The 'We Out Here' Podcast Alexi Grousis and Allison Jones

Content Warning: Profanity, Alcohol Consumption, Animal Bites

Episode Description: Cesar came thru with a story of heading out to the Yukon to study squirrels and ended up on a trip of self-discovery.

In their own words: Cesar is from Tampa, Florida and currently lives in Berkeley, California where they research how environmental injustice affects wildlife. Specifically, their research looks at how environmental injustice along with historical legacies like redlining, impacts biodiversity, how animals behave, and how healthy they are. Outside of science, Cesar like to climb and and spend time in community with friends, whatever that may look like!!

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Start learning about whose land you're on and begin taking action by visiting https://native-land.ca/

Check out: CesarOEstien.com


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Content Warning: Somatic experiences of disability around covid

Episode Description: Bilen Berhanu joins the show to share an all-ear-friend story of hiking the Catskill Mountains as a disabled woman experiencing the conflict of needs between her brain and body.

In their own words: Born and raised in Ethiopia, currently based in Brooklyn (NY), Bilen is a lifelong enthusiast and student of all things outdoors. Bilen has an established full-spectrum doula practice. Her care work is grounded in liberatory practices of reclaiming agency and providing pathways to empowered experiences in life’s monumental transitions. In an effort to add to the movement to address disparities, Bilen is deeply committed to creating accessible, culturally competent, and LGBTQIA+ affirming experiences in the outdoors. Bilen graduated with a BA in Environmental Studies from Mount Holyoke College and an MA in Social Science: Environment & Community from Humboldt State University.

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Start learning about whose land you're on and begin taking action by visiting https://native-land.ca/

Check out: https://www.disabledhikers.com/about; and @thehoodhikers, @tristatehikers, @disabledhikers and @unlikelyhikers on Instagram


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Content Warning: Profanity, Somatic feelings of intense illness

Episode Description: Bilen Berhanu joins the show to share a story of hiking the Catskill Mountains as a disabled woman and experiencing the conflict between what her brain vs body needed.

In their own words: Born and raised in Ethiopia, currently based in Brooklyn (NY), Bilen is a lifelong enthusiast and student of all things outdoors. Bilen has an established full-spectrum doula practice. Her care work is grounded in liberatory practices of reclaiming agency and providing pathways to empowered experiences in life’s monumental transitions. In an effort to add to the movement to address disparities, Bilen is deeply committed to creating accessible, culturally competent, and LGBTQIA+ affirming experiences in the outdoors. Bilen graduated with a BA in Environmental Studies from Mount Holyoke College and an MA in Social Science: Environment & Community from Humboldt State University.

Help us keep making the show: Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod

Twitter and IG @TheWeOutHerePod

Start learning about whose land you're on and begin taking action by visiting https://native-land.ca/

Check out: https://www.disabledhikers.com/about; and @thehoodhikers, @tristatehikers, @disabledhikers and @unlikelyhikers on Instagram


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Content Warning: Racism, verbal abuse, barking dogs, sexism

Episode Description: Joi Spears compares and contrasts two stories centered around her work as a Vet Tech and key moments in the support (or lack there of) from her managers during moments of acute racism.

In their own words: Joi Spears is a veterinary technician, laboratory technician, visual artist, and volunteer zookeeper in Phoenix, Arizona. Having taken an unconventional approach to life science, she originally wanted to be a veterinarian, but her creative interests took her in a different direction. After finishing her undergraduate studies in visual and public art at California State University, Monterey Bay, she spent time working as an art teacher and freelance artist in her hometown of Los Angeles. After a while, she realized she hadn’t yet given up on her love of science and interest in working with animals, and later moved to Phoenix with her husband and two toddlers, where she returned to school with vet school in mind. To gain experience in the field, she has worked in veterinary clinics, laboratories, and volunteered at zoos and wildlife rehab facilities, where she quickly developed a particular fascination with parasites. In addition to her work in the clinic, she also volunteers at a zoo where she works with primates, her favorite of which are the very rare pileated gibbons. Now, she is preparing to start graduate school this Fall, where she will be studying Environmental and Global Health, with a focus on veterinary entomology and parasitology.

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Content Warning: Racism, dogs barking, sexism, profanity

Episode Description: Joi Spears compares and contrasts two stories centered around her work as a Vet Tech and key moments in the support (or lack there of) from her managers during moments of acute racism.

In their own words: Joi Spears is a veterinary technician, laboratory technician, visual artist, and volunteer zookeeper in Phoenix, Arizona. Having taken an unconventional approach to life science, she originally wanted to be a veterinarian, but her creative interests took her in a different direction. After finishing her undergraduate studies in visual and public art at California State University, Monterey Bay, she spent time working as an art teacher and freelance artist in her hometown of Los Angeles. After a while, she realized she hadn’t yet given up on her love of science and interest in working with animals, and later moved to Phoenix with her husband and two toddlers, where she returned to school with vet school in mind. To gain experience in the field, she has worked in veterinary clinics, laboratories, and volunteered at zoos and wildlife rehab facilities, where she quickly developed a particular fascination with parasites. In addition to her work in the clinic, she also volunteers at a zoo where she works with primates, her favorite of which are the very rare pileated gibbons. Now, she is preparing to start graduate school this Fall, where she will be studying Environmental and Global Health, with a focus on veterinary entomology and parasitology.

Help us keep making the show: Patreon.com/WeOutHerePod

Twitter and IG @TheWeOutHerePod

Start learning about whose land you're on and begin taking action by visiting https://native-land.ca/


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Content Warning: Mentions of owls

Episode Description: Asia Bright, of Black Girls Hike, joins the podcast for Episode 2 to talk about the founding of Black Girls Hike and speaking lifers into existence.

In her own words: Born and raised in Baltimore MD, Asia has always had a passion for nature and outdoor adventure. Originally starting with a small group of friends, Asia often led guided hiking tours throughout the DMV to explore its natural parks/attractions, eventually extending to the northeast region and westward to the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. What started as a grassroots effort to bring more black people in her community outdoors to enjoy and participate in outdoor adventures, sparked the Black Girls Hike movement.

Black Girls Hike showcases the adventures of black women hiking throughout all areas of the world. Through storytelling content and curated hiking & travel experiences, Black Girls Hike creates a community of black and brown outdoor enthusiasts while diversifying the outdoors.

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Start learning about whose land you're on and begin taking action by visiting https://native-land.ca/

Check out Black Girls Hike at

https://www.instagram.com/blackgirlshike_/ and

BlackGirlsHike.net


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