Backcountry Squatters stands firm in our commitment to DEI education and creating an inclusive outdoor community. Despite new federal challenges, we remain dedicated to empowering women, non-binary people, and other marginalized groups to thrive in the outdoors.

Part of Backcountry Squatters’ mission is to increase women’s participation in spaces that have historically lacked a female presence. We are aware that women’s groups that look like Backcountry Squatters (predominantly white) have not been present in racial justice movements like the one occurring today. Backcountry Squatters aims to increase women’s participation in racial justice, too.