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  • Justice Outside staff pose for a photo around a fire pit. There are trees and fog in the background. Most staff are wearing denim blue button up shirts with the organization's logo on them. Highlights of 2022 (11/15/2022) - This was a year of growth and transformation at Justice Outside. We started the year with 12 team members and concluded it with 26. This growth will enable us to implement our strategic plan for 2025 and strengthen our mission to advance equity in the outdoors. Our larger team has already increased our impact. We ... Read more
  • Climate Resilient Communities: Youth Voices in Addressing Climate Change (11/10/2022) - The United Nations Climate Change Conference, also referred to as COP27, will take place this year in Egypt on November 6-18. This year, the focus of COP27 is to move from negotiations and planning to implementation. The three main objectives of the conference are mitigation, adaptation, and climate finance. Countries will have to show how ... Read more
  • members of Diné Nihi Keyah Project family stand outside with trees surrounding them. They vary in age and are huddled near each other, embracing one another Diné Nihi Keyah Project: Indigenous-led Land Use Shifting Away From Extractive Models (11/8/2022) - The United Nations Climate Change Conference, also referred to as COP27, will take place this year in Egypt on November 6-18. This year, the focus of COP27 is to move from negotiations and planning to implementation. The three main objectives of the conference are mitigation, adaptation, and climate finance. Countries will have to show how ... Read more
  • A person faces the water. The back of their t-shirt reads 'REMATRIATE THE LAND.' On Native American Heritage Month, Decolonizing Environmentalism (11/1/2022) - Indigenous people in the United States and around the world have been leading environmental conservation since time immemorial. We act in solidarity in calling for decolonial justice and healing, recognizing that many of us occupy native land and environmental justice must center the demands of earth’s traditional caretakers. We must foster solidarity with Indigenous peoples ... Read more
  • Eighteen members of the Brigada Solidaria del Oeste pose in front of a building looking at the camera In Solidarity with Puerto Rico: Invest in Our Communities (10/25/2022) - We honor and stand in solidarity with Puerto Rican organizers and solidarity brigades observing, tracking, and serving local communities’ needs and desire for better systems, infrastructure, and care. In light of the devastating impact of Hurricane Fiona and it’s disproportionate harm to Black, Indigienous, and Communities of Color, we invite our communities to act in ... Read more
  • an image featuring Justice Outside's logo and our four panelists from the event. Film Screening for Justice Outside Alumnx Highlights the Importance of Outdoor Access for All (9/30/2022) - On September 15th, Justice Outside hosted a private screening of the documentary EXPOSURE for alumnx of our Outdoor Educators Institute, Rising Leaders Fellowship, and Cultural Relevancy Series.  EXPOSURE is a film about eleven women from different backgrounds who embark on a journey together to the top of the world on the disappearing Arctic sea ice. ... Read more
  • There is a car with a person inside the driver's seat, who is facing to two smiling Cooperation Jackson members standing next to it. They are standing by a table stacked with water bottles. It is sunny with a cloudy blue sky. In Solidarity with Jackson, Mississippi: Access to Clean Water Is A Human Right (9/15/2022) - We are grateful to the Black organizers, activists, and volunteers who are honoring the Jackson communities’ right to water, dignity, and life and have taken up the undue responsibility to provide clean water and comfort to people, when the state has failed its obligations. Justice Outside  stands in solidarity with the people of Jackson, Mississippi, ... Read more
  • Justice Outside Celebrates First Outdoor Educators Institute: Pathfinders Cohort (8/24/2022) - On Sunday, July 31st, Justice Outside and our community celebrated the graduation of the first cohort of our Outdoor Educators Institute: Pathfinders program. OEI: Pathfinders is a 5-month professional development engagement program specifically designed for Outdoor Educators Institute (OEI) alumnx to further develop their own outdoor equity-oriented projects. The Outdoor Educators Institute trains young adults ... Read more
  • Danielle and Geenah, two Justice Outside staff members, stand outside. They are surrounded by trees and shrubs. Geenah is holding an orange Justice Outside mug. Thank you for being part of Explore-A-Thon! (8/10/2022) - We are so thankful to our community for joining us for Explore-A-Thon 2022 and making it a successful campaign.  Together, we raised nearly $25,000 for Justice Outside’s work for racial justice and equity in the outdoors. This wouldn’t have been possible without you creating fundraisers, donating, and sharing our mission and campaign with your community. ... Read more
  • Two young Black people looking at a computer screen and in conversation. Behind them are more young people at work. Op-ed: What young professionals can teach us about grantmaking for climate justice (8/3/2022) - In 2021, Justice Outside’s Rising Leaders Fellowship program brought together 20 early-career nonprofit professionals, most of them Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, to get hands-on experience with philanthropy. Fellows had the opportunity to design a $40,000 grantmaking program and decide to whom they would award grants and how they would distribute those funds across the selected grantees. ... Read more