Several years ago, I had the pleasure of working with The Women's Wilderness Institute when they led backpacking and rock climbing programs for the girls at the Girl Scouts' Flying 'G' Ranch camp. Here's the general scoop on their organization:
The Women's Wilderness Institute offers high quality outdoor adventures and backcountry trips for women and teen girls in the Rocky Mountains and southwestern deserts and rivers. With more than 50 courses per year for women of all ages and fitness levels, we probably have an adventure for you.
One thing that really struck me about their organization those many years ago was that they offered all-Latina programs for the girls. I asked the then director, Laura Tyson, about their enrollment in those programs when camps nationwide are struggling to increase Latino enrollment. She said that TWWI found that when they added the all-Latina programs to their course line-up, the enrollment of ethnic minorities in all of their open courses increased.
By offering a program that was sensitive to the needs of one community, TWWI was also passively advertising their organization's desire to be competent in all cultures.
