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P.O. Box 347171
San Francisco

415-385-2103

We are a growing NETWORK of local organizations using training and outdoor gear libraries to help connect kids to the outdoors across America. 

OEN Programming

Calendar

info about recurring meetings

  • Access & Equity in the Outdoors Working Group

    Open to all OEN member organizations team membersBi-weekly conversations about the barriers to access and inclusion in the outdoors. Looking through an intersectional lens, we will discuss safety, policing, inclusion, erasure, language, culture, etc. to understand where our programs fit in the industry landscape and to envision a pathway forward of leadership on these issues. Particular issues may include: Policing in the outdoors, Indigenous erasure, LGBTQIA+ inclusion, Addressing safety for intersectional participants, Language & Cultural diversity - celebration and exclusion, Generational trauma, etc. Conversations will be driven by the interests of the participants and the current events of the day.

    Join if you can - please invite interested team members.

    Timing: every other Thursday at 10am PST

    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83772188554

    Meeting ID: 837 7218 8554 Passcode: EQUITY

    myTurn/Gear Library Working Group

    Open to all OEN member organizations team members

    An opportunity to connect and address and celebrate in real-time things that have come up for you while working in/with your gear library. We will build community and lean on everyone's lived experience and expertise to learn and share. Once a month, every 2nd Monday of each month, we will reserve this time to specifically address myTurn questions.

    Timing: Every Monday at 10:30am PST

    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81791496024 Passcode: LIBRARY

    Queer Inclusion in Outdoor Rec Working Group

    Open to all OEN member organizations team members

    An hour in which OEN holds space for its members to share openly the things that we encounter in running our programs regarding queer inclusion. i.e. tenting policies,  gender affirming gear, political limitations within our regions, how to talk to all parents, etc. This is a safe and a brave space that we enter respectfully so that we can learn,  adapt, and grow accordingly. Conversations will be driven by the interests of the participants and the current events of the day.

    Timing: every other Thursday at 9am PST

    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83138444079

    Meeting ID: 831 3844 4079 Passcode: INCLUSION

  • Open to all OEN member organizations team members

    Our monthly meetings have evolved into a space where network members and guests share areas of expertise with the rest of the network, through both storytelling and structured presentations. Find the recordings of previous sessions in the resources page. 

    Timing: Last Tuesday of every month at 11am PST

    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82656597662

    Meeting ID: 826 5659 7662 Passcode: GATHERING

  • OEN values and prioritizes building community and strengthening our relationships with our members. These windows are times in which OEN commits to being available for our members for whatever need may arise. Please come as needed w/ questions, or celebrations, or anything in between.

    Seraph Office hours; Wednesdays, 12-1PM (PST)

    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89603042549

    Meeting ID: 896 0304 2549 Passcode: 917441

    Jackie Office hours;

    Mondays, 7:30-8:30am (PST)

    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83512917466

    Meeting ID: 835 1291 7466 Passcode: 865077

    Thursdays, 1:30-2:30pm (PST)

    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89603042549

    Meeting ID: 896 0304 2549 Passcode: 917441

    Need additional 1:1 support? Schedule a time to chat with Seraph HERE or with Jackie HERE