We ran a traditionally in-person conference 100% online. And it was AWESOME. Here’s what we learned!

This week’s episode falls during the holiday season of 2020. From all of us at Camp Code, happy holidays and we wish all of you a happy new year.

2020 has been quite the year, with a global pandemic affecting lives worldwide and to camp professionals, has created an unprecedented camp season where many camps simply did not have the opportunity to run. Furthermore, as camp Directors are well underway throughout their planning phases for next summer unbeknownst to anyone if camps will even run. It is easy for people to look at the history of 2020 and refer to some of the negative connotations surrounding it that lead us to believe that in the fog of 2020, there was nothing else but more fog.

Although that may not be exactly true, as Camp Code looks to close the chapter in 2020, we aim for new goals and aspirations in 2021. As heard in the teaser of this episode, “positive change requires an effort of togetherness (Women in Camping Summit, 2020)” and we believe as a camp community we can continue to achieve our camp milestones collectively.

In this episode, Beth, Gabz and Ruby reflect on their experience at the Women in Camp Summit Live Virtual Event where over 200 women from around the world contributed to some extremely memorable moments.

Ruby starts us off with talking about a fantastic speaker from the summit, Leslie Keller, owner of Live Love Equity. Leslie teaches us about the importance of equity and inclusion and how it needs to be a foundational element to any organization. Leslie did hint about the power of social media and how tools like Instagram can influence some of the content you learn and teach to your followers.

You can find Leslie and all the great work she does here:

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/liveloveequity/

Website - https://www.liveloveequity.com/

Gabz dives in to talk about two of her leaders who develop a session that focuses on creating conversation about race with your staff. There needs to be a process of consent and consult from the people of colour on your staff to ensure that they are comfortable with the situation. White privilege is something that needs to be talked about and that to create change, there is a process you need to develop.

At the core, the four steps of the process created by the presenters Mel and Ania are Awareness, Assessment, Prioritizing and Action. A copy of the presentation can be found RIGHT HERE. Beth reminds us about the importance of resilience and refers to our Camp Code friend Dr. G who developed a seven-step cycle for resilience https://askdoctorg.com/drg-resilience-cycle/.

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Bonus Resources!

The body is not an apology - https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/

Using Black Vernacular English (BVE) as a Non-Black Person Isn’t “Woke” if You Don’t Understand the History - https://www.feminuity.org/blog/using-bve-as-a-non-black-person-is-appropriation

How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40265832-how-to-be-an-antiracist

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Leadership Training Best Practice

From Ruby Compton

At the end of the Women in Camping summit, there was a discussion related to Becoming Allies - Supporting Women in Camp that generated meaningful conversation and one of the tools that was mentioned was “The Man Box”. The idea was to talk about what does society or culture say about being manly and then have the same conversation around topics that are perceived to be unmanly and comparing the phrases between the two boxes and seeing how sometimes terms we use as unmanly can be linked associate with women, creating negative connotations. It’s important to write these down, discuss them and understand how we can break down gender-based barriers.