Salted Roots

Dear Brown Girl Surf community, supporters, and wave-riders, As we slow into winter, we look back upon our last year of deepening and growth, grateful for the opportunities and successes. We are writing to you to share a very exciting and pivotal shift in our organization. BGS has always done our best to adapt and shift to keep up with the expansion of our work, and of our community. Most of the time, we have found that small, but integral language shifts have been necessary to appropriately reflect and include everyone who is a part of our expansive group of ocean beings. The name #Browngirlsurf holds so much meaning and power for many of us. Deep relationships have developed within this organization over the last decade. However, more recently we have been feeling and hearing from many folks in our community that there is a dissonance between our name, Brown Girl Surf, and those whom we represent, those who support us, and those who come to be in the ocean with us. While the explicit gender and racial reference has made many people feel seen through Brown Girl Surf’s founding and growth, today we are reaching for a new name to honor the vast spectrum of identities we all hold. After more than a year of workshopping, consulting, and dreaming, we have, with great respect, decided to change the name of our organization. Our new name creates the space we’ve needed for the expansive identities we all hold, the space needed to grow deeper in our relationships with one another, and with the ocean. With open hearts, we are becoming Salted Roots 💙 https://lnkd.in/g2k9kxHv Salted Roots will remain a space centered on the experiences, expertise, and emotions of Black, Indigenous, girls, women, and gender-expansive folks of color. Our purpose and mission is still to cultivate a surf culture rooted in collective power, equity, love, and reverence for the Earth. We will continue this by deepening community wellbeing, amplifying a narrative of abundance, increasing access to the ocean, and centering the intuitive knowledge of girls, women, and gender-expansive people of color. We feel unboundedly appreciative of your ability to share compassionately and your willingness to motivate us to continually be better. Without your reflections and insights, the grassroots community movement that originated with the launch of our community programs in Oakland in 2015, would not be able to make this transition into Salted Roots, an identity founded in communal learning. So we thank you, from the depth of every ocean and water connection we each may hold - thank you for guiding us on this voyage to return to ourselves, as Salted Roots ✨ With Deep Gratitude 🌊 Adriana Guerrero Executive Director

With open arms, we are becoming Salted Roots 🌊 💙 ✨

We are over the moon with excitement! Big news, everyone! Our very own Adriana Guerrero, the incredible Executive Director of Brown Girl Surf, is featured on the prestigious list of The 100 Latinos Most Committed to Climate Action. 🌎 🌊 🙌 Adriana Guerrero's dedication, passion, and unwavering commitment to environmental justice and leadership has not only inspired us but also caught the attention of the world! We couldn't more proud of this well-deserved recognition.  #100Latinos2023 #EnvironmentalChampion #oceanjustice #environmentaljustice #climateaction

We are over the moon with excitement! Big news, everyone! Our very own Adriana Guerrero, the incredible Executive Director of Brown Girl Surf, is featured on the prestigious list of The 100 Latinos Most Committed to Climate Action. 🌎 🌊 🙌 Adriana Guerrero's dedication, passion, and unwavering commitment to environmental justice and leadership has not only inspired us but also caught the attention of the world! We couldn't more proud of this well-deserved recognition.  #100Latinos2023 #EnvironmentalChampion #oceanjustice #environmentaljustice #climateaction

Exciting news for the ocean-loving & surf community 🌊 Brown Girl Surf is hiring a full-time Youth & Environmental Stewardship Coordinator! This role involves designing, planning and facilitating youth surfing and environmental stewardship programs with a focus on equity in ocean connection. Applications are open until October 13th, and interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. Don't miss out on this opportunity to make a meaningful impact. Apply today! 😎 #environmentalstewardship #youthprograms #oceanconnection #equity #diversityandinclusion

We’re #hiring! Come play in the ocean with us 🤗 🌊

Brown Girl Surf is excited to announce that BGS Executive Director, Adriana Guerrero is among the leaders represented in Green 2.0’s Environmental #ExpertsofColor Database! Green 2.0 created the database to diversify the experts appearing before legislative bodies and beyond, learn more below: https://lnkd.in/eMumrKr4

Here we GROW again! Brown Girl Surf is looking for a Communications and Narrative Strategist✨ Storytelling is at the heart of our work and integral to our mission. As folks working to shift the common narratives prevelant in modern day surfing, it's important to us to not only share our community's stories, but also uplift the creative energy of our wave riders! We are creating a surf culture in our own images - a surf culture that is rooted in joy, inclusion, and environmental reverence. Are you ready to join us in this work?

Thank you to our partners at The 11th Hour Project (The Schmidt Family Foundation) and the N2 team specifically, Alexis Llamas and Hannah S. for highlighting and uplifting the work of Brown Girl Surf!

Celebrate the end of summer with us through #cupforacause throughout August! Thank you Equator Coffees 🌊 💙