When in doubt, ask “in service of what?”
In one of our early workshops, I was considering whether to share my personal experience of taking the Implicit Association…
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Category: privilege
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How do we move forward? Do the work.
I was going to take the day off from work today, turn off my computer, and relax but I can't.…
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Implementing President Obama's Memo on Diversity & Inclusion in Public Lands & Waters Dear valued partners and friends: We’re writing…
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The role of white affinity spaces in anti-racism work
In the spring, PGM ONE organizers asked me to write a piece about why white folks shouldn’t show up to…
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A statement by the founders of the Avarna Group. As a company, we’ve been quiet about the announcement of the…
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We are in the middle of our busiest month, where we are scheduled to give 12 days of workshops for…
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Connection the dots: white supremacy and monuments
In the wake of Charlottesville this past weekend, I have been thinking quite a bit about how these events connect…
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What Does Cultural Relevancy Mean Anyway?
This post is dedicated to Vu Le at Nonprofit With Balls, whose bold nuggets of gold we can only aspire…
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Our post-election commitment
We will return to regular posting at the beginning of 2017, but in the meantime, we wanted to share a…
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When we ask workshop participants whether they have done an activity called "the privilege walk" before, hands inevitably shoot up,…
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Nature’s calling — for diversity to be about more than just race
Dear CNN, Like many colleagues, we were thrilled to see that the topic of diversity in the outdoors has made…
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What can outdoor and environmental organizations learn about inclusion from MLK’s experience?
Photo above: Martin Luther King, Jr. marching from Selma to Montgomery with John Lewis, Reverend Jesse Douglas, James Forman and…
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