Podcasts Sports Wilderness Backpacker Radio #116 | Outdoor F.U.T.U.R.E.

#116 | Outdoor F.U.T.U.R.E.

Published: Aug. 23, 2021, 5 p.m.

In today's episode of Backpacker Radio presented by The Trek, we have a lively conversation with the crew at Outdoor F.U.T.U.R.E., a diverse coalition working to ensure that nature\u2019s transformational powers are accessible to all of our nation\u2019s youth.\xa0 We chat about the organization's goal of a federal equity fund, why you can't plug your ears and demand that politics stay out of the outdoors, how inequality affects outdoor access, and much more.\xa0

We wrap the show with a bizarre story of a former professor being suspected of starting several fires in California, a gross or not gross about dogs eating human body fluids, and a very important correction to the record of my shoeless etiquette on airplanes.

This episode was recorded on Arapahoe, Ute, Cheyenne and Shoshone land.

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Interview with

00:02:30 - QOTD: How have your backpacking plans gone to shit as of late?\xa0

00:11:02 - Reminder! Backpacker Radio Wisconsin Meetups \u2014 Wednesday, October 13 at Delafield Brewhaus and Friday, October 15 at Hop Haus in Fitchburg

00:12:04 - Welcome Gabaccia Moreno, Jalen Goff, Gabe Vasquez and Teresa Martinez of Outdoor F.U.T.U.R.E.

00:13:00 - Introduction to Gabe Vasquez

00:13:56 - Everyone, when you introduce yourselves, can you tell us how you initially got into the outdoors?\xa0\xa0

00:17:32 - Introduction to Gabaccia Morreno\xa0

00:19:43 - Do you have a favorite form of outdoor recreation? Is that hunting?\xa0

00:20:45 - Are you a Bills fan?\xa0

00:21:21 - Introduction to Jalen Goff

00:28:29 - Introduction to Teresa Martinez\xa0

00:35:06 - Can you talk a little bit about the specifics of Outdoor F.U.T.U.R.E. and how you\u2019ll achieve your goals?\xa0

00:35:20 - Introduction to Jessica Loya\xa0

00:40:44 - Do you know how far away we are from an outdoor equity fund? Is there a timeline?

00:48:29 - Go to outdoorfuture.org to offer your support for the Outdoor Future Act

00:49:43 - Where does the money come from for the initiative?\xa0

00:51:08 - If someone wants to give what\u2019s the process? Go to Outdoorfuture.org.

00:51:41 - Introduction to \xc1ngel Pe\xf1a

00:53:33 - How are we gonna pay for it?\xa0

00:57:43 - Is it a bad strategic move to start with private funding?

01:00:26 - What does it look like in a dream world where Outdoor F.U.T.U.R.E. is successful in everything they do?\xa0

01:08:03 - What do you say to people who say \u201cthe outdoors are free\u201d and \u201cthe outdoors are for everyone\u201d? What are the fundamental inequities that underserved communities face in accessing the outdoors?

01:19:26 - What does it look like if Outdoor F.U.T.U.R.E. fails?\xa0

01:26:00 - Why do you think that is (that POC are polling to call for more protection of the outdoors)?

01:30:34 - What do you say to people who don\u2019t want to \u201cbring politics\u201d into the outdoors?

01:37:54 - What is the takeaway message that you\u2019d like to leave for our listeners?

01:41:10 - F.U.T.U.R.E. stands for Fund for Underrepresented and Tribal, Urban, and Rural Equity

01:48:00 - Rapid fire for Zach and Chaunce

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  • Selena or Shakira
  • Do you know whose land you are on?\xa0
  • What does allyship and equity look like to you?
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