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P.O. Box 347171
San Francisco

415-385-2103

We are a growing NETWORK of local organizations using training and outdoor gear libraries to help connect kids to the outdoors across America. 

Working Groups

IMPORTANT CHANGES: We are excited to bring more intention into all the work we do! Working groups now have more structure and timeframes. We will resume working groups this fall, and will pause them for the summer of 2025. Please join any/all of the following working groups:

 

Revising Programming Menus & Policies | Weekly, beginning November 7th @ 12:30pm PST/3:30pm EST

This working group will meet for 6 occurrences to discuss, address, and workshop the following issues: protocols for holidays (especially those with food restrictions), everyday food restrictions based on cultural or religious needs, and gear needed to support these needs. Use this link to add to your calendar & register.

Incorporating Emotional & Psychological Risk Management in Outdoor Programs | Every other week, beginning December 18th @ 12:30pm PST/3:30pm EST

This working group will meet for 6 occurrences to discuss, address, and workshop the following issues: What are all the layers of safety? Physical, racial, gender, gender identity, religious, spiritual, traditional, ethical, cultural, ability, etc. Use this link to add to your calendar & register.

Past Working Group Resources

2023–Queer Affirming Practices

This working group set out to discuss and address the following issues: queer affirming gear, queer inclusion in outdoor spaces, safety, and gender vs. sexuality. We met every other week, and workshopped documents surrounding tenting policies, queer inclusive language, and queer affirming gear beyond the gender binary. Thank you to Kindling Collective, Ryan McMorrow, The Mountaineers, and everyone else who showed up for these conversations, and helped draft the working best practice documents below:

  1. Queer Inclusive Tent Policies

  2. Additional Meeting Notes includes:

    1. bleeding bodies

    2. mental health safety & support

    3. affirming gear needs

2022— Real & Perceived Safety

This working group set out to discuss and address the following issues: Human-Related Hazards, Medical Concerns, Plant & Animal Hazards, and Trauma-Informed Approaches. We met every other week, and workshopped documents surrounding human dangers in outdoor spaces, bodily ability, generational trauma in landscapes, internalized racism when leading, and solo outings. Thank you to AMC’s Educators Outdoors, BAWT, and all those who sowed up for these conversations and helped draft the working best practices documents below:

  1. Human Dangers in Outdoor Leadership

  2. Hunting Area Risk Management

  3. Solo Outings/Female Leader

  4. Risk Management comments

You can reference additional meeting notes here.