Nature should be for everyone, yet green spaces are not equitably distributed nor equally accessible. We are committed to addressing historical inequities and increasing access to nature for people in the Chicago Wilderness Alliance four-state region who have been historically excluded from its benefits. 

Our Alliance is committed to providing resources and facilitating necessary and needed conversations on diversity, inclusion, and environmental justice to further address this important work. 

Learn more about equity and the conservation community

• Native American Perspectives on Land: A Learning Series (2024-2025)
• Equity Training for the Conservation Community offered by Ecoinclusive Strategies (2023-2024)
• Increasing Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Workplace and Our Communities with Cream City Conservation (2021)
• Equity resources
• Green Vision Initiatives team working to increase equitable access to nature
  

Alliance statement on equity and justice

The Chicago Wilderness Alliance values the diversity inherent in the ecological and human communities that it serves. to fulfill our mission, we work to be inclusive of all people regardless of age, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, family status, spirituality, education, geographic location, social and economic class, and physical and mental ability.