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  • Kenya and Michelle are the founders of the Outdoor Journal Tour, a hybrid health organization that combines the healing benefits of the Great Outdoors with introspective journaling and mindful meditation. They are headquartered in Atlanta, GA and the creators of international outdoor wellness phenomenon #wehiketoheal. Most recently, they’ve spearheaded their Mindful Minutes program, a nationwide challenge designed to encourage more mindfulness in our everyday lives. 

    In this episode, we discuss Kenya and Michelle’s root stories, the lessons they’ve learned as entrepreneurs and outdoor advocates, their definitions of “real healing,” the rewards and challenges of centering mindfulness and JEDI in the outdoors, the Nature Meditations Deck and so much more! 

    IG: @_yourhealingnature

    Email: [email protected]

    Music: James & Black, "Everyday (Walking in Sunshine)"

    To follow the Outdoor Journal Tour:

    Website: www.outdoorjournaltour.com 

    IG: @outdoorjournaltour 

    Facebook Group: The Outdoor Journal Tour 

    Twitter: @tweetODJT 

    Chronicle Books: Nature Meditations Deck

    https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/nature-meditations-deck 

    You can also purchase via ODJT website:

    https://www.outdoorjournaltour.com/nature-meditations-deck/ 

    ShoutOut Atlanta: Meet Kenya Jackson-Saulters

    April 27, 2021

    https://shoutoutatlanta.com/meet-kenya-jackson-saulters-writer-spiritual-coach-outdoor-enthusiast/ 

    Meggan Waterson: Divine Feminine Oracle Deck

    https://www.megganwatterson.com/the-divine-feminine-oracle

  • John Tateishi is the former National Executive Director of the Japanese American Citizens League and author of Redress: The Inside Story of the Successful Campaign for Japanese American Reparations. 

    At two and a half years old, John was among the 120,000 Japanese Americans who, at the outbreak of WWII, were forced from their homes in the western states and imprisoned in America’s concentration camps. With his family, he was sent to the so-called Manzanar Relocation Center in the Eastern Sierras, one of ten American concentration camps in which Japanese Americans spent the war as civilian prisoners of their own government without ever having been charged with any crimes.

    In this episode, we discuss John’s root story, spending his formative childhood years as a prisoner at Manzanar, how traditional Japanese cultural values impacted the healing of the Japanese American community, his role in leading the fight for Japanese American reparations and so much more.

    IG: @_yourhealingnature

    Email: [email protected]

    Show Notes

    You can learn more about John Tateishi here:

    https://www.johntateishi.com/ 

    You can purchase Redress here through Heyday Books:

    https://www.heydaybooks.com/catalog/redress-the-inside-story-of-the-successful-campaign-for-japanese-american-reparations/ 

    Manzanar National Historic Site:

    https://www.nps.gov/manz/index.htm 

    About the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians

    (National Archives)

    https://www.archives.gov/research/japanese-americans/hearings 

    President Reagan’s Apology: Signing of HR 442

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcaQRhcBXKY 

    Letter of Apology from President George W. Bush

    https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/japanese_internment/bush.cfm 

    Milagros Phillips, Cracking the Healer’s Code

    https://www.milagrosphillips.com/healerscode

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  • Necota and Sonya Staples are the founders of Staples InTents and Black People Offroading, an Atlanta-based camping, adventure travel, and lifestyle bloggers. Their mission is to increase diversity in the outdoor adventure travel community by redefining the typical imagery associated with the outdoor adventurer.

    As college sweethearts, Sonya and Necota have always had a passion for travel and adventure, but after several years, found themselves in a challenging place in their marriage and discovered camping as a way to say yes to each other and yes to the world. The discovery of camping led them to overlanding, where their passion for outdoor adventure rejuvenated their love for each other and gave them a common purpose while allowing them to play to their individual strengths and grow closer together.  

    In this episode, they share their collective root story, how Mother Nature helped them save their marriage, their transition from corporate life to entrepreneurs and outdoor advocates, why representation matters, and so much more! 

    IG: @_yourhealingnature

    Email: [email protected]

    Music By: James & Black, "Everyday (Walking in Sunshine)"

    To contact Sonya and Necota:

    IG: @staplesintents

    IG: @blackpeopleoffroading

    Twitter: @staplesintents

    Website: https://staplesintents.com/

    YouTube: Staples InTents

    The New York Times Articles

    “2020 is the Summer of the Road Trip, Unless You’re Black”

    By Tariro Mzezewa, June 10, 2020

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/travel/road-trip-black.html 

    "Road Tripping While Black: Readers Respond"

    By Tariro Mzezewa and Tacey Rychter, June 25, 2020

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/travel/road-tripping-while-black-readers-respond.html

    Staples InTents YouTube Video

    “Ultimate Self-Care: Solo Camping”

    By Necota Staples, February 28, 2021

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH2p8ByBJo4 

    Workshop: Camping & Overlanding While Black

    November 21, 2021

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Fs4ZYQc0Q

    Overlanding: A Quick Rundown of What It Is, and Why it’s Cool.

    November 20, 2020

    https://www.motortrend.com/news/what-is-overlanding/ 

  • Kam Redlawsk is a disabled industrial designer, artist, advocate, traveler, writer and speaker. She’s also a Korean American adoptee. She has been an advocate for the rare disease and disability community for 14 years. In this effort, she uses art, writing, travels and tools that connect us as humans. She has lived with GNE Myopathy, a rare muscle-wasting disease, for over 20 years. Kam loves taking road trips, observing Nature, scavenging for art destinations and concocting exploration plans. 

    IG: @_yourhealingnature

    Email: [email protected]

    Kam Redlawsk's Contact Information

    IG: @kamredlawsk

    IG: @chairdevils

    Twitter: @kamredlawsk

    Website: https://www.kamredlawsk.com/ 

    Kam Redlawsk: Limitless Sides to Outside

    https://www.rei.com/blog/travel/kam-redlawsk-limitless-sides-to-outside 

    Parks Project Documentary Short: Kam Redlawsk

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SiHMRd51HY 

    Creating Art Through Adversity

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLybWNd9i8w 

    Rare Diseases

    https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/gne-myopathy/ 

    Despite Calls to Improve, Air Travel is Still a Nightmare for Many with Disabilities

    NPR, Nov. 9, 2021

    https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1049814332 

    Air Carrier Access Act

    https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/passengers-disabilities 

    Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund

    https://dredf.org/news/publications/disability-rights-law-and-policy/where-prejudice-disability-and-disabilism-meet/

  • Richard D. Garcia is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Alma Backyard Farms. Richard studied at St. John’s Seminary College and has extensive experience in pastoral ministry inside juvenile halls and prisons.  As a pastoral minister, youth advocate, and urban farmer, Richard knows how growing food is a transformative way of bringing people together.  Since completing an M.A.in Pastoral Theology at Loyola Marymount University, Richard incorporates principles of restorative justice into urban farming. 

     In this episode, Richard shares his root story, his family connection to the outdoors, fulfilling his calling via urban agriculture, how ALMA Backyard Farms is addressing trauma and bringing community healing, and so much more! 

    IG: @_yourhealingnature

    Email: [email protected] 

    Music by Black & James, "Everyday (Walking in Sunshine)."

    Website: https://jamesandblack.org/ IG: james.and.black

    To learn about Alma Backyard Farms . . . 

    IG: @almabackyardfarms    

    Website: https://www.almabackyardfarms.com/

    Books

    Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart

    Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass

    Dawn B. Mabalon, Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong

    Other sources . . . 

    Homeboy Industries

    Website: www.homeboyindustries.org  

    http://homeboyindustries.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/media_kit-Bio-Father-Greg-FINAL-7-2-12.pdf 

    Rethink Outside: Blue Sky Funders Forum

    https://rethinkoutside.org/

    California EnviroScreen

    https://oehha.ca.gov/calenviroscreen/report/calenviroscreen-30 

    City and Community Health Profile: Compton

    Published by the LA Public Health Department, June 2018

    http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/ohae/docs/cchp/pdf/2018/Compton.pdf 

    How A Predatory Real Estate Practice Changed The Face of Compton

    By Ailsa Chang, Jonaki Mehata, Christopher Intagliati, NPR, May 5, 2021

    https://www.npr.org/2021/05/05/993993572/how-a-predatory-real-estate-practice-changed-the-face-of-compton

    Articles/Blogs

    Potli Blog: Alma Backyard Farms on Reclaiming Lives, Repurposing Land, and Reimagining Community, May 18, 2021

    https://www.potlishop.com/blogs/the-drip/alma-spotlight

    Los Angeles County’s Forgotten Farming History (PBS)

    February 7, 2019

  • Shelma Jun is a filmmaker, rock climber, outdoor advocate, and founder of Flash Foxy and the Flash Foxy Climbing Festival. In 2017, Shelma was named one of 40 women who’ve made the biggest impact in the outdoor world by Outside Magazine. In this episode, Shelma shares her root stories, navigating her Korean American identity in the outdoors, the barriers that exist for women and the gender queer community in rock climbing, Flash Foxy’s ever-evolving mission and vision, and so much more! 

    IG: @_yourhealingnature

    Email: [email protected]

    Music by: James & Black, "Everyday (Walking in Sunshine)"

    Photograph of Shelma Jun taken by Francois Lebeau.

    To connect with Shelma . . .

    IG: Shelmatic

    IG: heyflashfoxy

    Facebook: Flash Foxy

    Website: https://www.flashfoxy.com/ 

    Documentaries

    Within Reach (2017)

    https://youtu.be/-NsBqB21RPo 

    The Moment: Shelma Jun (2018)

    https://youtu.be/pYHPRUqtTTs 

    Garmin: Women of Adventure (2018)

    https://youtu.be/EpudpgnerZ4 

    Do Better Together (2019) 

    https://youtu.be/0TDhBWywpf0

    Duality (2019)

    Duality: Documentary

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5ngyRDE6Z0 

    Finding Space: Shelma Jun (2021)

    https://youtu.be/XKdWxCXwxRw 

    Articles & Blogs by Shelma Jun

    "How Gender Affects Your Experience at the Climbing Gym," Sept. 13, 2016

    https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/opinion/how-gender-affects-your-experience-climbing-gym/

    "Accept & Adapt: Women in Climbing," September 13, 2016

    https://www.climbing.com/people/women-in-climbing-accept-and-adapt/ 

    Duality: Blogs

    https://blog.arcteryx.com/%EC%9D%B4%EC%9B%90%EC%84%B1-duality/

    "Are you a climber?" Blog

    https://blog.arcteryx.com/are-you-a-climber/ 

    Other Recommendations

    Books on Intersectional Feminism

    Here’s a starting point for your research:

    https://iwda.org.au/10-new-old-books-for-intersectional-feminist-readers/ 

    Camping in Korea

    Asia Society: The Geography of the Koreas

    https://asiasociety.org/education/geography-koreas

    A Guide to Camping while Biking in Korea

  • Parker McMullen Bushman is Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Inclusive Journeys, Founder of Ecoinclusive Strategies, and Creator of KWEEN Werk. Parker is a dynamic speaker and facilitator that engages organizations in new thinking around what it means to be a diversity change-agent and create dynamic organizational change.  Parker’s background in the non-profit leadership, conservation, environmental education and outdoor recreation fields spans over two decades. In this episode, Parker shares her root story, the process of reclaiming the outdoors via the legacy of her ancestors, her passion for changing outdoor narratives, the innovative work she’s doing via Inclusive Journeys and so much more! 

    To support and learn more about Parker:

    IG: @kweenwerk

    Twitter: @kweenwerk

    TikTok: @kweenwerk

    Facebook: Kween werK

    Website: https://www.kweenwerk.com/ 

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kweenwerk

    Venmo: @kweenwerk

    Cashapp: @kweenwerk

    Paypal: paypal.me/kweenwerk

    Merch: https://kween-werk.creator-spring.com/? 

    Ecoinclusive

    To contact Parker for diversity training at your non-profit, cultural or environmental institutions, please go here:

    Website: www.ecoinclusive.org 

    Twitter: @ecoinclusive 

    Facebook: Ecoinclusive

    Inclusive Journeys

    To engage in Beta testing: https://www.inclusivejourneys.com/ 

    IG: @inclusiveguide 

    Twitter: @inclusiveguide    

    Facebook: Inclusive Journeys

    Parker’s Website: http://www.cparkermcmullenbushman.com/ 

    Gullah Geechee Corridor

    https://gullahgeecheecorridor.org/thegullahgeechee/

    https://guides.loc.gov/gullah-geechee-history 

    The Green Book

    Library of Congress–View the entire book digitally (page-by-page):

    https://www.loc.gov/item/2016298176/

  • Amanda is an outdoor educator, travel writer, outdoor advocate, and thru-hiker. She has thru-hiked the Colorado Trail, Pacific Crest Trail and half of the Grand Enchantment Trail. Amanda has also traveled the United States as a speaker and presenter at various outdoor festivals as a Subaru Leave No Trace Master Trainer. In this episode, we discuss Amanda’s definition of thru-hiking, her root story, healing via thru-hiking, her contentious relationship to change, the creation of Brown Girl on the National Scenic Trail and so much more!

    Show notes

    Follow Amanda at:

    IG: @browngirlonthenst

    Blog: Brown Girl on the NST 

    Amanda’s Writings for Backpack Magazine

    Backpacker author page and a piece about Amanda

    Modern Hiker Interview

    https://modernhiker.com/trailblazers-amanda-jameson/

    Other Recommendations from Amanda . . .

    Decolonizing Travel

    Bani Amor (They/Them) on decolonizing travel culture. Follow them on

    IG: baniamor

    Books

    Charlene Caruthers, Unapologetic: A Black, Queer and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements

    James Baldwin, The First Next Time

    Documentary: I Am Not Your Negro

    Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower

    Octavia Butler, Kindred

    Saudade: The Portuguese word for the sweet melacholy of a moment that will never be again.

  • JosĂ© GonzĂĄlez is the founder and director emeritus of Latino Outdoors, a non-profit that connects Latinx communities and engages cultura y familia as part of the outdoor narrative. He navigates through a self-created identity of a "Green Chicano" as he weaves the roles of educator, artist, conservationist, environmentalist, and Chicano.

    José’s commentary on justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in the outdoors has been featured by High Country News, Outside Magazine, Earth Island Journal, and Latino USA, among other media outlets. During the Obama Administration, he engaged in collaborations with the White House Council on Environmental Quality, U.S. Department of Interior, and the National Parks Service.

    In this episode, we discuss his root story, the power of storytelling, his outdoor advocacy work, healing through the language of ecology, finding ancestral guidance and so much more. We invite you to join us around the digital campfire!

    To follow José Gonzålez:

    IG: @josebilingue

    Twitter: @josebilingue

    Website: http://www.josegagonzalez.com/

    Latino Outdoors

    IG: @latinooutdoors

    Facebook: Latino Outdoors

    Twitter: @LatinoOutdoors

    YouTube: Latino Outdoors

    LinkedIn: Latino Outdoors

    Website: www.latinooutdoors.org

    Articles

    Laura Hilgers, “Nature’s Trailblazer” in the Nobhill Gazette

    https://nobhillgazette.com/natures-trailblazer/

    JosĂ© GonzĂĄlez, “Hiking in Huaraches, and Finding Home in Nature” in Bay Nature

    https://baynature.org/2018/10/04/hiking-in-huaraches-and-finding-home-in-nature/

    Bracero Program Archive--UCLA

    Learn more about the Bracero Program (1942-1962) that gave José's grandfather the opportunity to work in the United States.

    https://www.labor.ucla.edu/what-we-do/research-tools/the-bracero-program/

    Book

    Ruiz, Don Miguel. 2001. The Four Agreements. San Rafael, CA: Amber-Allen Publishing.

  • Monserrat is an outdoor educator, community organizer, climber, poet and danzante. In 2016, she was a part of the national founding team of Brown Girls Climb, LLC, a women of color-led business focused on centering the leadership of women of color climbers in the outdoors. Monserrat is a sponsored athlete with Outdoor Research and was recently awarded the 2021 Emerging Leader Award by Outdoor Retailer. Monserrat’s work is focused on connecting to land, ancestry, and BIPOC stories of resilience in the outdoors and beyond. In this episode, she shares her root story, healing via rock climbing, her epic summit of IztaccĂ­huatl, and all things familia y comunidad. Join us around this digital campfire!

    Find us on IG @_YourHealingNature      

    Email: [email protected]

    Photo of Monserrat Alvarez Matehuala courtesy of Janelle Paciencia @janelletakesphotos

    To connect to Monserrat Alvarez Matehuala:

    IG @outdoorchingona

    IG  @browngirlsclimb

    FB Brown Girls Climb

    To learn more about Armadillos:

    IG @armadillos_niunmigrantemenos

    Website: https://www.niunmigrantemenos.org/

    Venmo: armadillos-oficial

    Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/we-need-help-funding-our-search-amp-rescues

    The North Face: Walls are for Climbing

    Monserrat Alvarez Matehuala & the Call of the Wall

    https://youtu.be/qAH8tZ7sWek

    Outdoor Research: Escaladora (Short Film)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBGyplC6Ujs

    The Legend of Popocatepetl & IztaccĂ­huatl: A Love Story

    https://www.inside-mexico.com/the-legend-of-popocatepetl-iztaccihuatl/ 

    Books

    Pam Muñoz Ryan, Esperanza Rising

    Kimberlee Crenshaw et al., Critical Race Theory: The Critical Writings that Formed the Movement

  • This episode provides you with a brief overview of the social, cultural and political underpinnings that inspired the focus of this podcast. My intention in this episode is to provide you with a map to the auditory journey you’re about to embark on in Season One. This episode will address questions such as, Why this podcast? What are root stories? How is trauma defined in this podcast? What is Your Healing Nature? I go solo in this episode. However, starting next week, you’ll hear from some of the most amazing BIPOC outdoor advocates, outdoor educators, conservationists, founders of for- and non-profits, urban farmers, creatives and so much more! We invite you to join us around this digital campfire every Sunday!

    IG: @_YourHealingNature

    Email: [email protected]

    Books

    Kimmerer, Robin Wall. 2015. Braiding Sweetgrass. Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions.

    Estés, Clarissa Pinkola. 1992. Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype. New York: Ballantine Books.

    Indigenous Women Hike

    IG: @indigenouswomenhike

    IG: @jolievarela

    IG: @Tazbah

    Tazbah Chavez, “Hiking the NĂŒĂŒmĂŒ Poyo: An Act of Love by Indigenous Women” in http://www.project562.com/blog/hiking-the-nueuemue-poyo-an-act-of-love-by-indigenous-women/

    American Indian Religious Freedom Act: https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Documents/OceanLawSearch/Summary%20of%20Law%20-%20American%20Indian%20Religious%20Freedom%20Act.pdf

    GirlTrek

    IG: @girltrek 

    Website: https://www.girltrek.org/ 

    https://harriettubmanbyway.org/girltrek-walk-100-miles-along-tubman-byway/

    https://ideas.ted.com/what-we-learned-from-walking-in-the-footsteps-of-harriet-tubman/

    https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm

    Institute for Women’s Policy Research, “The Status of Women in the United States,”

    https://iwpr.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-Status-of-Black-Women-6.26.17.pdf

    Armadillos

    IG: @armadillos_niunmigrantemenos 

    Website: https://www.niunmigrantemenos.org/ 

    https://www.borderangels.org/blog/border-angels-endorses-and-contributes-armadillos-busqueda-y-rescate 

    https://www.niunmigrantemenos.org/sobre-nosotros-about-us

    Alma Backyard Farms

    IG: @almabackyardfarms     

    Website:

  • You can follow us on IG: @_YourHealingNature

    Podcast Artwork By: Karen Ceballos @ka_wren_ceballos

    Music: “Everyday (Walking in Sunshine)” is used with permission by James & Black. Please visit www.jamesandblack.org and on IG @james.and.black to check out their amazing body of work!