North Country School and Camp Treetops honor and celebrate Black History Month by hosting a presentation and Q&A about working to eliminate racial and cultural barriers that exist to accessing the outdoors.
Join our Special Guests
Dom Mullins, Ph.D., groundbreaking adventurer and member of the first
all-Black expedition to Mount Everest
Mirna Valerio, ultramarathon runner and author of A Beautiful Work in Progress
along with Yunga Webb, North Country School’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Director
Presentation and Q&A
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Walter Breeman Performing Arts Center (WallyPAC)
FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY
About Dom Mullins: Dom received his Ph.D. in Sociology from The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) in 2013. He is a combat veteran of the Iraq War, where he served as an armor crewman. After service Dom became a National Spokesman for Iraq Veterans Against the War and worked as a United States Senate staffer on veterans’ health and education issues. Dom is an enthusiastic outdoorsman and has conducted social research on the benefits of outdoor recreation, particularly mountaineering. In 2015, he conducted an ethnographic study of a group of combat veterans during their summit bid of Denali. He has also summited Kilimanjaro (2020), and Mt. Kenya (2021).
Mirna Valerio is a native of Brooklyn, NY, a former educator, cross-country coach, ultrarunner, obstacle course enthusiast, and author. Her writing has been featured in Women’s Running Magazine, Self Magazine Online, Outside Online, and Runner’s World Magazine. She was chosen as a 2018 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. Mirna has served as a mentor for North Country School and Camp Treetops’ Access Wild Places program in 2021 and 2022.