Read 

• “Environmentalism’s Racist History” - Jedediah Purdy (article) 
• "Racism is Killing the Planet" - Sierra Club (article) 
• “The Adventure Gap: Changing the Face of the Outdoors” by James Edward Mills (book) 
• “Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors” by Carolyn Finney (book) 
• Public Space, Park Space, and Racialized Space - Project for Public Spaces (article) 
• Interpreting the Asian-American Experience in Parks – Edith Han, National Park Foundation (article) 

Listen 

• "Making the Outdoors Great for Everyone" - Science Friday (podcast episode) 
• "Yanira Castro of Outdoor Afro on black leadership in the outdoors" - Showing Up with Lynsey Dyer (podcast episode) 

Watch 

Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at Angel Island State Historic Park – California State Parks (video) 

A glimpse into Yosemite’s Chinese History (video) 

Recolor the Outdoors - Alex Bailey (video) 

Here We Stand - An #EveryoneOutside Film (video) 

Conservation for Whom? - Avarna Group and POST (video) 

Read 

• 11 Terms Your Should Know To Better Understand Structural Racism – Aspen Institute (article) 
• Social Identity & Systems of Oppression – Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture (webpage) 
• "The Warmth of Other Suns" - Isabel Wilkerson (book) 
• “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates (book) 
• Social Justice and Anti-Racism in Policing (webpage)

Watch 

Power, Privilege, & Oppression – University of Denver (video) 

13th on Netflix – Ava Duvernay (video) 

This land acknowledgement was developed by the Parks Conservancy, Presidio Trust, and National Park Service in conjunction with members of the Ramaytush Ohlone tribe for the My Park Moment photo show at the Presidio:

We are standing in the traditional territory of the Yelamu, a local tribe of the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples in the area now known as the San Francisco Peninsula. The Yelamu understood the interconnectedness of all things and maintained harmony with nature for millennia.

   Beginning in the 18th century Spanish, Mexican, and American colonization displaced and attempted to erase Native peoples across California, including the Yelamu; however, a few other Ramaytush Ohlone families did survive. 

Today, they maintain a strong cultural and spiritual connection to their ancestral homeland, seeking to fulfill their responsibilities as stewards. Let this land acknowledgement stand as a commitment to honoring and meaningfully partnering with the original stewards of this land and to uncovering the truths of the past that shape our present and future.  

  

Read 

• Terminology – The Association of the Ramaytush Ohlone (webpage) 
• We Hold the Rock - National Park Service (webpage) 
• Ohlone Curriculum for Teachers (webpage) 
• There There by Tommy Orange (novel) 
• Sogorea Te’ Land Trust website and Ya Nuunukne Fall 2021 newsletter – An urban Indigenous women-led land trust that facilities the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous People 
• Q&A: The 1969 Indian Occupation of Alcatraz through the Eyes of an Occupier (article) 

Watch 

• Indigenous History in the Bay Area – Three-part webinar series organized by Peninsula Open Space Trust and California State Parks (webinar) 
• San Francisco Two-Spirit Pow Wow 2017 (video) 
• Shaping a New Generation of Native American Activism (video) 
• Red Power: Injunuity, Filmmakers Panel (video) 

Listen 

• There Were Once More Than 425 Shellmounds int eh Bay Area. Where Did They Go? - KQED Bay Curious (podcast episode) 
• Rekindling Native California Ecologies – The Native Seed Podcast (podcast) 
• The Acorn: An Ohlone Love Story – Outside/In Podcast (podcast) 

Visit 

• Café Ohlone at UC Berkeley - strengthening Ohlone food sovereignty in the East Bay 

Read 

• Uprooting Colonialism: The Limitations of Indigenous Peoples’ Day – Indigenous Action (webpage)
• An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States – By Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (book)
• Project 562 – A multi-year national photography project by Matika Wilbur dedicated to photographing over 562 federally recognized tribes in the United States (website)
• Healing My Body is Healing the Land – Indigenous Goddess Gang (website)

Listen 

• Land Back & Indigenous Anti-Fascism – Indigenous Action 
• ThanksTaking or ThanksGiving? - All My Relations (podcast episode)
• Indigenous Goddess Gang Playlist via Spotify (podcast)

Watch 

• Daughter of a Lost Bird – Documentary by Brooke Swaney (documentary) 
• Gather - Film about intimate portrait of growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty (documentary) 
• Reservation Dogs – Half-hour comedy that follows the exploits of four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma from Co-Creators and Executive Producers Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi (television show) 
• Blood Memory: A Story of Removal and Return – Documentary by Drew Nicholas with viewer discussion guide resource (documentary) 
• It Has Never Been About Honoring Native Americans – Democracy Now! Interview with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz on Thanksgiving (video) 

Read 

• “Actions for Non-Black POC to Address Anti-Blackness” from PGM One (document) 
• “Model Minority” Myth Again Used As A Wedge Between Asians And Blacks – Kat Chow, NPR (article) 
• Recognizing And Dismantling Your Anti-Blackness – Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes (article) 
• Ending Anti-Black Racism Resources – Soul 2 Soul Sisters (list)

Listen 

• Code Switch – NPR (podcast) 
• The 1619 Project (podcast) 
• Creation Care: Black History Lesson (podcast episode) 

The recent escalation in anti-Asian violence, hate crimes, and harassment is a tragedy and threat in the parks and everywhere. The nonprofit Stop AAPI Hate received 3,795 reports of anti-Asian hate incidents from March 2020-February 2021, the largest number of which were reported from California.  

At the Parks Conservancy we believe in examining our history to learn from it, and we acknowledge the parks have been sites of racism against Asian Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities over time. We look to a future where parks can be catalysts for change and a safe refuge for all—and this will require action from all. 

Here are resources that provide knowledge and ways to act against anti-Asian violence: 

Read 

• NPR’s timeline of the uptick in Asian American incidents since 2020 (webpage) 
• “Model Minority” Myth Again Used As A Wedge Between Asians And Blacks – Kat Chow, NPR (article) 
• “How to address the surge of anti-Asian hate crimes” - Amna Nawaz & Vignesh Ramachandran, PBS News Hour (article) 
• America’s long history of scapegoating its Asian citizens - Nina Strochlic, National Geographic (article) 
• Chinese in America - Iris Chang (book) 
• On Anti-Asian Hate Crimes: Who is Our Real Enemy - Michelle Kim (article)
• Anti-Asian Violence Resources (website) 
• In times of crisis, anti-Asian violence is an American tradition – UC Berkeley (article) 
• The Racism is a Virus Toolkit – Act to Change (toolkit) 
• Here’s how to help combat anti-Asian violence – Time Magazine (article) 

Watch 

Asian Americans - PBS (docuseries) 

Talking to Kids about Asian American Identity & Racism - Immigrant History Initiative (video)

Pandemic and Acts of Hate Against Asian Americans: From Past to Present – National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (video) 

Read 

• Implicit Bias Means We’re All Probably At Least A Little Bit Racist – Jenée Desmond-Harris, Vox (article) 
• Bias – Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture (webpage) 
• Test Yourself For Hidden Biases – Teaching Tolerance (article) 

Watch  

Breaking Down Privilege - Chescaleigh (video) 

Read 

• Whiteness – Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture (webpage) 
• What is White Supremacy Culture? – Showing Up For Racial Justice (webpage) 
• "So You Want to Fight White Supremacy" by Ijeoma Oluo (article) 

Listen 

Seeing White – Scene On Radio (podcast) 

Watch 

White Men: Time To Discover Your Cultural Blind Spots – Michael Welp, TEDxTalks (video) 

Read 

• Guide To Allyship – amélie lamont (website) 
• “We need co-conspirators, not allies”: how white Americans can fight racism – Rose Hackman, The Guardian (article) 
• Three Ways To Be A Better LGBTQ Ally In The Office – Adi Barreto, The Muse (article) 
• “My role in social change” - Deepa Iyer (article) 

Watch 

Five Tips To Be An Ally – Chescaleigh (video) 

Read 

• Being Anti-Racist – Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History & Culture (webpage) 
• What Does It Mean To Be Anti-Racist? - Racial Healing Handbook excerpt, Dr. Anneliese A. Singh (PDF) 
• How To Be An Antiracist – Ibram X. Kendi (book) 

Listen 

Brené Brown with Ibram X. Kendi On How To Be Antiracist – Unlocking Us (podcast)