As of 2023, Diversify Outdoors is cutting back our services.
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Luckily, there are some incredible people and platforms out there displaying jobs that promote inclusion in the workplace.
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Two-Spirit emissaries and diplomats are some of the key writers of Indigenous history. However, the oppression of colonialism has effectively erased their place in history.
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Here are 5 must-have books that spread the message of diversity in the outdoors you should have on your Holiday shopping list.
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In the fields of conservation, climate change mitigation, and environmental justice, the lack of inclusion and disabled leadership is particularly problematic.
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“Nobody is fully liberated until Black, Indigenous women are liberated and Trans Women of Color are fully liberated and accepted for who they are.”
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In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we recognize ten Indigenous individuals and organizations who are boldly telling stories, preserving tribal knowledge, and reconnecting more people with the outdoors, through hiking, surfing, running, dancing at powwows, or advocating for the protection of their ancestral water and lands.
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In post-Civil War America, newly-free Black folks struggled to find their footing in what was still a hostile environment. While slavery was no longer legal in the United States, segregation was legal (as determined by Plessy vs. Ferguson in 1896), so finding safe spaces to congregate was difficult.
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Whether you’re a marathon winner or a recreational jogger, running can be an excellent way to clear the mind and become more in tune with yourself. If you’re running through busy city sidewalks or trail-running in the forest, you deserve a safe space to move. But running in nature or the outdoors is not safe for many folks and is not the same experience for everyone.
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Noami Grevemberg (she/they), Writer, Podcaster, Activist, and Founder of Diversify Vanlife, has been living life on the road for six and a half years, traveling around western North America. That isn’t where her story begins though. Noami was born and raised in Trinidad, connecting with the outdoors from an early age.
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Colorism, as defined by Dr. Webb, is the social marginalization and systemic oppression of people with darker skin tones and the privileging of people with lighter skin tones.
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One common stereotype still circulating in mainstream culture is that Black people don't or can't swim. Between a history of segregated city pools and beaches and the piling on of generational trauma, swimming has been a complicated subject and an out-of-reach pastime for many Black Americans.
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This Latine Heritage Month, we want to recognize the Latine community’s important presence in outdoor spaces by highlighting the work of 10 organizations and individuals who are bridging the gap between knowledge and access and providing a space for Latine folks to connect with the outdoors.
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Syren Nagakyrie (they/them), DO member and Founder of Disabled Hikers, has a lifetime of experience in navigating the world through the lens of disability and chronic illness.
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DO Coalition member The Venture Out Project (TVOP) has released their third installment of the TVOP 50-State Road Trip Series. Participants will be venturing out (ha-ha) to parts of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico for LGBTQ+ community building in the outdoors.
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Here are five things you should know this National Public Lands Day to increase your understanding of why we need to diversify outdoors.
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As part of National Yoga Month, we want to recognize BIPOC-led yoga organizations and individuals that are breaking down barriers and increasing the accessibility of yoga for all.
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The body positivity movement has, intentionally or not, encouraged people to love their body’s appearance, and yet continues to exclude certain bodies from the conversation.
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As humans, we also have a responsibility to be caretakers of the water and land, and to care for all of humanity which relies on nature for joy and survival. How can we go beyond being an ally to become accomplices that seek to uphold justice within the outdoor space?
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Their work is driven by the understanding that there is a lack of representation in environmentalism and conservation fields, as well as in the outdoors in general.
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