeconomic status, gender identity, nationality, physical ability, mental ability, and more. And while...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/courage-create-access-moving-beyond-conversation-action

The Courage to Create Access: Moving beyond Conversation and into Action

Sustained engagement along the journey to making camp accessible for all will take courage.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/confronting-barriers-belonging-camp

Confronting Barriers to Belonging at Camp

Providing access to camp is only the start. An important part of an inclusive camp experience is creating a sense of belonging.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/cultural-bias-risk-management

Cultural Bias in Risk Management

When bias is discussed in wilderness risk management, it is often explored from the perspective of decision-making. Heuristics are the processes by which we make decisions using mental shortcuts that...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/lets-play-nicely-eight-tips-creating-safe-spaces-camp

Let’s Play Nicely: Eight Tips for Creating Safe Spaces at Camp

For generations, a camp director’s focus on safety meant protecting campers from physical harm. In today’s reality that is still a necessity though insufficient. Safe space at camp has now evolved...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/foster-feeling-cross-generational-divide

Foster a Feeling to Cross the Generational Divide

As leaders interacting with the next generation we have a choice. We can spin our wheels trying to understand why they aren’t where we are, where we believe they “should be,” or we can consider the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/top-25-staffing-solutions-gathered-through-collaboration

Top 25 Staffing Solutions Gathered through Collaboration

Highlighted here is a curated collection of great ideas about how to recruit and retain staff — a direct result of the last two years of conferences and various collaborative brainstorming sessions...