Join Rocky Mountain Wild and Next 100 Colorado to explore how we can make environmental organizations more equitable, inclusive, and just.

We'll start the event with a screening of the Elevating Voices documentary, which will be followed by the Being in Right Relationship Panel. The “mainstream” environmental and conservation movement is rooted in colonialism, forced removal, and white supremacy culture, and this film considers what it would mean to challenge the predominant narrative and approach. This short panel will discuss how allies showing up to build right relationships in community might look like, how a conservation ethic might shift towards more equitable models, and what they wish, hope, and dream for their fellow BIPOC colleagues in this work.

Following the panel, we will invite attendees to join two different break-out group sessions: the White Ally and Accomplice Group Session and the inaugural Next 100 Colorado BIPOC Affinity Group Session.

The White Ally and Accomplice Group Session is for white individuals in the environmental sector to share and learn together how they envision they can show up for this work in the spaces they navigate.

The Next 100 Colorado BIPOC Affinity Group Session is for people who readily identify as Black, Indigenous, or other people of color (BIPOC) to share their joys and struggles working in the environmental sector, to request support from each other, and to learn together. This is the first of an ongoing support group that will be held through Next 100 Colorado on a regular basis.

We will have snacks, delicious empanadas from Oh My! Empanada (all gluten-free with vegan and vegetarian options), and drinks, but please feel free to bring your own food if you need something more substantive.

For everyone’s safety, we ask that all attendees be fully vaccinated or have a negative COVID-19 test taken within 48 hours of the event.