Featured Outdoor Diversity Organization: Native Women’s Wilderness
In November, for Native American Heritage Month, we’re sharing another installment in our community effort to showcase organizations promoting social justice and more inclusive access to public lands. This month’s feature organization is Native Women’s Wilderness.
About Native Women’s Wilderness
“Created to bring Native women together to share our stories, support each other, and learn from one another as we endeavor to explore and celebrate the wilderness and our native lands”, Native Women’s Wilderness strives to enhance the voices and presence of Native American women in the outdoors.
Native Women’s Wilderness’ mission is:
- To inspire and raise the voices of Native Women in the Outdoor Realm.
- To encourage a healthy lifestyle within the Wilderness.
- To provide education of the Ancestral Lands and its People.
Outdoor enthusiast Jaylyn Gough founded Native Women’s Wilderness in 2017 as an Instagram group. Frustrated by the lack of representation for both women and Native Americans in outdoor spaces, she also sought recognition for the Native roots of public lands.
Gough expanded NWW to a non-profit group with a website and ambassadors in 2018. She and the organization were featured in National Geographic and in Outdoor Retailer’s diversity panel.
Support and Donate
We invite you to join us in donating to and supporting the important work of this organization. Your donations help to support group meet-ups where women can build community while enjoying the great outdoors together.
Additionally, donations also fund scholarships for wilderness camping experiences for school-age girls, as well as outdoor leadership training for women.
Follow Native Women’s Wilderness
- Website: https://www.nativewomenswilderness.org/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/NativeWomensWilderness
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NativeWomensWilderness
Image courtesy: Native Women’s Wilderness
You Can Help Bridge the Diversity Gap in the Outdoor Industry
An overview of diversity and inclusivity organizations we have supported can be found here. This document contains information about what these organizations are doing and how you can donate to them directly.
We also set up a submission form you can use if you know an organization that’s working to make the outdoors more diverse and inclusive. If you want to see them supported, please submit via this form.