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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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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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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We are in the middle of our busiest month, where we are scheduled to give 12 days of workshops for…
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Equity means supporting single identity spaces
We know diversity allows organizations to think out of the box, be more creative and innovative, problem-solve better and see…
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When you fail to do the work
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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On March 1, 2016, in the wake of Delaware North’s exploitation of trademark laws, many of the iconic places in…
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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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Dear CNN, Like many colleagues, we were thrilled to see that the topic of diversity in the outdoors has made…
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A guide to building DEI bridges
As diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) professionals, we envision ourselves as bridge builders. Each person is in a different…
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Connecting the dots: why black lives must matter to the environmental movement
There is no such thing as a single issue struggle because we do not live single issue lives. - Audre…
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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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