Welcome to our August Member Bulletin. This month, we'd like to welcome our newest members, Amy Denton-Luke, Founder of Disabled in the Wild, Charlotte Buell, founder of Basecamp Kreative, Summer Crider, Founder of The Giving Cypress, Noami Grevenberg, Founder of Irie to Aurora and Diversify Vanlife, Caroline Kellough, Founder of Desert Song Expeditions, Catarina Rivera aka Blindish Latina, Justin Tucker aka Trailhead Justin, Luisana Mendez, Founder of Huellas Latinas, and Brian Eagen, Director of Field Studies at the Sequoyah School. Be sure to check out their profiles and give them a follow! Keep scrolling for new blog content and exciting member news stories.
Cheers,
The DO Team
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Many outdoor companies aren’t just great because of their awesome gear selection; they’re great because they pay their employees a living wage.
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Have you watched DO member Catarina Rivera's Tedx Talk on Creating Inclusive Workplaces for All? If not, be sure to check it out. Learn more about Catarina aka Blidish Latina here.
Check out Inclusive Guide, co-founded by DO member KWEEN WERK. This digital guide allows users to review, share, and search for welcoming spaces that celebrate all identities.
Together Outdoors has launched a grant program that will award $25,000 in funding to organizations and/or projects with revenue under $150,000 that are led by, or serve a majority constituency of communities of color, LGBTQIA, people with disabilities, underserved regions, and/or other intersecting minority groups.
These grants are designed to support initiatives like yours or others within your community that are working to build a more accessible, welcoming outdoor ecosystem.
Body neutrality is a movement about accepting our bodies, even if we don’t always love them. It means not connecting a body’s appearance to self worth.
Flash Foxy, a company committed to making the outdoors more accessible for women and genderqueer folks, worked hard to build a space where runners could come together and meet others like them.
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