SORP Webinars & Training SeriesWe are pleased to offer access to all of these sessions FREE OF COST to everyone. It’s important to SORP to be able to serve the outdoor recreation community through these types of training opportunities. We could not offer these important training sessions without support from our members and partners. Join or renew your membership to SORP Interested in partnering or sponsoring a series or individual webinars? Contact Rachel at [email protected] Upcoming Webinars and Trainings June Webinar Series: DEIA in ActionJune 7, 2023: Outdoors for All - Why We Need to Create a More Inclusive Future for Parks and Recreation..and How to Do It!Description: In this session we will explore the current state of diversity in the outdoors through the lens of environmental justice, focusing on historic inequities in park access and recreation participation and ways in which these challenges might be addressed. The discussion will examine issues including racism in parks and other barriers to participation, shifting recreation patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic, and unintended consequences of "green gentrification." We will conclude by identifying specific ways that everyone can work to make outdoor recreation more equitable and inclusive. Presenter: Dr. Lincoln Larson, North Carolina State University June 14: Boosting LGBTQ Inclusion OutdoorsDescription: Hannah Malvin, the Founder and Director of Pride Outside and Co-Founder of the LGBTQ Outdoor Summit, will share about how to boost relevancy and inclusion for the LGBTQ community outdoors. She will outline barriers to access, identify strategies to build inclusion into programming and outreach, highlight successful initiatives developing connections between the LGBTQ community and the outdoors, and share lessons learned from LGBTQ community building. Presenter: Hannah Malvin, Founder of Pride Outside and Hannah Malvin Consulting June 21: Outward Bound Adventures - Challenging and Empowering BIPOC Youth through Experiential EducationPresenter: Charles Thomas, Executive Director of Outward Bound Adventures June 28: Increasing Accessibility Awareness and Access in the Outdoors with the Outdoor F.U.T.U.R.E. InitiativeThis session will feature a panel presentation
Past Webinars and TrainingsPublic Health and Access to the Outdoors Series, April & May 2023
Destination Stewardship Series, February & March 2023
Indigenous Values in Action Series, January & February 2023
Part I of We All Belong Outside SeriesAdditional webinars in this series will take place in June and September!
Since 2020, the OUTDOOR F.U.T.U.R.E. Initiative (OFI) has sought to build the public and political momentum for the creation of a national outdoor opportunity fund. The fund would ensure large-scale long-term investments in programs that all youth and their families across the nation, regardless of their income or zip code, benefit from nature based experiences that promote health, education, and career-building. This series raises awareness of OFI through the lived experience of those who are directly benefiting from state based outdoor equity programs. The series also seeks to deepen SORP member understanding and application of justice, equity, diversity inclusion, and accessibility principles to their professional and personal lives. Speakers:
Resources: November 30, 2022: Breaking Down the 2021 Outdoor Recreation Economy Release with Federal and State Partners,Chris Perkins, Senior Director at the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable, will unpack the huge resurgence of the outdoor recreation economy in 2021 and key segments to watch moving forward. He will be joined by Katherine Andrews, Arkansas State Director of Outdoor Recreation, and Jenny Kordick, Executive Director at Maine Outdoor Brands, to spotlight increases at the state level and the role of State Offices of Outdoor Recreation and State Outdoor Business Alliances in moving the outdoor recreation economy forward.
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U.S. public land and water management are grounded in settler colonialism, including Indigenous land dispossessions and violations of Tribal Treaties. This free training series features four sessions that bring Indigenous scholars and land managers into conversation about reimagining outdoor recreation through decolonization, Indigenous value systems, and Indigenous futures.
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