Wild Diversity
$166,000
 Additional Funding  by Meyer Memorial Trust 

Funds are requested to support Wild Diversity's Conservation & Stewardship Program. Our project will create a platform for current & future conservationists of color from our community to learn, explore and thrive. Wild Diversity seeks to move away from the single-day, labor-centered model for people of color in conservation and instead build our community up as thought leaders who have the autonomy to create conservation initiatives that better support and retain people of color within the field. Our conservation program is three parts:  1. Support current BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color) conservation leaders to collaborate on a new vision for BIPOC conservation for Wild Diversity.  2. Teach our culturally relevant conservation curriculum to students within our Wild X and Youth Ecology programs. 3. Create a foundation for conservation by facilitating access for our community to experience wild spaces, building those relationships with the outdoors, and helping them find their personal 'love language' within conservation.

Project Report