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People of the Global Majority in the Outdoors, Nature, and Environment PEOPLE OF THE GLOBAL MAJORITY IN THE OUTDOORS, NATURE, AND ENVIRONMENT 2017 SUMMIT JUNE 28-29, 2017 DAVID BROWER CENTER BERKELEY, CA Welcome to the PGM ONE Summit! We are honored by this opportunity to highlight the talents, amplify the voices, and advocate the needs of the collective gathered here. We stand together as people of the global majority, united by our commitment to social justice in the outdoors, nature, and environment. May these two days present an opportunity to connect, heal, learn, and inspire together. May we find the connection necessary to build a community strong enough to weather the times we live in. May we find the healing to nourish ourselves in spite of the challenges we face. May we find the learning that will equip us with the tools for change. And may we find the inspiration to continue the difficult work of standing up for marginalized communities. We thank you for being with us and for your courage and leadership to embody the change necessary for a more equitable industry, country, and planet! With Care and Power, THE 2017 PGM ONE PLANNING TEAM Anjali Thavendran Chen, Aparna Rajagopal-Durbin, Ashley Perez, Briana Riley, David Pon, Kim Moore Bailey, Rani Jacobson, Rena Payan, & Sophie Sarkar Schedule at a Glance DAY ONE--Wednesday, June 28 DAY TWO--Thursday, June 29 8-9:00a Breakfast & Registration 8-9:00a Breakfast 9-10:00a Opening Remarks 9-10:35a Morning Sessions 10-12:00a Morning Sessions 10:45-12p Film Screening 12-1:00p Lunch 12-1:00p Lunch 1-2:00p Plenary 1-2:35p Afternoon Sessions 2-5:00p Career Fair 2:45-4p Closing Plenary 2-4:00p Afternoon Sessions 5-6:00p Networking Happy Hour 6-7:30p Dinner FEATURING KEYNOTE 7:30-9:00p Keynote SPEAKER CAROLYN FINNEY Schedule at a Glance WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28TH 8:00 AM REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST (Lobby & Tamalpais—overflow seating in Terrace + Gallery) 9:00 AM OPENING REMARKS (Theater) Tanner Yess, Desiree Muñoz, Carla Muñoz, Aparna Rajagopal-Durbin, Rue Mapp, Betty Reid Soskin, Sophie Sarkar, Kristy Drutman, Eva Malis, and Rena Payan 10:00 AM MORNING SESSIONS 10-11:30 10-12:00 10-10:45 10:50-11:35 11:40-12:00 (Kinzie East) (Outside) (Theater) (Theater) (Theater) Morning DE/RE- HEALING FOR B(L)ACK IN NATURE: COMMUNITY RIVERS & CONSTRUCTING RESILIENT ANTHROPOLOGICAL ORGANIZING & TRAILS 50TH CONSERVATION: IS COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGICAL ADVOCACY IN KICKOFF CONSERVATION CityWILD LOOK AT BLACK THE OUTDOORS Naomi Torres BECOMING THE NEW LANDSCAPES AND IN A MAJORITY COLONIALISM? CULTURAL MINORITY STATE Wei Ying Wong HERITAGE Leandra Taylor Jarre Hamilton 11:30 PM DROP-IN COMMUNITY ART GALLERY, Facilitator: José González (Terrace) 12:00 PM LUNCH (Tamalpais—overflow seating in Terrace + Gallery) 1:00 PM PLENARY SESSION: OUTDOOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS (Theater) Mitsu Iwasaki, Whitney Tome, Dan Chu, Sangita Chari, and Kenji Haroutunian 2:00 PM AFTERNOON SESSIONS Afternoon 2-5 2:10-2:55 3-4:00 (Gallery) (Kinzie East) (Kinzie East) CAREER PRIVILEGE AND PLEASURE IN OUTDOOR SURVIVAL AND SELF-CARE FOR BROWN FAIR ADVENTURE SPORTS FACES IN GREEN SPACES Sarah Rebolloso McCullough Elyse Rainey 4:00 PM DROP-IN COMMUNITY ART GALLERY, Facilitator: Narinda Heng (Terrace) 5:00 PM NETWORKING HAPPY HOUR (Gallery + Lobby) Evening 6:00 PM DINNER (Tamalpais—overflow seating in Terrace + Gallery) 7:30-9:00 PM KEYNOTE ADDRESS (Theater) Carolyn Finney Schedule at a Glance THURSDAY, JUNE 29TH 8:00 AM BREAKFAST (Gallery + overflow seating in Terrace) 9:00 AM MORNING SESSIONS 9-10:30 9-10:30 9-9:45 9:50-10:35 9:50-10:35 (Kinzie East) (Tamalpais) (Theater) (Theater) (Outside) SET THE PACE BEYOND MOVING OUTDOOR YOUTH HOW PEACE SOCIAL FOR SAFE PICNIC TABLES & ENGAGEMENT AS CORPS THREW EMOTIONAL Morning SPACE! HOSTING A FIESTA A TOOL FOR ME INTO THE LEARNING IN Miho Aida Nina Roberts and CULTURE CHANGE MAJORITY ENVIRONMENTAL Naomi Torres Kim Stolkowski Tanner Yess EDUCATION and Deon West Ariel Wang 10:45 AM FILM SCREENING AND Q&A: LATINO OUTDOORS, AQUÍ ESTAMOS (Theater) José González 12:00 PM LUNCH (Gallery + overflow seating in Terrace) 1:00 PM AFTERNOON SESSIONS 1-1:45 1-1:45 1-2:30 1-2:30 (Theater) (Kinzie East) (Tamalpais) (Outside) INDIGENIZING WHOSE NARRATIVE? BUILDING AN IDEAL COLORS OF CONSERVATION RECLAIMING STORIES COMMUNITY COMPASSION CORPS AND MEDIA OF Blanca Hernandez MINDFULNESS Chako ENVIRONMENTALISM WORKSHOP Timothy Chen Sophie Sarkar Afternoon 1:50-2:35 1:50-2:35 (Theater) (Kinzie East) RACE, CLASS, AND CONSERVATION RESOURCES TO CONNECT YOUTH Cristina Murillo Barrick OF COLOR TO NATURE Andrea Fraume Valencia 2:45-4:00 PM CLOSING PLENARY (Theater) Tanner Yess, David Pon, Morgan Valdivieso, Sherman Dean, Lorenzo Plazola, Angela Park, Kristy Drutman, Eva Malis, Desiree Muñoz, and Carla Muñoz Use the Hashtag #PGMONE2017 To Share your experiences Presenters MIHO AIDA Miho Aida, originally from Tokyo, Japan, is an educator, award-winning filmmaker, and author dedicated to creating a culture that gives a voice to marginalized communities, especially women of color in the outdoor and environmental field. She currently works as Equity and Inclusion Coordinator at NatureBridge, the nation’s largest non-profit environmental science education partner of the National Park Service. Miho orchestrates NatureBridge-wide efforts to improve organizational culture to be more inclusive and access for those who have had historical and systemic barriers to the field of outdoor education and its workforce. www.mihoaida.com AMANDA BARNETT Amanda is a civil/environmental engineer at Seattle Public Utilities. She serves on the Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board, is a volunteer with the Major Taylor Project, and came to ride her bike everywhere because it became her only reliable form of transportation - she doesn’t know how to drive, and the bus never came. Amanda also served as an AmeriCorps with EarthCorps, has a certificate in Green Stormwater Infrastructure from the University of Washington, has been a Community Leadership Institute and Living Futures Institute fellow, and is a native New Yorker who’s passion is growing vibrant urban ecosystems. CHAKO Chako is the National Program Coordinator for the Ancestral Lands Program of Conservation Legacy. Having worked as a chainsaw and habitat restoration Crew Leader and Program Coordinator in the Ancestral Lands Navajo office, Chako now works to bring together Corps, Tribes and Agencies to support the development of more tribal Conservation Corps programs nationally. Chako is Mvskoke, has a degree in Indigenous Studies from University of Colorado at Boulder and has worked to revitalize Mvskoke language and food sovereignty. SANGITA CHARI Sangita oversees the Office of Relevancy, Diversity, & Inclusion for the National Park Service and is respon- sible for facilitating the implementation of the agency’s national diversity and inclusion strategies. Sangita started at NPS as the grants coordinator for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). Prior to NPS, Sangita spent over 15 years working in museums and non-profits as a funder, pro- gram manager, technical assistance provider, grant writer, & community organizer. Sangita holds a B.A. in International Relations and Anthropology from American University and an M.A. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Florida. She is the co-editor of Accomplishing NAGPRA: Perspectives on the Intent, Impact, and Future of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, published in 2013. TIM CHEN Tim is currently an outdoor educator with the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Youth Opportunities Program, working in training teachers and youth workers to guide their youth outdoors. Tim’s background is in community organizing and youth counseling/education. Having studied photography as a major in college, Tim explored its intersection with environmental justice. Among the undergraduate courses he taught as a teaching fellow was an upper level environmental media justice class, which included the creation of an environmental justice short doc in partnership with a community affected by pesticide drift. Dan Chu Dan joined the Sierra Club Foundation as the new Executive Director in November 2016. Previously, he was the Senior Director of the Sierra Club’s Our Wild America campaign. Dan also worked at the National Wildlife Federation and is a returned Peace Corps volunteer, where he lived with Panamanian farmers practicing sustainable agriculture. Dan is a naturalized citizen. He was born in Taiwan and emigrated to Canada and then the United States when he was 5 years old. Dan and his wife Lisa have a daughter, son and a labrador border collie dog and are relocating to Oakland, California. Presenters SJ, Kim, & Monse--CITYWILD Through deep connections with the natural world, cityWILD works with low-income and culturally diverse youth providing them with experiential outdoor and nature-oriented opportunities, leadership opportunities and community involvement. SJ is working with cityWILD as a Program Assistant through Americorps. As an Alumni and Board member, SJ is interested in continuing to work and learn about the outdoors. Kim is the Program Coordinator. She is constantly finding ways to incorporate her interests in environmental education, wildlife biology, outdoor recreation and decolonizing the outdoors into her work. Monse is an Outdoor Xingona from the South who brings her intersecting passion for the outdoors and beyond. She currently works as a Program Assistant and loves to take students climbing! CAROLYN FINNEY Carolyn Finney, Ph.D. is a writer, performer and cultural geographer. As a professor in Geography at the University of Kentucky, she is deeply interested in issues related to identity, difference, creativity, and resilience. In particular, she explores how issues of difference impacts participation in decision-making processes designed to address environmental issues. The aim of her work is to develop greater cultural competency within environmental organizations and institutions, challenge media outlets on their representation of difference, and increase awareness of how privilege shapes who gets to speak to environmental issues and determine policy and action.
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