Claire Smallwood
Executive Director, SheJumps
The Basics
Nonprofit Name: SheJumps
Location: Headquarters - Salt Lake City, Utah + Chapters in 15 States
Founded: 2007
Full-Time Employees: 4
Products: Non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the participation of women and girls in outdoor activities.
Social: Facebook - Instagram
Claim to Fame: In the 10 years since SheJumps was founded, we’ve created more than 10,000 new opportunities for women and girls to get outside. At least 1/3 of all SheJumps events are free or donation-based.
The Culture
The best thing about working at shejumps is:
We are powerfully driven by a team of more than 130 volunteers who passionately support our mission and vision to be a leading resource of outdoor education for women and girls of all backgrounds, races, abilities, and identities.
When we’re not working, we’re:
Outside, usually having an adventure full of laughs, high-fives, and new friends.
What we’re reading:
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
Book by Resmaa Menakem
What we’re listening to:
Kidz Bop for our youth programs, 80’s-90’s dance party mix for focus music
If they made a movie about our workplace, it would be called:
“A Little Bit of Magic”
Inclusion in the outdoors matters because:
If we’re not being intentionally inclusive, then we’re being exclusive. SheJumps stands to build a bridge between individuals of all backgrounds and the outdoors: from conservation and environmental efforts to social justice, we believe healing, power, and community can be found outside.
Five years down the line, it’s our hope that:
SheJumps is known as an ally and driving force for change in the journey to diversify the outdoors. SheJumps will be known for its inclusive practices from our programs to our leadership.