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Ally, Amplify, and Open Your Wallet Already
Summits In Solidarity with Serena Ryan
If you could post an article about Black Lives Matter or transgender rights on [a white-dominated hiking social page] and get nothing but lovely comments and support and flowers, then there probably wouldn’t be a need for the social justice movements there are today.
Do Something For Yourself
Emily MacCabe, MEIFW/Becoming an Outdoors Woman
When you love to do something, and you get to share it with other people, it doesn’t feel like work at all.
Send It! (And Tell All Your Friends)
Katie Wolitarsky & Kat Englishman of The Send
We genuinely care about this community and these people, and we want to lift it up and promote it. And I mean, selfishly, we also want to know about all these cool things, too.
Go With the (Ebb and) Flow
Kelsy Hartley and Caitlin Hopkins, Two Maine Mermaids
I still think it’s crazy when other people show up!
Let Your Experience Be Your Guide
Tami Rogers, Maine’s Outdoor Learning Center
A lot of people come in with great life experience. And that experience is what is going to make them the good guide.
Embrace the Suck and Make Some Magic Happen
Heidi Myers, Rasputitsa
I tell people that haven’t finished, it’s really okay -the beer is the exact same beer for the finishers as it is for the non-finishers.
Start Your Life Again
Cori Brago
I remember hooking into my first rainbow trout and just being overwhelmed with happiness, and joy, and I just could not believe that I had done this.
Remember You’re Capable
Laurie Watt, Mooney Mountain Guides
I think that a lot of the limits we see on our bodies are self-imposed, or belief-imposed, and aren’t actually the physical limits.
Cheer Each Other On, Don’t Knock Each Other Down
Wendy Eliot
If I help another person, especially another woman, get stronger than me - that’s awesome!
Don’t Apologize for Being Different
Debi Gould, Outdoor Women
I just love being able to provide this platform, that we can allow women to step up and have no apologies, no matter how they go into the outdoors.
Do It and See What Happens
Emily Kirkton, GearME
As long as two or fewer children are crying at a time, we’re doing alright.