For our first episode, we speak with Danielle Wolfrum, our Director of Development. She shares how her relationship to the outdoors has evolved and her experience working in environmental non-profits as a Woman of Color. She highlights the importance of community-oriented relationship building and fundraising. 

The full episode transcript can be found here.

To learn more about community-centric fundraising, click here.

The line of poetry Noorjahan mentions in the podcast comes from the great Sufi poet Maulana Jalaludin Balkhi's Masnawi Manawi written in Persian in the 13th century. The verse Noorjahan mentions is linked here. It's the fourth verse. Though the English translation of the poem uses the pronoun "he" to refer to the subject, in Persian a gender neutral pronoun is used. In the United States, Maulana Jalaludin Balkhi is known as Rumi.

The book Danielle mentioned is Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness. 

To learn more about Justice Outside’s work including our grantmaking and our programs to increase access to the outdoors for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, click here.

Theme music by Joseph Powers

Design assets prepared by LQL Photo + Design

Audio editing by Cha’vez Gaitan