Episode 14: José González: Discovering the Multitudes of You
José González is an experienced and passionate speaker, artist, nature-lover, science communicator, and educator who founded Latino Outdoors. Through his work and the organization, of which he is no longer Executive Director, he aims to build a cross-community network of nature inclusivity groups to connect people of all races, genders, orientations, socio-economic statuses, and religions.
Today, José joins the podcast to share his views on the power that words hold, how we can view it from a responsible and respectful lens, and how we can be more mindful when it comes to the use of language. José also discusses how his love for the sci-fi genre has inspired his work while influencing the way he approaches equity. From using memes as radical acts to understanding friendships as a supporting pillar in communities of activism, this conversation addresses the topics of culture and expression of the multitudes of being human.
Follow José on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josebilingue/
Check out José’s website: http://www.josegagonzalez.com/
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“Sierra Club Says It Must Confront the Racism of John Muir” in the New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/us/sierra-club-john-muir.html“Reckoning with the League Founders’ Eugenics Past” from Save the Redwoods League,
https://www.savetheredwoods.org/blog/reckoning-with-the-league-founders-eugenics-past/“RETURN THE NATIONAL PARKS TO THE TRIBE: The jewels of America’s landscape should belong to America’s original peoples.” By David Treuer, The Atlantic, May 2021
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/05/return-the-national-parks-to-the-tribes/618395/Wilderness Act of 1964, The United States Department of Justice
“A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain … An area of wilderness is further defined to mean in this Act an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions …”
