Racial Justice Weavings

Antiracism Practice for Outdoor Professionals

What are the Racial Justice Weavings

The Racial Justice Weavings are an online gathering for outdoor education and recreation professionals to learn about and grapple with white supremacy, racism, and racial justice in the outdoors. These weekly gatherings are open to folks in the outdoor industry from any school, company, or organization, in any role. First-timers and old-timers are all welcome.

This space grew out of the Movement for Black Lives in 2020, when Steph and Ella began hosting a weekly conversation for their fellow backpacking and climbing instructors about racism at their organization. Their goal was to foster antiracist culture in their outdoor leadership school through collective learning and relationship-building. The “Weavings” were named to place this gathering within its context: a long history and future of racial justice advocacy in outdoor spaces and education.

Over the last five years this space has continued to grow, deepen, and evolve. This relational, culture-shifting work is slow but it is powerful. At a time of isolation, here was/is a community. At a time of national reckoning and unveiling, here was/is support. And now, at a time of backlash to antiracism and equity work, here is consistency.

January 2025 we will be embarking on our 5th season of Weavings! Another year of building antiracist relationships and culture with grace and accountability and self-responsibility and connection and joy! If you want to process your summer or fall season with a racial justice lens, support for your racial justice work in your family or workplace, and/or to become a more aware and inclusive leader or instructor, join us. This work can be challenging no matter who you are or where you find yourself in your antiracism journey. But if you are willing to join us, have no doubt that you are wanted.

Join us for the Spring 2025 weavings season

Spring 2025 Season Details

Logistics

Wednesday evenings on Zoom, 6-8pm MST
January 22, 2025 – April 23, 2025

Life is life-ing for all of us, so THE ONLY REQUIRED ATTENDANCE is the first session on January 22. This is crucial for setting the foundation we’ll be building on for the rest of our time together. There are no assigned work expectations outside of when we meet. You’ll receive an email with all the information you need when you sign up.

Pricing

These gatherings were an unpaid labor of love for the first few years. They’re still a labor of love but now, in an attempt to make this work sustainable in our rampantly exploitative late-capitalist hellscape, we are asking organizations and white participants with financial resources to pay. We work with sliding scale pricing. We will not let cost be a barrier to anyone participating.

Weavings Spring 2025 Pricing Chart (1)

For organizations: This is high value professional training for you and your employees that can support cross-organization, cross-generation communication about some of the most challenging organizational issues to address. We encourage you to support the participation of whoever may be willing and interested at $500 per person for the 15-week season. For organizations that have the budget, we have a solidarity pricing option ($700) that covers the cost of one employee and one individual participant. These are also the pricing tiers for individuals with access to Professional Development Funds.

For individuals: There are multiple options for individuals who are paying for themselves without the support of an institution. Individuals are invited to pay the Individual price at $200 for the season (discounted from $225) or $15 each week. We incentivize paying seasonally because it supports our wellbeing with predictable income and adds a little extra drive to maintain a commitment to showing up, but recognize it’s not always an option. For those with financial resources, solidarity pricing for the season is $400 and covers their admission and one other. When it comes to deciding what tier to pay, we trust your judgement and are not asking for receipts.

There is no cost for BIPOC individuals paying for themselves.

What are the weavings like?

Contact Us


info@greenwoodandduff.com