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Oakland Goes Outdoors
A story about “Oakland Goes Outdoors”, a first of its kind program that aims to provide nature immersion experiences—as a right of passage—to all middle schoolers in the Oakland Unified School District and beyond.
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Presently, we’re experiencing a sea change in America when it comes to understanding the health benefits of being outdoors as well as the racialized dimensions of health inequity. Innovative new medical research is culminating with an emerging movement working to ensure equal access to the outdoors and a 20-minute daily dose of nature exposure for all, which The Nature Film Project’s storytelling efforts will fuel and support.
Oakland Goes Outdoors is a first of its kind program that aims to provide nature immersion experiences—as a right of passage—to all middle schoolers in the Oakland Unified School District and beyond. This is their story.
Film Topics Include:
Sara Dosa
DirectorJames Redford (1962 – 2020)
Co-FounderJill Tidman
Executive DirectorJonathan White
Director of Operations and Fiscal SponsorshipAriel Ritchin
Director
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