Video & Resources on COVID-19 & Conservation/the Outdoors
Dear Community, Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we at the Avarna Group have been trying to figure out…
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Dear Community, Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we at the Avarna Group have been trying to figure out…
Read full post about Video & Resources on COVID-19 & Conservation/the OutdoorsThis post is dedicated to Vu Le at Nonprofit With Balls, whose bold nuggets of gold we can only aspire…
Read full post about What Does Cultural Relevancy Mean Anyway?I was going to take the day off from work today, turn off my computer, and relax but I can't.…
Read full post about How do we move forward? Do the work.We are in the middle of our busiest month, where we are scheduled to give 12 days of workshops for…
Read full post about Why reverse -isms don’t existWe know diversity allows organizations to think out of the box, be more creative and innovative, problem-solve better and see…
Read full post about Equity means supporting single identity spacesA statement by the founders of the Avarna Group. As a company, we’ve been quiet about the announcement of the…
Read full post about When you fail to do the workOn March 1, 2016, in the wake of Delaware North’s exploitation of trademark laws, many of the iconic places in…
Read full post about The real story behind the Yosemite trademarksWe will return to regular posting at the beginning of 2017, but in the meantime, we wanted to share a…
Read full post about Our post-election commitmentDear CNN, Like many colleagues, we were thrilled to see that the topic of diversity in the outdoors has made…
Read full post about Nature’s calling — for diversity to be about more than just raceAs diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) professionals, we envision ourselves as bridge builders. Each person is in a different…
Read full post about A guide to building DEI bridgesThere is no such thing as a single issue struggle because we do not live single issue lives. - Audre…
Read full post about Connecting the dots: why black lives must matter to the environmental movementIn one of our early workshops, I was considering whether to share my personal experience of taking the Implicit Association…
Read full post about When in doubt, ask “in service of what?”