JEDI & The Outdoors 101

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• The Nature Gap Report by Center for American Progress & Hispanic Access Foundation

• Definition of terms (from the Avarna Group)

  • Justice: Dismantling barriers to resources and opportunities in society so that all individuals & communities can live a full & dignified life. These barriers are essentially the “isms” in society: racism, classism, sexism, etc.

  • Equity: Allocating resources to ensure everyone has access to the same resources & opportunities. Equity recognizes that advantages and barriers—the ‘isms’—exist. Equity is the approach & equality is the outcome.

  • Diversity: The differences between us based on which we experience systemic advantages or encounter systemic barriers to opportunities.

  • Inclusion: Fostering a sense of belonging by centering, valuing, & amplifying the voices, perspectives & styles of those who experience more barriers based on their identities.

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Books to Read

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• Black Faces, White Spaces - Dr. Carolyn Finney 

• The Adventure Gap - Edward James Mills

• The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin 

• Notes of a Native Son - James Baldwin

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Articles

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• When Feminism is White Supremacy in Heels - Rachel Cargle 

• How to Talk About Racism at Dinner - Rachel Cargle 

• Why You Need to Stop Saying All Lives Matter - Rachel Cargle

• When White People are Uncomfortable, Black People are Silenced - Rachel Cargle 

• Social Identities and Systems of Oppression - Systems of oppression are individual, institutional, and societal and their effects on people have a long history deeply rooted in American culture.

• Intersectional Environmentalism: Why Environmental Justice is Essential for a Sustainable Future - Leah Thomas 

• The Perils of Being Black in Public: We Are All Christian Cooper and George Floyd - Dr. Carolyn Finney 

• I’m a black climate scientist. Racism derails our efforts to save the planet. - Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

• How are national parks working to fight racism?

• It’s past time to dismantle racism in the outdoors

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Things to Watch

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• An Interview With the Founders of Black Lives Matter

• The Urgency of Intersectionality - Kimberle Crenshaw

• Coming to Terms with Racism’s Inertia - Rachel Cargle 

• We Need to Talk About an Injustice - Bryan Stevenson

• How Racism Makes Us Sick - David R. William

• Notes of a Native Son: the world according to James Baldwin 

• An Artist’s Unflinching Look at Racial Violence - Sanford Biggers

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Additional Resources

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Explore Unconscious and Explicit Bias

• Harvard’s Project Implicit - Check out your implicit associations about race, gender, sexual orientation, and other topics.

• What is Bias? - Once we know and accept we have bias, we can begin to recognize our own patterns of thinking. With awareness and a conscious effort, we have the power to change how we think and to challenge the negative or harmful biases within ourselves.

• Being Anti-Racist - To create an equal society, we must commit to making unbiased choices and being anti-racist in all aspects of our lives.

• How to Fight Racial Bias, According to a Stanford Psychologist - Neither our evolutionary path nor our present culture dooms us to be held hostage by these biases.

 

General Racial and Health Equity Resources

• Health Equity Tools and Resources - From Colorado's Office of Health Equity, this site includes a glossary, tools, fact sheets, an action guide, and more, with most resources in both English and Spanish.

• 65 Resources for Racial and Health Equity - From an online higher education company, this site offers articles, toolkits, research pieces, and other materials.