CampWire is pleased to bring you a conversation on hiring for diversity — full of value for camps and youth-serving organizations. Our expert panel covers topics around how camps can identify their diversity needs; how they can benefit from a diverse staff; how to address diversity, equity, and inclusion during staff training; and much more! As we approach a new year, we hope this episode offers rich perspective during the camp staff recruitment and hiring process. Special thanks to our wonderful panel:

Host

Michael Johnson — chair for the ACA, Great Rivers Field Office and member of the Staff Retention and Recruitment Committee

Panel

Susana Cruz — activities director for Midwest Children's Burn Camp and Camp Monarch and founder of Chicana in Nature

Douglas Sutherland — executive director of Brantwood Camp and an organizer of Black Lives Matter at Camp

Dr. Nika White — president and CEO of Nika White Consulting for strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion training

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All music attributed to musicians from freesound.org:

Intro music: by eltenjohn -(Changes made) https://freesound.org/people/eltenjohn/sounds/59507/

Outro music: by joshuaempyre -(Changes made) https://freesound.org/people/joshuaempyre/sounds/250749/