Please talk to us about how you experiened our work at this year's annual People of Color Conference (PoCC), sponsored by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).

It is not a surprise that being outdoors is good for our health. It has only been in the last few hundred years of humanity that our lives have been centered indoors. We became humans in the outdoors.

• The 19 Physical Benefits of Being Outside

• Who Gets Left Out of the ‘Great Outdoors’ Story? - The New York Times

• Five Ways to Make the Outdoors More Inclusive - Sponsor Content - REI (theatlantic.com)

• • https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org

  • https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app

  • https://www.alltrails.com/

from Camille

• "Honoring Every Life, Each Day", National School Boards Association (2022)

• "Sundays with C.", a podcast - Available on Apple Podcasts

from Dan

• A Sense of Place: Teaching Children About the Environment with Picture Books

• Think Green, Take Action: Books and Activities for Kids

• "Nature Connection for the Rest of Us"(Ideas for Typical Modern Families)

• "Quaker Education is Outdoor Education", Quaker School Voices

• "Play is Serious Business", Narrative Northeast

from Camille

• The Identity-Conscious Educator by Dr. Liza A. Talusan

• Help Us Begin by Jen Cort, LCSW-C

• Belonging through a Culture of Dignity by Floyd Cobb, John Krownapple

from Dan

• At Home on the Earth, Becoming Native to Our Place, A Multicultural Anthology edited by David Landis Barnhill

• Biomimicry, Innovation Inspired by Nature by Janine M. Benyus

• The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature by J. Drew Lanham