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 and Black, "Everyday (Walking in Sunshine)" To follow the Outdoor Journal Tour: Website: http://www.outdoorjournaltour.com (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 (https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/nature-meditations-deck) You can also purchase via ODJT website: https://www.outdoorjournaltour.com/nature-meditations-deck/ (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/ (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 (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/ (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/ (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 (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 (https://www.archives.gov/research/japanese-americans/hearings) President Reagan’s Apology: Signing of HR 442 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcaQRhcBXKY (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 (https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/japanese_internment/bush.cfm) Milagros Phillips, Cracking the Healer’s Code https://www.milagrosphillips.com/healerscode (https://www.milagrosphillips.com/healerscode)

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 and Black, "Everyday (Walking in Sunshine)" To contact Sonya and Necota: IG: @staplesintents IG: @blackpeopleoffroading Twitter: @staplesintents Website: https://staplesintents.com/ (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 (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 (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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH2p8ByBJo4) Workshop: Camping and Overlanding While Black November 21, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Fs4ZYQc0Q (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/ (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/ (https://www.kamredlawsk.com/) Kam Redlawsk: Limitless Sides to Outside https://www.rei.com/blog/travel/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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SiHMRd51HY) Creating Art Through Adversity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLybWNd9i8w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLybWNd9i8w) Rare Diseases https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/gne-myopathy/ (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 (https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1049814332) Air Carrier Access Act https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/passengers-disabilities (https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/passengers-disabilities) Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund https://dredf.org/news/publications/disability-rights-law-and-policy/where-prejudice-disability-and-disabilism-meet/ (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 and James, "Everyday (Walking in Sunshine)." Website: https://jamesandblack.org/ (https://jamesandblack.org/) IG: james.and.black To learn about Alma Backyard Farms . . . IG: @almabackyardfarms Website: https://www.almabackyardfarms.com/ (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: http://www.homeboyindustries.org (www.homeboyindustries.org) http://homeboyindustries.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/media_kit-Bio-Father-Greg-FINAL-7-2-12.pdf (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/ (https://rethinkoutside.org/) California EnviroScreen https://oehha.ca.gov/calenviroscreen/report/calenviroscreen-30 (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 (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 (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 (https://www.potlishop.com/blogs/the-drip/alma-spotlight) Los Angeles County’s Forgotten Farming History (PBS) February 7, 2019 https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/la-foodways/los-angeles-county-was-once-the-top-agricultural-county-in-the-nation (https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/la-foodways/los-angeles-county-was-once-the-top-agricultural-county-in-the-nation) Food Justice https://foodprint.org/issues/food-justice/ (https://foodprint.org/issues/food-justice/)

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 and 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/ (https://www.flashfoxy.com/) Documentaries Within Reach (2017) https://youtu.be/-NsBqB21RPo (https://youtu.be/-NsBqB21RPo) The Moment: Shelma Jun (2018) https://youtu.be/pYHPRUqtTTs (https://youtu.be/pYHPRUqtTTs) Garmin: Women of Adventure (2018) https://youtu.be/EpudpgnerZ4 (https://youtu.be/EpudpgnerZ4) Do Better Together (2019) https://youtu.be/0TDhBWywpf0 (https://youtu.be/0TDhBWywpf0) Duality (2019) Duality: Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5ngyRDE6Z0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5ngyRDE6Z0) Finding Space: Shelma Jun (2021) https://youtu.be/XKdWxCXwxRw (https://youtu.be/XKdWxCXwxRw) Articles and 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/ (https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/opinion/how-gender-affects-your-experience-climbing-gym/) "Accept and Adapt: Women in Climbing," September 13, 2016 https://www.climbing.com/people/women-in-climbing-accept-and-adapt/ (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/ (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/ (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/ (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 (https://asiasociety.org/education/geography-koreas) A Guide to Camping while Biking in Korea https://www.koreabybike.com/tips/sleep/camping/ (https://www.koreabybike.com/tips/sleep/camping/) Camping in Korea: Expat Guide Korea https://www.expatguidekorea.com/article/all-you-need-to-know-about-camping-in-korea.html (https://www.expatguidekorea.com/article/all-you-need-to-know-about-camping-in-korea.html)

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/ (https://www.kweenwerk.com/) Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kweenwerk (https://www.patreon.com/kweenwerk) Venmo: @kweenwerk Cashapp: @kweenwerk Paypal: paypal.me/kweenwerk Merch: https://kween-werk.creator-spring.com/? (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: http://www.ecoinclusive.org (www.ecoinclusive.org) Twitter: @ecoinclusive Facebook: Ecoinclusive Inclusive Journeys To engage in Beta testing: https://www.inclusivejourneys.com/ (https://www.inclusivejourneys.com/) IG: @inclusiveguide Twitter: @inclusiveguide Facebook: Inclusive Journeys Parker’s Website: http://www.cparkermcmullenbushman.com/ (http://www.cparkermcmullenbushman.com/) Gullah Geechee Corridor https://gullahgeecheecorridor.org/thegullahgeechee/ (https://gullahgeecheecorridor.org/thegullahgeechee/) https://guides.loc.gov/gullah-geechee-history (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/ (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: https://browngirlonthenst.com/2016/04/19/waking-dreams/ (Brown Girl on the NST) Amanda’s Writings for Backpack Magazine Backpacker https://www.backpacker.com/byline/amanda-jameson/ (author page) and a https://www.backpacker.com/trips/advice-from-a-hiker-who-finished-the-pacific-crest-trail/ (piece about )Amanda Modern Hiker Interview https://modernhiker.com/trailblazers-amanda-jameson/ (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.

José González 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 González: IG: @josebilingue Twitter: @josebilingue Website: http://www.josegagonzalez.com/ (http://www.josegagonzalez.com/) Latino Outdoors IG: @latinooutdoors Facebook: Latino Outdoors Twitter: @LatinoOutdoors YouTube: Latino Outdoors LinkedIn: Latino Outdoors Website: http://www.latinooutdoors.org (www.latinooutdoors.org) Articles Laura Hilgers, “Nature’s Trailblazer” in the Nobhill Gazette https://nobhillgazette.com/natures-trailblazer/ (https://nobhillgazette.com/natures-trailblazer/) José González, “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/ (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/ (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 Iztaccíhuatl, 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/ (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 and the Call of the Wall https://youtu.be/qAH8tZ7sWek (https://youtu.be/qAH8tZ7sWek) Outdoor Research: Escaladora (Short Film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBGyplC6Ujs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBGyplC6Ujs) The Legend of Popocatepetl and Iztaccíhuatl: A Love Story https://www.inside-mexico.com/the-legend-of-popocatepetl-iztaccihuatl/ (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