The Case for Reparations

Story by Ta-Nehisi Coates in The Atlantic

“Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.”

The History of Environmental Justice in Five Minutes

By Brian Palmer on NRDC

How communities of color facing the brunt of pollution launched the movement for a healthy place to live, work, and play—and where it’s headed.

Five Ways to Make the Outdoors More Inclusive

From The Atlantic Re:Think - Sponsored by REI

A think tank came together from various stakeholder groups to create suggestions that range from the creation of Educational Materials in National Parks to subsidizing transportation and reimagining the parks as venues for culturally relevant events.

We’re Here. You Just Don’t See Us.

By Latria Graham in Outside Online

There’s a common misconception that black people don’t love wild places. Latria Graham, a southerner with deep connections to farms, rivers, and forests, says the problem isn’t desire but access—and a long history of laws and customs that have whitewashed our finest public lands.

The CRISIS OF PUBLIC LANDS AND THE PROMISE OF BEARS EARS

By Etienne Benson on UPenn Omnia

“Bears Ears marked a promising swerve in this often-disheartening history. Advocated by a coalition of five tribes—the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, Ute Indian, and Ute Mountain Ute—the monument both protected archaeological sites from looting and vandalism and ensured that native people could continue to use and care for the land. Rather than placing control solely in the hands of distant bureaucrats, it gave an intertribal advisory commission an important management role. In short, it tried to support the needs and wishes of people with strong connections to the land while also ensuring that the land remained publicly accessible.”

Environmentalism’s Racist History

By Jedediah Purdy on The New Yorker

Madison Grant is known less for his conservationist efforts than for his book “The Passing of the Great Race, or The Racial Basis of European History,” a pseudo-scientific work of white supremacism.

The strangeness of being a Latina who loves hiking

By Amanda Machado on VOX

“I realized during that trip that if anything, my love for the mountains makes me more connected to my culture, rather than detached from it. For Latinxs from families in the Andes, hiking is in our blood. In pre-Columbian South America, the Incas used to employ runners known as chasquis to hike across the Andes delivering messages and food from one city to another. When the Inca emperor in Cuzco requested fresh fish from the sea, the chasquis would run through the mountains all the way to Lima and back in less than two days.”

Brooklyn bell on why inclusion in the outdoors matters

By GoRV on Outside Online

The athlete and artists on creating your own here, shifting the culture, and why the outdoors is your right.

Hosted by Oregon Wild and Merrell.

This screening of THIS LAND is followed by a panel discussion featuring Ani Kame'enui of the National Conservation Parks Association, Autumn Harry a member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe,  José González founder of Latino Outdoors, moderated by Faith E. Briggs. 

A JUST ADD WATER EVENT HOSTED by NRS, AMERICAN RIVERS, UNDER SOLEN MEDIA, and ORVIS.

Q&A with Just Add Water guides Faith Briggs and Adam Edwards, Ángel Peña from Nuestra Tierra, Carolyn Finney, author of Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors, and Mike Fiebig of American Rivers.

Wild Society Winter Speaker Series

An intimate discussion about how to increase inclusivity in outdoor organizations and how Faith’s personal experiences have helped her begin to identify and confront barriers to the outdoors.

Expanding the Conversation on Conservation: Race, Inclusion, and America's Public Lands.

Hosted by The Stanford Earth's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiatives.

This panel discussion include subject and producer Faith E. Briggs,  José González, director and founder of Latino Outdoors, who is a pioneer in environmental outreach and advocacy, Stanford Earth research scientist and lecturer Sibyl Diver, who has taught classes on environmental governance justice, and Professor and Lawyer Pat Shea, former director of the Bureau of National Land Management.

Protect Your Playground "This Land" with Faith E. Briggs & Clare Gallagher. Hosted by PROTECT OUR WINTERS.

Screening and Q&A with Faith E. Briggs and professional trail-running Clare Gallagher. Topics include historical disconnect between environmental and social justice movements, about having all women behind the camera, and why representation matters in outdoor filmmaking.

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