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Wednesday, October 30 • 8:00am - 5:00pm
Connecting to Nature: Culturally Appropriate, Inclusive, Risk Management Field Practices to Promote Community and Individual Health and Healing

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How we see nature is fundamental to our risk in the outdoors. Is nature a challenge to be conquered, or is it our home—a place we belong and can be nurtured. In this experiential workshop with the Mountain Center, we will explore the colonial concept of wilderness, a mythical place devoid of humans, and how we can bring people back into nature's realm through land acknowledgement, and recognition of and reconciliation with native people.
Speakers
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Misty Blakesley

The Mountain Center
Misty Blakesley works at the Mountain Center with Native American communities, survivors of trauma, folks in recovery, and people in the juvenile justice system. She encourages healing and growth through connection with the natural world. She is a mentor with the Tracking Project... Read More →
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Marquel Musgrave

The Mountain Center
Marquel Musgrave (Thamu Tsan) is from the Pueblo of Nambe and is a therapeutic adventure and emergence project coordinator with The Mountain Center. She focuses on resilience building and reclaiming indigenous knowledge systems. Marquel has B.A. in business administration and served... Read More →
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Reuben Chinana

The Mountain Center
Reuben Chinana is a Pueblo (Zia, Jemez) artist and educator who is employed at The Mountain Center as an emergence and therapeutic adventure program coordinator. His work promotes social justice among various populations in New Mexico—with an emphasis on Pueblo communities. Reuben... Read More →
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Renae Lee

Emergence Program Coordinator, The Mountain Center
Renae is Diné, originally from Kayenta, AZ, and currently resides on Tewa Territory in Oga P’ogeh (Santa Fe, NM). As an Emergence Program Coordinator at The Mountain Center, she designs and facilitates experiential practices to promote growth, healing, and healthy relationships... Read More →
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Tony Dixon

The Mountain Center
Tony Dixon has been working in the field of therapeutic adventure for fourteen years and serves as the executive director for The Mountain Center in New Mexico. Over the years he has overseen risk management, training, operations, and programs for the center and for the last five... Read More →
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Colleen Fox

The Mountain Center
Colleen Fox is a program manager for the Therapeutic Adventure Program at The Mountain Center, working predominantly with adjudicated youth, survivors of trauma, people in recovery, and youth in foster care. She has worked at a wide breadth of organizations in the experiential education... Read More →
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Melissa Harper

The Mountain Center
Melissa Harper is a clinical and program manager for the Therapeutic Adventure and Counseling Services Programs at The Mountain Center, working predominately with youth and adults struggling with substance use, trauma, and other co-occurring diagnoses. Melissa has a background in... Read More →
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Christian Sommer

The Mountain Center
Christian Sommer is from Santa Fe, New Mexico, and began working at The Mountain Center in 2013, after a several year stint living in Brooklyn wondering why people live in cities. He has a lifelong background in wandering around in the desert and in the mountains, and enjoys producing... Read More →

Wednesday October 30, 2019 8:00am - 5:00pm MDT
Offsite, meet in lobby
  Pre-Conference Workshop, 1 day, NEW

Attendees (9)