Eddie Bauer Guide Tyhree Moore shares how getting outside as a child changed his life. But as he grew older, he became more and more aware of a lack of racial diversity in the outdoors. That’s why Tyrhee founded Soul Trak Outdoors - a non-profit organization based in the Washington D.C. area that helps people of color connect with outdoor spaces and find healing in community.
In our Live Your Adventure video series, we’re partnering with Erin Joy Nash & Sanjana Sekhar of Brave Space Media, two of our 2021 One Outside Film Grant winners, to highlight four Eddie Bauer partners who are tapping into the restorative power of outdoor recreation.
Land Acknowledgement and Land Back Location Fee
This film was created on the ancestral lands of the Shawandasse Tula (Shawanwki / Shawnee), Massawomeck, Piscataway, And Nacotchtank (Anacostan) peoples. Moving beyond simply land acknowledgment, Brave Space Media practices a commitment of 5% of a project’s budget to local #landback initiatives or similar Indigenous-led initiatives that directly support local tribal nations. Traditionally on a film production, filmmakers will budget for the costs of location permitting or renting studios and venues for filming. Brave Space Media wants to encourage all storytellers to consider the land and her stewards as part of the creative ecosystem, to dig deeper into what reciprocity truly looks like, and to continue learning more about how the industry can participate in reparations for stolen land.
Soul Trak Outdoors: Soul Trak Outdoors is a D.C. based nonprofit organization that connects communities of color to outdoor spaces, while also building a coalition of diverse outdoor leaders. Soul Trak’s vision is to act as a bridge to wild spaces by uplifting outdoor leaders of diverse backgrounds and create an outdoors that more accurately reflects the diversity of our nation. Tyrhee is the founder and executive director of Soul Trak.
Donate to or volunteer for Native Land Digital, the go-to digital map aimed at mapping Indigenous lands in a way that changes, challenges, and improves the way people see history and the present day. We hope to strengthen the spiritual bonds that people have with the land, its people, and its meaning.
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Learn more about the history of the Piscataway Conoy Tribe living on what is now known as Washington D.C.
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