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Seminar
LGBTQIA2S+ Stories: Understanding Pronouns, Gender, and Sexuality in the Outdoors - Online Classroom
Online webinar on the diversity within the LGBTQIA2S+ community with Bam Mendiola. A Leadership Development Series presentation.
- Thu, Oct 17, 2024
- Mountaineers Leadership Development
- Outdoor Leadership
- Adults
- Casual
- $15.00
- 21 (30 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
6:00-8:00pm PST via Zoom Meeting
Meeting link will be sent to registered attendees the day of the session.
This introductory workshop is intended to explain the diversity within the LGBTQIA2S+ community. It will also highlight the barriers experienced by many members of the community outdoors. The workshop will be told through a series of stories illustrating Bam Mendiola’s journey as they climbed all 5 of Washington’s stratovolcanoes in one summer.
Seminar Notes
This presentation will be primarily lecture-based. Come ready to listen and learn from the speaker's stories.
PRESENTER
Bam Mendiola (they/them) is an award-winning anti-racism facilitator who has facilitated
hundreds of trainings and gone on dozens of Mountaineers trips. Their work is informed
by their lived experience as a non-binary person of color and has been featured by
NBC, REI Co-Op, and Mountainfilm Festival. Bam is the recipient of the Outdoor
Industry Associations’ Together We Are A Force Award and lives on Duwamish land
with their four-legged teacher, a ragdoll cat named Mitzi.
Badges
participants will earn:
Required Equipment
Computer or device (preferably with a speaker and camera), as well as high-speed internet.