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We Are ONE Conference: A Transformative Gathering of Environmental Leaders of Color (7/30/2024) - From June 25-28, 2024, the Loudermilk Center hosted the groundbreaking We Are ONE conference in Atlanta, Georgia. This collaborative effort between PGM ONE, Justice Outside, and Next 100 Coalition brought together environmental leaders of color from across the nation, fostering a space for community building, strategic action, and collective commitment to environmental justice and equity.… Continue Reading We Are ONE Conference: A Transformative Gathering of Environmental Leaders of Color We Are ONE (3/7/2024) - PGM ONE, Justice Outside, and Next 100 Coalition are thrilled to present an innovative partnership: We Are ONE, a national gathering of environmentalists of color, June 25-28 at the Loudermilk Center in Atlanta, Georgia. We are honored to invite you to join us – a community of new and familiar voices – to nurture our… Continue Reading We Are ONE Op–ed—The Outdoors Are Key to Building Community, We Must Expand Access to It (3/5/2024) - In 2018, I was on a sea kayaking trip to paddle around Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay Area. The adventure started calm but about 15 minutes in, my partner and I found ourselves suddenly capsized in the waters. Panic gripped me as the boat flipped, plunging us into the water. I was beginning… Continue Reading Op–ed—The Outdoors Are Key to Building Community, We Must Expand Access to It Justice Outside Expands Liberated Paths Grantmaking Program Along the California Coast (2/9/2024) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, February 9th, 2024Media Contact: Communications team at [email protected] Oakland, CA — Today, Justice Outside, which works to advance racial justice and equity in the outdoor and environmental movement, announced that the organization will be expanding grantmaking for community-led organizations working along the California Coast through state funding, a first for the organization.… Continue Reading Justice Outside Expands Liberated Paths Grantmaking Program Along the California Coast Justice Outside: Black Surf Santa Cruz’s Fairy Grant Parent (1/22/2024) - This reflection is written by Esabella Bonner. Follow her on Instagram to learn more. Have you ever been presented with an idea, vision, opportunity, or message that feels beyond anything you could have dreamed of or crafted on your own? And right when you start to feel like it’s too much, that you’re not capable, or that… Continue Reading Justice Outside: Black Surf Santa Cruz’s Fairy Grant Parent Highlights of 2023 (12/5/2023) - We took bold steps towards our vision of an equitable and joyful outdoors for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in 2023. Here are some highlights. We held our first ever conference! On April 27 and 28, Justice Outside held our first conference titled “Cultivating Community Outdoors” with nearly 200 members of our community. The… Continue Reading Highlights of 2023 West Side to Worldwide (11/7/2023) - This reflection is written by Victoria Beltrán. Follow her on Instagram to learn more. My name is Victoria Beltrán. I am a Mexican American twenty-something born and raised in a medium-sized California farm town named Modesto, in what my family unaffectionately called the “West Side” of town. By my own expectations and I think society’s… Continue Reading West Side to Worldwide Why Sabbaticals Are Key for Healthy Organizations: A Personal Reflection (9/12/2023) - By Kim Moore Bailey, Justice Outside President & Chief Executive Officer I just recently returned to work after a three-month sabbatical made possible by Justice Outside’s policy to ensure paid rest for staff after five years of consecutive work at the organization. It took me ten years to take the time off. Two years ago,… Continue Reading Why Sabbaticals Are Key for Healthy Organizations: A Personal Reflection #startsmall Initiative Grants $500,000 to Justice Outside to Support Girls Health and Education Through the Outdoors (8/1/2023) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, August 1, 2023Media Contact: Communications team at [email protected] OAKLAND, CA—Today, Justice Outside, which works to advance racial justice and equity in the outdoor and environmental movement, announced that the organization has received a $500,000 grant from #startsmall, Jack Dorsey’s philanthropic initiative. The grant will support Justice Outside’s Liberated Paths grantmaking program which… Continue Reading #startsmall Initiative Grants $500,000 to Justice Outside to Support Girls Health and Education Through the Outdoors From No More Fossil Fuels to Land Back: The Time for Environmental Justice Is Now (7/12/2023) - Content warning: This piece discusses police brutality, murders by police, and state violence. Please use discretion in reading and sharing. Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a body of experts convened by the United Nations, released their latest report on the condition of the planet regarding global warming and climate change. This year,… Continue Reading From No More Fossil Fuels to Land Back: The Time for Environmental Justice Is Now