This is a podcast by Justice Outside sharing stories from our community, centering the experiences and wisdom of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in the outdoors and environmental movement. Hosted by our Communications and Advocacy team, the podcast will also share tips and tricks about enjoying the outdoors, whether that’s through exploring your backyard, hiking, skiing, or in any other way.
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Episode 2: Elevating, Amplifying, and Funding Leadership of Color
We speak with Rena Payan, Director of Grantmaking, about the radical and restorative grantmaking program she has helped create at Justice Outside. She discusses the historical barriers for Black, Indigenous, and organizations of Color in traditional grantmaking and how an accessible, equitable alternative is possible. She also shares about her personal connection to the outdoors and how she’s nurtured it throughout her life.
The full episode transcript can be found here.
To learn more about our Liberated Paths grantmaking, click here.
The phrase Rena referred to, “Nothing about us without us”, stems from the disability justice movement. Learn more here.
To learn more about Justice Outside’s work and our programs to increase access to the outdoors for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, click here.
Theme music by Joseph Powers
Design assets prepared by LQL Photo + Design
Audio editing by Cha’vez Gaitan
Episode 1: The Power of Community to Transform the Outdoors Movement
For our first episode, we speak with Danielle Wolfrum, our Director of Development. She shares how her relationship to the outdoors has evolved and her experience working in environmental non-profits as a Woman of Color. She highlights the importance of community-oriented relationship building and fundraising. The full episode transcript can be found here. To learn more about community-centric fundraising, click here.
The line of poetry Noorjahan mentions in the podcast comes from the great Sufi poet Maulana Jalaludin Balkhi’s Masnawi Manawi written in Persian in the 13th century. The verse Noorjahan mentions is linked here. It’s the fourth verse. Though the English translation of the poem uses the pronoun “he” to refer to the subject, in Persian a gender neutral pronoun is used. In the United States, Maulana Jalaludin Balkhi is known as Rumi.
The book Danielle mentioned is Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness.
To learn more about Justice Outside’s work including our grantmaking and our programs to increase access to the outdoors for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, click here.
Theme music by Joseph Powers
Design assets prepared by LQL Photo + Design
Audio editing by Cha’vez Gaitan