2018 Agenda
Friday, October 19th
9-10am Check In and Resource Fair
10-11am Welcome and Summit Opening with Miho Aida, award-winning filmmaker and Equity & Inclusion Coordinator at NatureBridge
Land acknowledgement with L Frank
11-12pm Structured Networking
12-1:30pm Lunch and Resource Fair
1:45-3:15pm Caucusing session 1
3:30-5:30pm Caucusing session 2
6-7:30pm Dinner with Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, First Openly Gay Woman to Complete Seven Summits
7:30-9pm Open time for networking, caucusing and more!
Saturday, October 20th
7-8:45am Breakfast and Yoga
9-10:15am Workshops
LGBTQ Conservation Crews and Their Makings: SUNSET ROOM
Cultivating Gender Inclusion in the Outdoors: CYPRESS
Blue Discharges or How the US Army Accidentally Helped Create Queer Identity and Community in America: COAST
Community Forum on Queer Community and the Outdoors: KESTREL
10:30-11:45am Panel #1: Land Management Agencies: SUNSET ROOM
National Park Service, Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife, NOAA
12-1pm Lunch and Resource Fair: SUNSET BUILDING
1:15-2:45pm "The LGBTQ Community and the Outdoor Industry": SUNSET ROOM
"Campfire chat" with Sue Rechner, CEO of Merrell
Outdoor Industry Panel with Merrell, REI, The North Face and HipCamp
3-4:30pm Workshops
Queering Survival Skills: CYPRESS
Using Coalition Build to Promote Safe Spaces: SUNSET ROOM
Short Queer History of Land Champions: COAST
Community Forum on Queer Community and the Outdoors: KESTREL
4:45-6pm Outside Activities or Resource Fair: MEET AT CAMPFIRE RING
Sunset hike with The North Face
Geocaching with REI
Guided Meditation with Tilly
Spaced Out Walk with Elyse
6-7pm Dinner
7:30-9pm Open time for networking, caucusing and more!
Sunday, October 21st
7-8:45am Breakfast and Yoga
9-10:15am Workshops
LGBTQ Backcountry Medicine: CYPRESS
Trouble in Paradise: Navigating Toxic Masculinity: COAST
How to Create A National Park - Stonewall and Beyond: SUNSET ROOM
Outward Bound California - First LGBTQ Wilderness to Urban Course: KESTREL
10:30-11:45am Panel #3: Youth and Next Generation: SUNSET ROOM
12-1:30pm Lunch and Resource Fair
1:45-2:30pm Closing