Equity in Camp Initiative

The Change Happens Now!

The Change Happens Now!

Our Mission

Equity in Camp Initiative guides Camps and other youth development organizations towards tangible actions that will lead to sustainable change through the dismantling of white supremacist, patriarchal, gender-binary, and other exclusionary and harmful structures.

Benefits of Teaming Up With Equity in Camp Initiative

Workshops

Turning what you’ve learned into actionable steps your camp can take towards sustainable change

Staff Training

Available for all experience levels, from Executive Directors to Frontline Staff

Consulting

Get personalized support for issues specific to your camp or organization

Expert Network

Connect with experts for paid opportunities to help your camp develop equitable practices

Learn more about our offerings here

Connect with us!

Hey friends! We will be at the ACA National Conference THIS THURSDAY speaking about how to center equity practices throughout your entire Staff Training! Come see us from 2:00-3:15pm at “Equity: The Glue to Staff Training”
ALSO if you wa

Hello Friends!! We are so excited about this upcoming camp season and would love to be a part of your planning or training! Check out what we’re offering this season on our *newly updated* website! If you don’t see exactly what you’

There is no such thing as political neutrality in a society that was designed to perpetuate inequities. The default in our society is upholding and protecting oppressive systems. If you claim you aren’t “picking sides” you are not a

It’s Indigenous American Heritage Month! What a great time to evaluate how our camps perpetuate harm to Indigenous individuals and tribes and make tangible changes. Read some of our suggestions and drop a comment with what action you’re t

Juneteenth is a celebration and an opportunity. There is joy in this day and there is a chance to commit to the values that the camp community has adopted. Making Juneteenth a federal holiday is symbolic, and while it’s a positive symbol, there

Black people are getting no reprieve. To have reporters announcing the fatal shooting of a teenage Black girl in the same breath as the verdict of a 3 week long trial for a murder that was recorded on video- I don’t know if there are words for

Hey! We’re taking our cues from you all and it seems like a lot of camp pros have their heads down preparing for the summer right now, (we are, too!) so we have decided to cancel tomorrow’s workshop.
This time of year gets so stressful a

Has policing never been a topic you’ve trained on or discussed at camp? Then it’s time! We cannot keep doing the same things and expect things to change. Why not at camp? Why not with our campers and staff? Why not the white people in thi

Let’s 👏 talk 👏 about 👏 this! At Equity in Camp Initiative, we believe equity work has to be pretty uncompromising. That may sound harsh, but there is no such thing as being too serious about the mental and physical safety of all of our campe

This #TransDayofVisibility, we want to celebrate and support trans* happiness. Supporting happiness also means fighting against barriers that prevent trans* people from feeling safe showing up in spaces as their whole selves. The recent rise in anti-

As camps work to become more equitable spaces, traditions can serve as either a vehicle for change OR a harmful, unrelenting road block to progress. The thing is, we can’t cling to practices that are harmful AND say we’re committed to equ

LINK IN BIO!!!!
Deadline to join is Noon Sunday March 21st!

As athletes, we’re extremely concerned with how people and **STATE GOVERNMENTS** have been real quick to jump to exclude trans girls and women from women’s sports when the issue at hand is not trans women and girls (the issue is NEVER tra

Grind culture is capitalist nonsense and it perpetuates SO MANY inequities, yet it’s often glorified as “hustle” and “going above and beyond”. This culture has been sewn into the fabrics of camps, but when we pick apart