FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 20, 2013
Contact: Rebecca Silver, 646-461-9831, Rebecca.Silver@Sierraclub.org
Sierra Club Mission Outdoors hosts Google+ Hangout
for a candid
conversation about diversity and outdoor recreation
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – On Wednesday, February
27, Sierra Club President Allison Chin will lead a panel discussion about the
importance of bringing more diversity to outdoor recreation as an essential means
to preserving our natural heritage for future generations.
“The Sierra Club’s motto, ‘explore, enjoy, and protect,’ appeals to
communities of all backgrounds, and it’s our responsibility as environmental
activists and conservationists to make our outdoor spaces and wild lands
accessible and inviting to people from every culture and ethnicity,” said Allison Chin.
Panelists will address
misconceptions about diversity in the outdoors, discuss obstacles and
challenges, and speak to solutions to ensure increased diversity in the
outdoors in the future.
When:
February 27, 2013
3 p.m. Pacific / 6 p.m. Eastern
Where:
Sierra Club Google+ page
http://gplus.to/SierraClub
Who:
Allison
Chin, Sierra Club President, Moderator
Juan Martinez, Director of Leadership Development and Natural Leaders Network for
the Children & Nature Network
Rue Mapp, Founder and CEO of Outdoor Afro
Audrey Peterman, Author of Our True Nature: Finding A Zest for Life in the National Park System
(2012) and Legacy on the Land: A Black
Couple Discovers Our National Inheritance and Tells Why Every American Should Care (2009).
Javier Sierra, Bilingual Media Strategist for the Sierra Club
Rusty Smith, Competitive and Traveling Surfer
Sierra Club is America’s largest
and most influential grassroots environmental organization. Inspired by nature,
we are 2.1 million of your friends and neighbors, working together to protect
our communities and the planet. Outdoor recreation remains a critical piece of
the conservation movement. Through direct programming, public education and
advocacy, Sierra Club’s Mission Outdoors program combats the growing divide
between America and the outdoors by increasing opportunities for all to improve
their overall well-being by exploring and enjoying the natural world. To learn
more, visit http://www.sierraclub.org
and http://www.sierraclub.org/missionoutdoors.