Diversity & Inclusion Resources

Points of view

Articles, books, podcasts, and videos about experiencing the outdoors from the perspectives of people of color. 

• African American Explorations
  • Blog by Teresa Baker, who works to increase diversity and inclusion in the outdoor industry.
    • Teresa founded African American Nature & Parks Experience and The Outdoor CEO Diversity Pledge, which pairs leading outdoor brands in one-on-one relationships with inclusion advocates to advance representation for people of color across the industry, as part of the In Solidarity Project.
    • Teresa was featured in this July 2020 Outdoor Industry Association session, “Thriving People: Building a Generation of Diverse Outdoorists and Outdoor Industry Professionals.”
• Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors (2014)
  • By Carolyn Finney, PhD, Author, Storyteller, and Cultural Geographer. Carolyn explores how issues of difference impacts participation in decision-making processes designed to address environmental issues. The aim of her work is to develop greater cultural competency within environmental organizations and institutions, challenge media outlets on their representation of difference, and increase awareness of how privilege shapes who gets to speak to environmental issues and determine policy and action.  
    • Carolyn was a keynote speaker and Next 100 Coalition panelist at the 2018 National Trails System Conference on the topic of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on National Trails. Learn more here.
    • Carolyn was quoted in this news article, “Black Bird Watchers Draw Attention to Racial Issues Outdoors,” from June 2020, saying: “Systemic racism doesn’t stop at the park gates. I’ve backpacked all over the world. … There are places in this country I would never go on my own. It is my loss. I just don’t trust the public.”
• Diversity is Not a Hashtag: An Open Letter to the Outdoor Community (June 2020)
  • By Amiththan Sebarajah, an Appalachian Trail hiker, shares what it’s like to experience racism and acknowledges the historical context of the conversation.
• How This Hiker Encourages The Black Community To Reclaim Nature
  • Video featuring Katina Grays, Outdoor Afro leader in New York City, for the September 2019 Today Show. Outdoor Afro is an organization dedicated to increasing African-American leadership and community in nature and conservation. Katina builds community and increases diversity in outdoor recreation by sharing her love of hiking with others.
• How Outdoor Companies Can Back Up Their DEI Pledges (September 2020)
  • By Kai Lightner, who shares his experiences as a Black professional climber and maps out how the outdoor community can build successful diversity and inclusion initiatives. 
• I Walked from Selma to Montgomery (April 2018)
  • By Rahawa Haile, who walked the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail in 2017 “because walking felt like the only way to process my despair after the election.”
    • Rahawa Haile is an Eritrean American writer. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic, the New Yorker, Outside Magazine, and Pacific Standard. In Open Country, her memoir about thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, explores what it means to move through America and the world as a black woman and is forthcoming from Harper. 
• Justice and Equality
  • Video featuring Charles Thomas, Executive Director of Outward Bound Adventures, during the 2019 International Trails Symposium and Training Institute.
• Meet Michela Williams of Black Too Earth
  • Q/A with Michela Williams, Co-Founder of Black Too Earth, which connects black people with black environmental organizations through site visits and volunteer opportunities. 
    • Michela was also featured in this Pathways Project video by the Joy Trip Project while serving as a U.S. Forest Service employee in 2019. As a PNTS Trail Apprentice, Michela also gave a Trail Talks presentation (32:50-41:00) at the 2018 National Trails System Conference, titled, “Demystifying the Outdoors: Exploring How the Beauty of the Outdoors Can Be Barriers or Main Attractions.” 
• Meet the first two African-American Triple Crowners: Will “Akuna” Robinson and Elsye “Chardonnay” Walker.
  • Thru-Hiking While Black webinar with Will and Elsye and the ALDHA-West in 2020. The outdoors is not an apolitical space. While many of us picture nature as a complete escape from our day-to-day lives, for some among us, our frontcountry context travels with us when we head out into the backcountry. In a moment where the US is openly grappling with the way white-body supremacy affects the lived experience of Black people, ALDHA-West invites you to join them. This conversation, facilitated by Amanda “Zuul” Jameson, will be a chance to learn more about what these two Triple Crowners are thinking and feeling in the wake of their accomplishments — and in this unique cultural moment.
  • Trailblazers virtual conversation with Will and Elsye and the Continental Divide Trail Coalition as part of the CDT Virtual Trail Days event in 2020.   
  • Article by Elsye about thru-hiking, featured on the CDTC website in 2020.
  • Video featuring Will about thru-hiking as a veteran, created by Merrell in 2019.
• Missions & Tribes: Including Native Perspectives in the Historical Record
  • Webinar recording from American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association’s (AIANTA) Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail Webinar Series featuring Andrew A. Galvan, Curator, Old Mission Dolores, San Francisco and Naomi Torres, Superintendent, Juan Bautista de Anza Historic Trail. Andrew shares his experience with reconciling the history of tribes with the California Mission’s stories and how curators of Native American history can present a more complete version of history.
• Summit Seekers: Telling Our Own Story on the Trail
  • By Frederick L. Tutman, D.C. Ambassador for the 2017 Summit Seekers Inaugural Program, an intergenerational outdoor leadership training program designed to foster inclusion and engagement of communities of color with traditional outdoor recreation and promote environmental stewardship.
    • This article was published in the Fall 2017 Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s Journeys magazine and republished in the Spring 2018 Partnership for the National Trails System Pathways Across America magazine.
• The Adventure Gap: Changing the Face of the Outdoors (2014)
  • By James Edward Mills, Author, Journalist, Founder of the Joy Trip Project, Ice Age Trail Alliance Board Member, and Faculty Assistant at the University of Wisconsin Nelson Institute For Environmental Studies who teaches a summer course for undergraduate students on diversity, equity and inclusion in outdoor recreation and public land management called Outdoors For All.
    • The Joy Trip Project is a newsgathering and reporting organization that covers outdoor recreation, environmental conservation, acts of charitable giving and practices of sustainable living. Follow along on the blog and listen to the podcast series.
    • James was featured in this video, “People of Color in the Great Outdoors,” for SNEWS in July 2020, in which he discusses ideas presented in his book, “The Adventure Gap,” which examines racial and socioeconomic disparities in outdoor recreation.
    • James wrote the article, “Here’s How National Parks Are Working to Fight Racism,” for National Geographic in June 2020. The article shares that efforts are underway to make the outdoors more inclusive, but many Black travelers are still cautious to embrace America’s “best idea.”
    • James wrote the opinion article, “Built on Smoke,” for SNEWS in June 2020. The 31-year veteran of the outdoor industry offers a personal history of race relations in the action sports business and considers whether current activism is setting the stage for lasting change.
    • James wrote the article, “Greater Accountability: The outdoor industry has risen to speak out about racial injustice, but how is it making outdoor spaces safer for Black people?” for The OR Weekly in June 2020. 
    • James created the podcast and wrote the blog post, “Greening Youth: A Conversation with DEI Subject Matter Experts,” in January 2020. 
    • James also wrote the article, “No Pain, No Change,” for SNEWS in June 2019, showing how mistakes will be made on the way toward a more diverse outdoor community. But James sees progress where others see only problems. The article also includes steps your company can take to be more inclusive.
• The Anxiety of Hiking While Black
  • By Aaron Jones, Marjorie Leach-Parker, and Tiffany Tharpe, published in The Guardian in July 2018. These three African American hikers describe fears and stereotypes they have faced in the woods – and why they love hitting the trails.
• The Melanin Base Camp Guide to Outdoor Allyship
  • By Danielle Williams, Founder of Melanin Base Camp, which aims to #diversifyoutdoors by increasing the visibility of outdoorsy black, indigenous, people of color, to increase our representation in the media, advertising and in the stories we tell ourselves about the outdoors.
• The Trauma of Systemic Racism is Killing Black Women. A First Step Toward
  • By T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison, founders of the health nonprofit GirlTrek, who are on a mission to reduce the leading causes of preventable death among Black women — and build communities in the process. This TedTalk from 2017 shares how: by getting one million women and girls to prioritize their self-care, lacing up their shoes and walking in the direction of their healthiest, most fulfilled lives.
    • Learn about the nonprofit’s first 21-day Black History Bootcamp walking mediation series by reading this NPR article, “GirlTrek Uses Black Women’s History To Encourage Walking As A Healing Tradition,” from 2020.
• Voices Along the Lewis & Clark Trail
  • Webinar recording from American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA). This webinar featured Native American perspectives of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Bicentennial and emphasized “the importance of participating in and presenting tribal voices in the retelling of history and how this can help drive economic growth through cultural heritage tourism”. Speakers included Otis Halfmoon (Nez Perce), Retired National Park Service and Pow Wow Master of Ceremonies; Allen Pinkham, Sr. (Nez Perce), Historian and Storyteller, Former Chairman of the Nez Perce Tribe; and Dan Wiley, Senior Leader, Resources Stewardship with Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail, NPS.
• Why Every Environmentalist Should Be Anti-Racist
  • By Leah Thomas, a Black environmentalist who writes in this Vogue article why intersectional environmentalism is important. Leah shares the following anti-racism resources: Take the Intersectional Environmentalist Pledge to learn more about what steps you can take, read “Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry” by Camille T. Dungy, and listen to The Yikes Podcast.
• Why Race Matters When We Talk About the Environment
  • Q/A with Dr. Robert Bullard, scholar, activist, and the father of environmental justice, in this 2018 Greenpeace article about why race is always the most significant factor behind injustice of any kind, and who he sees as the new leaders pushing equality to the forefront of the environmental movement.

Related organizations

We are compiling a list of organizations and communities focused on promoting diversity, equity, justice, and inclusion in the outdoors.

• Backyard Basecamp inspires Black, Indigenous, and all People of Color (BIPOC) across Baltimore City to find nature where they are and empowering them to explore further.
• Big City Mountaineers breaks down barriers to youth access to the outdoors by partnering with local youth agencies to provide fully-outfitted, professionally-led, no-cost backcountry trips for our students.
• Black Girls Trekkin’ promotes diversity in the outdoors and focuses on the principles of representation, diversity and inclusion, education, and conservation.
• Black Outside seeks to not only diversify the outdoors but also unleash a new generation of outdoor enthusiasts reflective of our country and state’s beautiful diversity by expanding access, programming, and relevancy to both Black and Brown communities across Texas.
• Black Too Earth connects black people with black environmental organizations through site visits and volunteer opportunities.
• Blackpackers provides gear, outdoor excursions, and outdoor education for free or at subsidized cost in Colorado, and connects participants with volunteer opportunities, internships, jobs, and post-secondary education resources to create a pipeline from outdoor recreation to outdoor industry careers.
• Camber Outdoors supports workplace inclusion, equity, and diversity in the active-outdoor industries.
• Color Outside helps women of color harness the power of the outdoors to create the JOY-filled, balanced lives they crave through coaching, workshops, and one-of-a-kind retreats. Learn more in this 2020 article from The Trek.
• Disabled Hikers envisions an outdoors culture transformed by fair representation, accessibility, and justice for disabled and all other marginalized outdoors people.
• Ecoinclusive supports the creation of healthy and diverse organizational and community  ecosystems.
• GirlTrek is pioneering a health movement for African-American women and girls grounded in civil rights history and principles through walking campaigns, community leadership, and health advocacy. 
• Greening Youth Foundation engages underrepresented youth and young adults, while connecting them to the outdoors and careers in conservation.
• Inclusive Journeys works to identify safe and welcoming spaces for all. Its first project is the Digital Green Book, where users will be able to submit business locations they feel safe in, business owned/operated by people by marginalized identities. Also available would be resources to help businesses self-audit for inclusiveness, resources to help businesses improve, referrals to diversity, equity, and inclusivity trainers.
• Indigenous Women Hike share the journey of reclaiming ancestral trade routes and healing through their inherent connection to the land to make outdoor recreation accessible to all.
• In Solidarity Project includes The Outdoor CEO Diversity Pledge, which pairs leading outdoor brands in one-on-one relationships with inclusion advocates to advance representation for people of color across the industry, and the African American Nature and Parks Experience, which works to create a more equitable and inclusive outdoor industry.
• Joy Trip Project is a newsgathering and reporting organization that covers outdoor recreation, environmental conservation, acts of charitable giving and practices of sustainable living, and diversity.
• Latino Outdoors inspires, connects, and engages Latino communities in the outdoors and embraces cultura y familia as part of the outdoor narrative, ensuring our history, heritage, and leadership are valued and represented.
• LatinXhikers is a community dedicated to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the outdoors through digital story-telling and community outreach.
• Melanin Base Camp aims to #diversifyoutdoors by increasing the visibility of outdoorsy black, indigenous, people of color, to increase our representation in the media, advertising and in the stories we tell ourselves about the outdoors. 
• Native Land Digital maps out Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages to bring about discussions of colonization, land rights, language, and Indigenous history tied to our personal histories.
• Native Women’s Wilderness inspires and raises voices of Native women in the outdoor realm, encourages a healthy lifestyle grounded in the wilderness, and educates Natives and non-Natives on the rich beauty and heritage of the ancestral lands beneath our feet.
• Outdoor Afro celebrates and inspires Black connections and leadership in nature, letting people know that they are welcome in the outdoors to build community and find healing.
• Outdoor Journal Tour, which launched #wehiketoheal (June 21-27, 2020), is a community built for women to facilitate personal growth and alignment, using a beautiful combination of physical activity, guided journaling, and meditation to help women create this balance.
• Outdoor Outreach, a San Diego based nonprofit that utilizes the outdoors to inspire youth to see possibility and opportunity in their lives. Learn more in this interview with Lexus Morrow.
• Outdoors Alliance for Kids advocates for equitable and readily available opportunities for children, youth, and families to connect with the outdoors.
• Outward Bound Adventures uses nature-based, environmental education and backpacking, wilderness travel, camping, hiking and natural resource restoration projects to expose underserved youth to careers in conservation as well as to upgrade academic and social skills.
• Out There Adventures is an adventure education organization committed to fostering positive identity development, individual empowerment, and improved quality of life for queer young people through professionally facilitated experiential education activities.
• Pride Outside is an LGBT outdoor community: hiking, biking, paddling, and more!
• Queer Nature is a queer-run nature education and ancestral skills program serving the local LGBTQ2+ community.
• TheBlackOutdoors increases awareness of and participation in outdoor recreational activity amongst black people and other underrepresented groups.
• Unlikely Hikers is a diverse and inclusive Instagram community featuring the underrepresented outdoorsperson.
• Venture Out Project provides a safe and fun space for queer, trans, and LGBTQ+ people  to experience the outdoors and provides education and support that helps schools affirm their LGBTQ+ community members.  Check out this Q&A with founder Perry Cohen from SNEWS in March 2020.
• Wild Diversity welcomes and creates a sense of belonging in the outdoors for the BIPOC & LGBTQ+ communities by hosting outdoor adventures, providing outdoor education, and facilitating community workshops.
• Youth Outside strives to ensure that the lived experience of all youth is honored as part of the outdoor experience and provides grantmaking, capacity building, and training to promote healthy lives and inspire future champions of the planet.

Anti-racism and diversity resources for allies

Related webinars, trainings, and virtual town hall meetings have been included on our Webinars page.

• Acknowledging Native Homelands resources compiled by Christine DeLucia, Assistant Professor of History at Williams College.
  • This webpage includes links to general resources and commentary, popular media coverage, Native Northeast resources and commentary, and examples from other institutions and sites regarding land acknowledgements.
• A Conversation on Decolonizing Conservation webinar presented by The Wilderness Society in September 2020.
• A Guide to Indigenous Land Acknowledgement resources shared by the Native Governance Center.

• Ally Resource Guide shared by the Next 100 Coalition in June 2020.  
  • This document will continue to be updated with the following levels of engagement: registering to vote, ways to donate (various organizations/funds), petitions to sign, representatives and officials to contact, anti-racism resources to listen to,  watch, and/or read, and other anti-racism resources guides.

• Anti-racism resources for white people compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein in May 2020. 
  • This document is intended to serve as a resource to white people and parents to deepen our anti-racism work. If you haven’t engaged in anti-racism work in the past, start now. Feel free to circulate this document on social media and with your friends, family, and colleagues.
• “Black Birders Week” Promotes Diversity and Takes on Racism in the Outdoors,” written by the National Audubon Society in June 2020. 
  • In addition to promoting #BlackBirdersWeek, the National Audubon Society suggests following @BlackAFinSTEM to unite and build a community of Black scientists, talk about racism with other white people in your life this week, read or listen to “How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi, and watch and share Dr. J. Drew Lanham’s keynote address from the 2017 Audubon Convention, which focuses on the importance of inclusiveness and diversity in birding, among other themes.
• “Challenging the Narrative and Amplifying Voices: Resources for Education and Inclusivity in the Outdoor Industry,” written by The Trek in June 2020.
  • This growing resource document includes questions to ask to challenge the narrative, videos to watch, articles and books to read, podcasts to listen to, organizations and brands to support, and people to follow on social media.
• Crises as a Catalyst: A Call for Race Equity and Inclusive Leadership created by ProInspire in June 2020.
  • A guide to support leaders with reflecting on how they are advancing race equity and inclusion during crises.
• “Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: 26 Ways (& More) to be an Ally in the Outdoor Industry,” written by American Hiking Society Board Member Marinel M. de Jesus on her website Brown Gal Trekker in November 2018. 
• Diversity Toolkit: A Guide to Discussing Identity, Power, and Privilege created by the University of Southern California Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work in 2019.
• “Don’t Say ‘I’m Not a Racist,” written by Leonard Pitts as a newspaper column in June 2020. 
  • A reflection of and template for future apologies when the next white person finds themselves excoriated for saying or doing some racially offensive thing, because racism is the water in which we swim.
• “Five Ways to Make the Outdoors More Inclusive,” written by The Atlantic’s marketing team and paid for by REI in 2018. 
  • This document outlines the following steps with descriptions and specific actions: Teach the full history of the American outdoors; Make all visitors feel welcome and secure; Create underlying policies on diversity and fairness; Increase economic accessibility to create more access points for all; Make open spaces more representative, culturally relevant, and cool; The public can help, too.
• “Global Diversity & Inclusion Benchmarks: Standards for Organizations Around the World,” produced by The Centre for Global Inclusion in 2017, explores benchmarks for organizations to use to gauge their efforts/performance and work in the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion space.
• Historical Perspective on Racism in the Outdoors and Looking Forward, written by American Trails in June 2020, includes historical background, ways to take action, and organizations to support.
• Improving Diversity in the Workplace, published by Ohio University in September 2020. This in-depth resource guide was created for human resource departments, business owners, and team leaders who are interested in sharing information about how to improve diversity and inclusion in the workplace and boost overall team performance. This guide provides detailed insights and resources on the following topics: statistics on current workplace diversity; comparison of weekly pay by gender; what influences a lack of diversity and inclusion; tips on improving diversity in the workplace; why diversity is so important to businesses; initiatives and resources for businesses.

• Indigenous Connections Broadcast Series presented by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. This is a series of educational videos focusing on Indian Country and fostering tribal connections. If you have any questions regarding this series, please contact jennifer_hill@fws.gov.
• “Land Acknowledgments 101,” written by SNEWS in September 2020, is a beginner’s guide for the outdoor industry of how to not only format a land or territory acknowledgment, but also engage in follow-through. 
• “Liberal, progressive — and racist? The Sierra Club faces its white-supremacist history,” written by The Washington Post in July 2020, shares how the group is speaking out against John Muir, its founder and an environmental icon who fought to preserve nature and disparaged African Americans and Native Americans. Other environmental organizations also respond to the lack of diversity and racial bias that persists in top and mid-level management.
• Public Lands, We the People: Creating a Healthy and Just Future for All, published by The Aspen Institute and The Wilderness Society in September 2020. In the summer of 2020, these groups convened a series of public conversations to explore how our public lands can contribute to solving the climate and biodiversity crises, as well as help address the racial inequities we face in our country. They also enlisted ideas on how to reignite a more robust public participation in how land management decisions are made in the country. The result is this report. 
• Racial Equity in Outdoor Science and Environmental Education: Re-Establishing the Field with Intention, shared by Youth Outside in July 2020, featuring seven ideas for white-led organizations to join the effort in transforming the EE field to a new way of being that is rooted in racial equity and has justice embedded at every inflection point.
• Racial Equity News compiled by Candid.
• Racial Equity Tools is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity. This site offers tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working toward justice at every level – in systems, organizations, communities and the culture at large.
• Racism in the Outdoors: Resources, shared by American Hiking Society in June 2020, include reading material and content to watch or listen created by people of color, and outdoor organizations and people of color to support. 
• Recreation Diversity and Equity – A Conversation, shared by USDA Forest Service.
• Recreation Equity: Is the US Forest Service Serving its Diverse Publics?, shared by the USDA Forest Service.
• Resources shared by America Walks in May and June 2020.
  • Stop Killing Us: A Real Life Nightmare / Tamika Butler
  • The Toxic Intersection of Race and Public Space / City Lab
  • Walking and Walkability in the Time of COVID-19: Changing Policies and Practices / America Walks
  • Facing Racism Training / Soul 2 Soul Sisters 
  • Transformative Talks / Untokening & Pueblo Planning
  • How do we make sure that open streets are truly open for everyone? / Streetsblog Chicago
  • The Unmattering of Black Lives / Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
  • Safe Streets’ Are Not Safe for Black Lives / Dr. Destiny Thomas, City Lab
  • Whose Streets? Black Streets / Amina Yasin, Streetsblog USA
  • A Call to Courage / Jay Pitter
  • Why We Must Talk About Race When We Talk About Bikes / Tamika Butler, Bicycling
  • America’s Cities Were Designed to Oppress / Bryan Lee Jr., City Lab
  • How Do We Respond to Anti-Black Racism in Urbanist Practices and Conversations? / Canadian Urban Institute
  • How to End Anti-Blackness in Cities / Alissa Walker, Curbed
• Resources shared by American Rivers in September 2020. 
  • American Rivers Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan 2020-2024
• Resources shared by Big Brothers Big Sisters Dane County in June 2020.
  • Supporting Kids of Color in the Wake of Racialized Violence
  • Book: White Fragility
  • Book: How to Be An Antiracist
  • 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
  • WEBINAR: “How do I make sure I’m not raising the next Amy Cooper?”
  • Anti-Racism Project
  • Showing Up for Racial Justice
  • Racial Equity Tools
• Resources shared by Camber Outdoors, which supports workplace inclusion, equity, and diversity in the active-outdoor industries, in June 2020. 
  • Video: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: How to Be A Vehicle for Change 
  • Five Guiding Questions: Evaluating Healthy Workplaces That Respect, Empower, and Include
  • Workplace Anti-Racism Action Agenda
  • Workplace Anti-Racism Reading List
• Resources shared by Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed, which raises awareness of the river and its surrounding landscape by bringing together groups already working to restore degraded resources, safeguard vulnerable assets, and educate their communities.
  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice Toolkit for Organizations contains information on the importance of DEIJ, examples of environmental injustice in the Delaware River Watershed and beyond, common language, organizational governance, promoting DEIJ in the workplace, fostering an inclusive organization, recruitment and retention, links to additional resources and training, and a living glossary.
  • DEIJ Resource Library includes a DEIJ book list, a Month-Long Journal to Enhance Story Telling, a Guide to Facilitating Dialogues, and a recording of our past DEIJ educational webinars.
  • “Equity and Inclusion in the Time of COVID-19” blog post May 2020.sdf
  • “Celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride Month in the Watershed” blog post June 2020.
• Resources shared by Equity in the Center 
  • Research
  • “So You Want to Hire an Equity Consultant” Part 1 and Part 2
  • “How to Lose/Retain Diverse Leaders in 365 Days”

• Resources about Native Perspectives on Public Lands and Tribal Preservation shared by Grand Staircase Escalante Partners (October 2020)
  • Webinar: Retelling Histories of American Conservation/Preservation 
  • Webinar: Why is it important to include indigenous perspectives in land use practices and the management of ancestral land/public lands?
  • Webinar: How can Indigenous peoples restore and reconnect traditional land use practices and protection?

• Resources shared by the Outdoor Industry Association in celebration of Pride month June 2020.
  • OUT There Adventures
  • Venture Out Project
  • Pride Outside
  • Perry Cohen on Inclusion and Queer Participation in the Outdoors
  • LGBTQ+ Awareness and Ally Training Curriculum
  • LGBTQ+ Outdoor Equality Index
• Resources shared by Nonprofit HR.
  • 2021 Nonprofit Diversity Practices Report shared in May 2021
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Performance Management shared in October 2020.
  • Race and Diversity Practices in Nonprofits Webinar from June 2020.
  • “Anxious to Launch a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program at Your Nonprofit?” written by Lisa Brown Alexander, Founder and CEO, Nonprofit HR in July 2020. 
    • Spend a few moments reading about the compounded effect that COVID-19 and social unrest has had on nonprofit and social impact leaders and Lisa’s recommendations for creating an equitable workforce and workplace. 
• Resources shared by North American Congress for Conservation Biology during the 2020 virtual conference include works cited from the “Inclusion in Conservation: Perspectives and Experiences” candid discussion, books, land acknowledgement resources, articles about race, racism, STEM, and conservation, and training opportunities.
• Resources shared by River Network.
  • An Update from River Network’s Staff Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee
• Resources shared by The Avarna Group, which creates pathways, provides resources, and innovates strategies that support the outdoor and environmental sector in their evolution toward justice, equity, diversity, inclusion.
  • “Make Sure Your Public Statement Isn’t A Window Dressing: There’s Your Public Statement, and Then There’s The Work” blog post by Ava Holliday and Aparna Rajagopal in June 2020.
  • Webinar Series: Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (Part 1 “The What and Why of JEDI” and Part 2 “Strategies for Your Organization”), hosted by the Partnership for the National Trails System, National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance, and American Trails in 2019.
  • Search by Subject Resources Library featuring activities, media, reading, tips and tools.
• Resources shared by Union of Concerned Scientists in June 2020.
  • You can explore how bias plays out in your own life, as it does with all of us, by taking this test on implicit bias designed by a cross-disciplinary group of researchers. If you identify as white and haven’t yet explored issues of privilege, listen to the podcast series Seeing White from the Center on Documentary Studies at Duke University, or watch this video series on systemic racism from Race Forward.
• Resources shared by Upswell in June 2020.
  • Forging a More Just and Equitable Union
• Structured Conversation Toolkit for Supervisors shared by the National Park Service in July 2020.
• The Foundations of Racism, a resource guide shared by the Banneker-Douglass Museum in April 2021.
  • This document is intended as a resource for anti-racism training. It includes a list of books, podcasts, films and an educational website for teachers. 
• The Race to Lead Series, an initiative of Building Movement Project, this report presents findings from our 2019 survey of more than 5,000 nonprofit staff on their experiences of race and leadership in nonprofit settings. It is informed by the findings of the original 2016 report and explores new insights around the financial circumstances of respondents and their experiences of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in the workplace.
• What Does it Mean to be Non-Binary? is a resource that explains the gender binary, what it means to be non-binary, and how you can be supportive to non-binary people.
• Whiteness in the Outdoors: The Outdoors Are Deeply Divided by Race and We Must Address It shared by @pattiegonia on Instagram in May 2020.
  • A compiled guide by @alisonmdesir, @_lassosafroworld, @teresabaker11, @she_colorsnature, @courtneyahndesign, @pattiegonia, @katieboue, @naturechola, @ava, @skynoire, @vasu_sojitra
• Why Your Workplace Diversity Committee Isn’t Working shared by @officialmillennialblack on Instagram in July 2020.

Trails community statements

PNTS will continue to add more statements in response to recent events from organizations in the trails community as they become available.

• American Hiking Society
  • Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and AHS: Update on Our Journey (6/25/2020)
  • American Hiking Society Believes That The Outdoors Should Be A Place of Healing and Enjoyment for All (5/30/2020)
• America Walks
  • Walking, Moving and Jogging Should Never Cost a Life – America Walks Statement on Ahmaud Arbery (5/29/2020)
• American Trails
  • American Trails Solidarity Statement (6/6/2020)
• Appalachian Mountain Club
  • The Outdoors Should Be Safe For Everyone (6/1/2020)
• Appalachian Trail Conservancy
  • Shifting Perspectives and Realities (7/17/2020)
  • A Commitment to Justice (6/1/2020)
• Arizona Trail Association
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policy (2020)
  • ATA Stands in Support of Black Lives Matter (6/14/2020)
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement (2019)
• Continental Divide Trail Coalition
  • Statement Endorsing the Movement for Black Lives (6/3/2020)
• Florida Trail Association
  • Guiding Principles on Diversity and Inclusion (6/25/2020)
• Ice Age Trail Alliance
  • Our Commitment to Justice and Equality (6/2/2020)
• National Park Foundation
  • A Message from National Park Foundation President and CEO Will Shafroth (6/2/2020)
• National Park Service
  • Statement from Deputy Director David Vela Regarding Race, Equity, and the Values of the National Park Service (6/9/2020)
• Network for Landscape Conservation
  • Black Lives Matter (6/9/2020)
• Next 100 Coalition
  • Next 100 Coalition Supports the Movement For Black Lives (6/3/2020)
• North Country Trail Association
  • Inclusion Is A Core Value of the NCTA (6/24/2020)
• Outdoor Industry Association
  • We Have Work to Do. We Are Committed. (6/3/2020)
• Pacific Crest Trail Association
  • The Trail Can Unite Us (6/3/2020)
• Partnership for the National Trails System
  • Statement of Solidarity (6/3/2020)
  • Statement of Inclusion (2/8/2020)
• Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
  • Stand Against Racism (3/31/2020)
• Sierra Club
  • Pulling Down Our Monuments (7/23/2020)
  • This Country Needs Dreamers / Este País Necesita Soñadores (6/18/2020 and 6/22/2020)
  • The People Are Under Attack. So Are the Laws that Protect Them. (6/8/2020)
  • What Love Looks Like in Public (6/3/2020)
  • From Outrage to Justice (5/29/2020)