ACA's Professional Development Manager of the Western Region, John Beitner sits down with Hameeda Abdul Kadir, Raegan Quattlebaum and Ronald Towns to discuss how their camps have made diversity and inclusion the cornerstone of their programs and how they discuss racism and oppression on a regular basis with their campers.  They share impactful strategies and activities to help camps integrate this type of programming and improve practices around communication, anti-racism training and belongingness. Special thanks to the wonderful sponsors of this episode: ACTIVEWorks, CampBrain and UltraCamp.

Guest Panel:

Hameeda Abdul Kadir 

Outreach & Engagement Coordinator - Building Bridges

Raegan Quattlebaum

Transform Program Manager - Building Bridges

Ronald Towns

Executive Director - Camp Common Ground

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