Hey Y'all!

Welcome to our October Member Bulletin. We have some exciting content for you this month. Be sure to check out our new member exclusive blog post on the importance of offering Paid Internships and Living Wages. We would also like to give a warm welcome to our newest member, Alejandro Strong. Be sure to check them out and keep scrolling for exclusive content, including articles written just for you. 

Happy Trails,

The DO Team 

Building a diverse workforce can’t end with hiring; paying livable wages and offering paid internships is key to attracting and retaining staff from a variety of backgrounds. 

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The changes that influencers have made to the outdoor industry have arguably made it a better, safer community for all, despite criticism from gatekeepers who want to see these spaces unchanged. 

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Congratulations to Parker McMullen Bushman, co-founder of Inclusive Journeys, on earning a spot in Amazon's next accelerator program for women-led startups. "They were selected from a pool of thousands of applicants because of the strength of their ideas and their technical readiness", said AWS in an interview for the Denver Business Journal. Read the rest of the article here. 

Happy 7 year Anniversary to Queer Nature! Pinar and So Sinopoulos-Lloyd "started 7 years ago at Boulder Pride in a small booth at the foothills of the Rockies. [They've] come so far and are hoping to go further with building infrastructure and offering more courses." Learn how you can support Queer Nature by visiting their Instagram.

The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF) is now accepting submissions for their March 2023 Festival and they have provided Diversify Outdoors and our members with a comp code that can be used to bypass submission fees - DCEFFdo23.

Learn more about DCEFF and submit your films via their FilmFreeway     page. Good luck!

Between a history of segregated city pools and beaches and the piling on of generational trauma, swimming has been a complicated subject and an out-of-reach pastime for many Black Americans.

Caring about the environment is deeply rooted in Latiné culture, but Hispanic folks are not always viewed as stewards, conservationists, or outdoor enthusiasts.

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Syren Nagakyrie (they/them), DO member and Founder of Disabled Hikers, has a lifetime of experience in navigating the world through the lens of disability and chronic illness.

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