Week 2: The Social Context of Your Community
Resources Page
Photo Credits: Marjorie Turner Hollman
The featured speakers are: Dr. Neenah Estrella-Luna, Lucas McDiarmid, Jackie Dias, and Marjorie Turner Hollman
Week 2 Resources and Speaker Slides
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K.R.E. Sims, L.G. Lee, N. Estrella-Luna, M. Lurie, and J.R. Thompson, “Incorporating Environmental Justice Criteria in Land Conservation” analysis and interactive map
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StarLuna Consulting, Dr. Neenah Estrella-Luna’s organization devoted to creating equity, inclusion, and belonging through learning, research, and policy change.
Latino Outdoors contact information:
Instagram: @lo_massachusetts
Facebook: @LOMassachusetts
Western MA email: western-mass@latinoutdoors.org
Eastern MA email: m.garate@latinooutdoors.org
Marjorie Turner Hollman’s website, which features local trail guides, blog posts, and links to purchase her book, Finding Easy Walks Wherever You Are
Marjorie Turner Hollman’s Facebook group, Easy Walks, Massachusetts, RI and Beyond
Mass Audubon Sensory Friendly Days, Accessible Trails Project, and All Persons Trails
Birdability.org, an organization that helps with accessibility and birding
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Anti-Racism Daily, a daily (or weekly, to your preference) newsletter providing thoughtful journalism and action items about current social justice topics
Carolyn Finney, Black Faces, White Spaces
Lauret Savoy, Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape
Robert Harris, “From Independence to Emancipation Day”
Khanh Nguyen, “Want to Make the Outdoors for Everyone? We Have Tips on How to Do That.”
Rahawa Haile, “Going It Alone”
Ali Berman, “Hiking Trails and Maps Often Exclude People With Disabilities. This Group Is Changing That.”
Benji Jones, “For the LGBTQ Community, Birding Can Be a Relief—and a Source of Anxiety”
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Beyond providing networks of support for community members, many of these organizations have newsletters, recommended resources, and opportunities to support their work.
Latino Outdoors (Hi, Lucas and Jackie!)
Queer Nature, a queer-run nature education and ancestral skills program serving the LGBTQ2+ community.
OutDoor Afro, the nation’s leading, cutting edge network that celebrates and inspires Black connections and leadership in nature.
Unlikely Hikers, a diverse, anti-racist, body-liberating outdoor community featuring the underrepresented outdoorsperson.
Disabled Hikers, a project by disabled hikers for disabled hikers providing information and resources that help people know what to expect on a trail and plan accordingly.
Wild Diversity, a nonprofit organization that aims to help create a personal connection to the outdoors for Black, Indigenous, all People of Color (BIPOC) & the LGBTQ2S+ communities, through outdoor adventures and education.
And many more! This is just a short sampling of the wide variety of groups working to make the outdoors more accessible and equitable.