Webinars and Events
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4 Year Anniversary Webinar with speaker Dr. Iris B. Montague
Topic: Field Inclusive is honored to welcome Dr. Iris B. Montague, Research Forester with the USDA Forest Service’s Forest Products Laboratory. Dr. Montague began her career as a USDA 1890s Scholar and has now spent 30 years with the Forest Service. Join us as she shares her journey, the experiences that have shaped her career, and the research and opportunities that have influenced her path along the way.
Title: The Outdoors Belong to Us Too: From Finding My Place to Protecting Our Space
Speaker Contact: iris.b.montague@usda.gov
On the Swamp: A Conversation with Dr. Ryan Emanuel – FI Indigenous Peoples’ Day Event
Topic: Field Inclusive is honored to welcome Dr. Ryan Emanuel, Hydrologist, Author, Justice & Indigenous Rights Advocate, as our IPD speaker. Emanuel brings powerful insights on Indigenous knowledge, sovereignty, water rights, land stewardship, and environmental justice, drawing from his background in hydrology, scholarship, and advocacy as a member of the Lumbee Tribe.
Title: On the Swamp: A Conversation with Dr. Ryan Emanuel
Speaker Contact: ryan.emanuel@duke.edu
3 Year Anniversary Webinar with speaker Dr. Carolyn Finney
Topic: FI is thrilled to welcome Dr. Carolyn Finney—cultural geographer, storyteller, and author of Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors.
Title: Black Faces, White Spaces: A Conversation with Dr. Carolyn Finney
Sponsors: The Sierra Club Foundation, Tangled Bank Conservation, The Land at Hawkins Loop
Speaker Contact: christie@authorsunbound.com
2 Year Anniversary Webinar with speaker Dr. Mamie Parker
Topic: There is a first for everything, and a big one came when the first Black regional director of Fisheries at US Fish and Wildlife Service was named. Come hear from Dr. Mamie Parker, former Head of Fisheries at US Fish & Wildlife Service and the current Commissioner of Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, about her journey into these important roles and how she has made an impact on inclusiveness in the field of wildlife and beyond.
Title: “Passion, Inspiration, and Excellence (PIE) in Field Inclusiveness”
Speaker Contact: staff@mamieparker.com
1 Year Anniversary Webinar with speaker Alex Troutman
Topic: Come learn about the history of inequities when it comes to the participation of minorities in the outdoors to understand why organizations like Field Inclusive are important!
Title: “Walking through the Nature Doorway, and Holding it Open for Others to Follow”
Speaker Contact: alexk.troutman@gmail.com