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The virtual Women’s Outdoor Summit took place from March 11 through the 13, and was hosted via a number of YouTube live streams on the organization’s YouTube channel. The summit was organized by Teresa Baker, JAM Collective, and Ravel Media. Each of the nine live streams are available to watch in perpetuity and for free, courtesy of the summit’s sponsors.
The goal of the summit was to provide a space for cisgender and transgender women in the outdoor industry to connect with and learn from each other. While I watched the summit as an industry professional, I’d recommend it to anyone who personally or professionally cares about creating space for women in the outdoors. To be frank, that means all of us.
The summit was robust and covered a lot of topics, some quite deeply. I found every session interesting, and some of them difficult to watch as panelists shared disturbing past experiences. The summit also offered a lot of hope, as panelists shared progress made within the organizations of which they are a part. Finally, there are lots of takeaway action items and goals for us all.
Below we embed the summit’s kickoff event, and after you watch that, head over to the Women’s Outdoor Summit YouTube channel to take in the rest of the summit.
The fact is, the outdoors remains an inequitable space for women, but we all have the ability to help change that. I hope you’ll watch the summit to learn what you can do.
