Mixed Faces Wild Spaces
Mixed Faces Wild Spaces is a community based outdoor organization for people whose lives are shaped by the compounding pressures of systems of domination—racism, ableism, classism, transphobia, xenophobia, and more.We offer liberatory outdoor programs grounded in healing, connection, and nature-based belonging.Sustained by sliding-scale events and services including guided wilderness and nature-based experiences, speaking engagements, consulting and coaching support, stewardship and ecological guidance, and justice advocacy and barrier reduction — MFWS empowers community members to reclaim belonging and connection with themselves, each other, and all of nature.All of this work moves toward a larger vision: a land based sanctuary where people and planet are free to be whole.
Our name was shaped in part by our engagement with Carolyn Finney’s work, including Black Faces, White Spaces, through both her writing and speaking.We honor this influence as part of our commitment to transparency and lineage. Learn more or purchase the book here from her website.
Mission, Vision, & Values
Mission: We empower community members of intersectional lived experiences to reclaim belonging and connection with themselves, each other, and all of nature—through inclusive and trauma informed outdoor experiences that provide tools, education, and community.Intersectional Lived Experiences= the compounded realities of being marginalized or targeted by multiple systems of oppression simultaneously—such as racism, ableism, classism, transphobia, xenophobia, and more.Vision: And all of it—every program, every gathering, every garden—is a seed planted toward our long-term vision: a land-based sanctuary where everyone, people and planet, have what they need to be whole, rooted, and free in nature; fostering true belonging.Values: Grounded strongly in wisdom and guidance of Black Queer FeminismCommunal Healing – because no one heals aloneStewardship – because Earth care is both self and communal careBelonging – because difference is sacred and necessaryLove as the Practice of Freedom – because love builds collective liberation
Branches of Offerings
Built by and for people whose lives have been shaped by the systems of oppression, offering trauma-informed gatherings that center healing, joy, and relationship with land. We bring the gear. We offer adaptive tools. We create spaces that are kind, consent-based, and trauma-informed.Free Community Programs - These are offered as funding and resources are available.Sliding Scale Services and Events - These offerings sustain the collective of beings who hold this container, and are a part of what allows us to put on free programs for our community.
Our Free Programs
Freedom By The Fire
Nature x Liberation X Community. Join us as we come together around the fire to learn from one another about the movement for collective liberation in our own lives and communities, and how us as ordinary folks can engage in this movement.Connecting on the Rail Trail
In beautiful partnership with Finca Luna Búho. Join us for a free and recurring community event series along the Ashuwillticook Bike Trail in the Berkshire/Taconic Region. Run by and for people of historically underrepresented identities in the outdoors, together we will go biking, riding, walking, birding, foraging, plant IDing, exploring queer ecology, and much more!
Events and Services Offered
Services
Guided wilderness/nature based experiences: Workshops, retreats, and nature-based events for your community or group. Think foraging, queer ecology hikes, tracking, shelter-building, intro to tent camping, skills shares, and much more!Speaking and consulting: Related to inclusive, healing, and trauma-informed outdoor programs and ecological stewardship. We primarily work with community-led organizations or those in shared governance with the communities they serve, where consulting supports internal capacity and accountability.Stewardship & Ecological Guidance: Supporting people and communities in building healthy, regenerative relationships with the land and our more-than-human kin. From apartment windows to backyard gardens, community spaces, or larger ecological projects, we offer guidance rooted in care, reciprocity, and connection. Learn more about our approach and services HERE!Justice advocacy & barrier reduction: Support for intersectional outdoorists and community-led organizations navigating systemic barriers through resource connection, knowledge sharing, and capacity-based advocacy. Think support during complex or overwhelming moments, navigating systems that impact access to nature, and behind-the-scenes advocacy grounded in care and accountability.Events
None at this time. Interested in a custom event for your group? Send us an email.
Our Economic Justice and Alternative Commerce Model
Our economic model is a living practice in justice, reciprocity, and sustainability. We recognize that financial access is not evenly distributed — especially under systems that marginalize, extract, and exclude. That’s why we offer our services through an Economic Justice & Solidarity Economy Model — ensuring that healing, connection, and ecological care are not reserved for the few.We believe right relationship includes how we exchange value. Our model invites transparency, trust, and shared responsibility.Summary of Offerings:
Sliding Scale Pricing
Three tiers — Pay-It-Forward, Supportive, and Accessible — so the rate aligns with your or your entity's financial reality.Solidarity Services
When we have capacity, we offer select services at no cost to those most impacted by systems of oppression. Please email to inquire about this!Confused or unsure about where you land on the sliding scale in general?🌱 For individuals/people, please use our self assessment tool to determine where you fall on the sliding scale for our services!🌱 For orgs or entities, please use our org assessment tool to determine where you fall on the sliding scale for our services.
Our Sliding Scale Prices
Custom pricing for each proposal/quote utilizing the following hourly sliding scale pricingFor facilitation/ stewardship
Pay-It-Forward: $85/hr
Supportive: $65/hr
Accessible: $45/hrFor coaching/ consultation
Pay-It-Forward: $100/hr
Supportive: $80/hr
Accessible: $60/hrFor Speaking Engagements
Pay-It-Forward: $450/hr
Supportive: $300/hr
Accessible: $150/hrNote: Materials are billed separately and must be paid upfront. Taxes are added to each custom quote and/or invoice
Join Us
🌱 We are planting seeds for a future where belonging is a birthright, and care is the currency.🌧️ If you are ready to water this vision in alignment, we welcome you in - whomever you may be.📍 Located in the Berkshire/Taconic Region of Turtle Island, within the unceded lands of the Mohican Nation. Click the link to be brought to the nation's homepage to learn more, connect, and nourish the People of the Waters that are never still.📧 Contact us via email at [email protected] to inquire about our offerings and to come into connection!🌐 Check out our Instagram for announcements about our free community events and much more!
Help us nourish this vision!
⏫ We invite you to steward this vision with us in the ways that feel aligned with your skills and abilities! Click the button above if you are interesting in collaborating or supporting!🚲 For Tax Deductible Donations towards our Connecting on the Rail Trail Program, check out our donation link here.⛺ We accept new and lightly used outdoor gear to add to our gear library! Please contact us first via email.🦋 Check out our Kofi shop! Kofi allows us to receive one time and recurring donations, post updates about our needs/ goals, and offer a variety of products for clients to purchase at sliding scale prices!We currently offer zines and aspire to offer d.i.y. guides/ worksheets/ other intellectual labor, culturally relevant hiking guides to the Berkshires for folks who experience marginalization, inclusive outdoor curriculum for groups, ecological/ permaculture designs, stickers/pins with our logo, and much more!
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