A-DASH News & Upcoming Events
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.
Thu, Oct 24Oct 24, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PMZoom: Register for link
Wed, Nov 13Nov 13, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PMZoom: Register for linkWe all know when it comes to safety in the outdoors, communication and feedback are essential. What we don't all know is how to finesse it.
Wed, Sep 18Sep 18, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PMZoom: Register for linkWe hear it all the time from men, “I don’t say or do misogynistic, homophobic or racist things, so I’m not the problem.”
Wed, Aug 21Aug 21, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDTZoom: Register for linkDo you have a trauma-informed, healing-inspired response lined up?
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."
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.