ROOTS & TRAILS
A safe space for youth to explore the outdoors and themselves.
Youth Outdoor Wellness
Creating outdoor and land connection experiences for Rural, Farmworker, BIPOC, and LGBTQ2SIA+ youth that would otherwise be inaccessible. These experiences include safe, structured outdoor excursions where youth reconnect with nature while developing confidence, resilience, and environmental awareness.
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Two driving factors:
Safe outdoor experiences are mostly inaccessible for youth of color, LGBTQ2SIA+, and Low Income youth.
Stressors for marginalized youth are greater than ever before.
Youth participate in biweekly multilingual outdoor trips focusing on releasing stressors, building mindfulness and adaptive tools, reconnecting with the land and culture, and learning about the world around us.
Our trips hold space for all learners, life experiences, needs, identities, and cultures through youth centered participation.
Making the outdoors accessible while repairing youth’s mental wellbeing
