Natasha Blakely

Comms at @sierraclub. Asian American. Avid shark 🦈 enthusiast. Sometimes I fight. Likes food 🍟 + environment 🌲

[Sierra Club Outdoors for All @SierraOutdoors]

Outdoors for All staffer Garrett Dempsey, working with @OutdoorsDetroit, appears in the first episode of @SierraClub's new podcast "Let's Take It Outside" to talk about his work in Scout Hollow - Detroit's only urban campground. Catch it now: https://t.co/4Potgb92ss

[Joseph Cranney @joey_cranney]

It’s easy to treat the media as a punching bag. But look to the nation’s local newsrooms. For little money or recognition, reporters in 2023 stood up to power brokers who tried to bully them into silence, exposed corrupt officials and even saved lives. Proof, from every state:

[Kyle Swenson @kyletalking]

On today's @washingtonpost A1, you'll find my latest story: an inside look at a well-funded effort on the political right to target, vilify, and defund a key piece of the social safety net, the "housing first" approach to homelessness 1/x

[Eric Umansky @ericuman]

Three years ago, I got some footage that I couldn’t get out of my mind.

It showed the first police killing captured on body-worn cameras in NY.

The NYPD didn’t want anyone to see it.

It eventually launched me on the biggest story I’ve ever done, w/ @NYTmag

[THREAD]

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Kevin McCarthy: “When you look at the Democrats, they actually look like America. When I look at my party, we look like the most restrictive country club in America.” https://t.co/UFJTmTY75c

[Jeff Stein @jstein_star]

Thoreau on John Brown

[Dan Fagin @danfagin]

My grad students created something amazing, and completely on their own: a science magazine for kids. It looks gorgeous and reads that way, too. Check it out and spread the word! https://t.co/lpd41Focax #SciComm

[Madyson Fitzgerald @MaddyFitzWrites]

do you guys ever think about the state of journalism?

[Sierra Club Outdoors for All @SierraOutdoors]

Our @SierraClub Military Outdoors campaign launched a successful debut listening session in Augusta, GA, this past weekend. For more on what we learned from the session, read Senior Campaign Strategist Vedia Barnett's recounting here: https://t.co/U2TxlXq0U6

[Sierra Club Outdoors for All @SierraOutdoors]

“A lot of green spaces are in affluent places, and in the poorest parts of the city where a lot of marginalized communities often live, there are not even sidewalks, trees along the road, or access to shade.”

[Sierra Club Outdoors for All @SierraOutdoors]

"We all deserve to enjoy time outside on public lands without having to worry about whether we will be able to breathe, strong air quality standards and more tree canopy are tangible ways to turn that hope into a reality." - @JackieOstfeld in a new op-ed:
https://t.co/8gRRNoOfru

[Sierra Club @SierraClub]

"For many families around the country, dangerous heat and air quality are an everyday reality... We need our leaders to support efforts to green our cities and create more urban nature pockets." - @SierraOutdoors's @JackieOstfeld in this @Salon op-ed: https://t.co/q3x7aGFueW

[Natasha Blakely @blakelynat]

@gabrielledrolet my landlord has been ignoring my calls for months about a hole in my wall that he made and came over for an unrelated thing and told my sister, in his words, "you can always come to me about anything, i'm your landlord" 🙃

[Sierra Club Outdoors for All @SierraOutdoors]

STARTING NOW: Join us NOW for “Diverse Perspectives in Outdoor Media” — a livestream event with Kristen & Diamon, the co-founders of Our Parks Too! and Willow, the host & founder of @outtherepodcast. Join on our FB or YouTube! https://t.co/RG2opfyDX7 #OutdoorsForAll

[Sierra Club @SierraClub]

It’s #EndangeredSpeciesDay! Fifty years ago, Congress passed the #EndangeredSpeciesAct. Without it, bald eagles, grizzly bears, and humpback whales might only be memories. The ESA is one of the most successful conservation laws in U.S. history—here's to another 50 years!

[Sierra Club Outdoors for All @SierraOutdoors]

With a lower barrier to entry and potentially fewer stigmas than clinical treatments, #nature programs can be especially beneficial to veterans dealing with service-based traumas. @SierraClub's Aaron Leonard mentions the impact time #outdoors had on him.
https://t.co/RxsOfK3g7S

[Sierra Club Outdoors for All @SierraOutdoors]

Big thanks to champions @SenBooker & @RepJimmyGomez for this important bill to get people more nature access! "Transit to Trails Act Brought Back in House and Senate" https://t.co/QroqeSS1o9 #Transit2Trails

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

There’s always tomorrow, right?

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Pew! Pew! Pew! ⁣🦨

#May4thBeWithYou

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

It’s #NationalParkWeek. It’s like a week for National Parks.