Race & Gender: Intersection at Oppression & Microaggression
Back when the Women’s Outdoor Summit for Empowerment was morphing from idea to reality, event mastermind Teresa Baker told me that she was being asked whether race would enter into the equation. It was an understandable question because Baker is known for her organizing around...
‘Recalcitrant’ on Diversity
Green 2.0 Releases ‘Transparency Card’ on NGOs,Rebukes Oceana, Pew for Refusing to Participate The latest breakdown of the racial and ethnic composition of the top 40 non-governmental environmental organizations was delivered by Green 2.0 on Thursday with a rebuke of two leading institutions, Oceana and...
Alliance of the Oppressed
Powerful bloc in defense of monuments The Trump administration is well advised to gauge the political blowback as it contemplates an assault – disguised as a review – on the Antiquities Act, as well as two decades of amplifying diverse and inclusive stories in this...
Next 100 Letter to Trump
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Next 100 Coalition of more than 50 civil rights, environmental justice, conservation, and community organizations on Monday sent a letter to the president expressing concern with the ambiguous guidance and lack of transparency in the Executive Order Review of Designations Under...
Women’s Outdoor Summit
Teresa Baker is a national parks junkie. She is so enamored with the units and mission of the National Park Service, she created the African American National Park Event, an annual June weekend dedicated to getting blacks and other people of color to visit. So...
Next 100 Coalition Urges Review for Missing Monuments
Note: The following is a statement from the Next 100 Coalition, of which The Trail Posse is a member. Washington, D.C. – Today, the President signed an Executive Order directing the administration to review national monuments over 100,000 acres designated after 1996 under the Antiquities...