Resources for SiS participants to explore and share
Read, listen, explore
Here are just a few of our favorite resources from BIPOC leaders, including those that hold other marginalized identities, that redefine “outdoorsy,” defy colonial and racist structures in outdoor spaces/activities, and reconnect us with the earth as a place of healing and liberation.
LISTEN:
Reflections on the Black Experience Outdoors: A BBC interview with several black outdoorswomen from Boston during a hike in the Blue Hills.
Outside Voices Podcast: Features people with any intersection of identities that isn’t traditionally represented in the outdoors.
Guides Gone Wild: Cyntya Uriegas Latino Outdoors Interview with a volunteer leader from Latino Outdoors - Boston, one of the 2023/2024 fundraiser recipients!
READ:
Melanin Base Camp Guide to Outdoor Allyship - Guide by Danielle Williams
If We Want Skiing to Be More Diverse, Let’s Stop Celebrating the “Ski Bum” - Article by Mardi Fuller
A Place of Freedom and Belonging in the Great Outdoors - Article by Mardi Fuller
We Can All Belong: A Transgender Thru-Hiker’s Reflections on the Long Trail - Article by Aubri Drake
Black Faces, White Spaces: Classic book on why African Americans are so underrepresented outside by Carolyn Finney
UnlikelyHikers.org - For adventurers who are plus-size and fat, BIPOC, queer, trans and non-binary, disabled, neurodivergent, and beyond.
DisabledHikers.com: Resource for disabled hikers
A conversation between Unlikely and the queer, African creator of Wild Diversity
MAP:
Find out who’s land you live/recreate on with this Indigenous mapping tool
FOLLOW:
@IndigenousWomenHike @LatinxHikers @MelaninBaseCamp @OutdoorAsian @UnlikelyHikers @OutdoorAfro @AntiRacismDaily @HikingProdigy @BrownPeopleCamping @BrownGirlsClimb @ChristenaCleveland @GreenGirlLeah @nativein_la
Kareemah Batts- Black paraclimber, cancer survivor, and amputee.
Field Mag: 125 BIPOC Outdoor Athletes, Adventurers & Photographers to Support
WATCH:
Mardi and the Whites: A peek into a Black hiker’s relationship with the White Mountains of New Hampshire
Wood Hood: An award winning short documentary film featuring a 15 year old kid participating in Camping to Connect a BIPOC-led mentorship program that teaches leadership, brotherhood, and inclusion in the outdoors
SUPPORT:
Field Mag: 65 Black, Indigenous & POC Outdoor Organizations to Support
Image: Mardi Fuller, author of “A Place of Freedom and Belonging in the Great Outdoors”
Go Deeper.
If you are ready to take your anti-racism work to the next level, there are some fabulous courses that can aid you in your journey. Here are two :
Coursera free course - Anti-Racism I: This is a beginner-level University of Colorado course made available for free through Coursera. Taught by BIPOC instructors Shawn O’Neal and Jennifer Ho, the class is completely virtual, takes about 12 hours to complete, and can be done at your own pace.
A few of the many things you will learn to do in this class:
Use and comprehend contemporary intersectional terminology through a provided glossary
Critically discuss “whiteness”
Distinguish between being not racist and being anti-racist
Define systemic and institutional racism
The Diversity and Resiliency Institute of El Paso offers many affordable asynchronous courses that can help you dive deeper into this work, from Anti-Racism Training to Racial Inequalities in Healthcare. Also check out their mini-lessons, including one on Critical Race Theory.