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2024 A-DASH Webinar Series

This free four-part series is designed to help educate and spark conversation and culture shift towards more welcoming outdoor and river-based workspaces, free from sexual harassment and discrimination.

 

Register for each session by clicking "Learn more" below. You'll receive a Zoom link for the session, and we'll send out the recording afterwards. The recording will not include follow-up discussion among attendees.

Recorded Content

Sexism in rafting isn’t dead, yet

Article by Maria Blevins in Paddling Magazine: Raft guide and researcher Maria Blevins has spent half a decade investigating sexual misconduct with the aim of making the river industry and community a safer place for everyone. Here’s what she learned about sexism, sexual harassment and sexual assault in the rafting community—and what we can do about it.

Sexual Harassment in River Guide Culture

River Radius Podcast episode published July 23, 2024. From the episode description: "Sexual Harassment continues to percolate, as it does in many places, in the layers of river guide culture.  This episode goes there and learns about sexual harassment in the river guiding culture. We talk with Dr Maria Blevins, long time river guide, who has conducted research on this topic. We hear from guide warehouse and staff manager, Bryant Baker, about how he is working to eliminate sexual harassment from the company he manages. And we talk with Respect Outside and Jim Miller to gain clarity about sexual harassment definitions, when sexual harassment is assault, how and why it percolates in river guiding, and resources available for guide companies to shake free of sexual harassment."

The Outside Show: Sexual Assualt In The Outdoors

Podcast published June 20, 2024, this episode from Outside Magazine highlights sexual assault in the climbing community and features an interview with Jim Miller and Gina McClard of Respect Outside.

So you want to work at an Inclusive Outdoor Outfitter: What to Look For and How to Prep in the Field

Podcast published May 14, 2024, with Dr. Maria Blevins (Utah Valley University) and Emma Wharton (Grand Canyon Youth) for the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education's podcast Advancing the Outdoor Professional.

So you want to create an inclusive working environment

Podcast published April 22, 2024, with Respect Outside and Engage Coaching and Consulting for the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education's podcast Advancing the Outdoor Professional

Preparing for Reports and Investigating Sexual Harassment Claims

Webinar recorded March 8, 2024 with Respect Outside, hosted by America Outdoors Association

2023 A-DASH Webinar Series: Understanding, Preventing and Addressing Sexual Harassment on Rivers

Recordings from the seven webinars in this series are available on session webpages at the link below.

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