Secret Agent K-7 returns. K-7 form a United States secret agent who operated in 22 countries on land on sea and in the air brings you a story of today. We take you to Secret Agent K-7's headquarters. This is K-7 speaking. Send in Special Agent B-9 for assignment. At once, K-7. Special Agent B-9 reporting for assignment. Agent B-9, I have a rather difficult assignment for you. It may fall within your power to prevent the seizure of a nation. According to information, a powerful European state is about to send a secret ultimatum to one of the Balkan countries. If you can unearth the true facts and give them to the world press before the ultimatum is delivered, the diplomat who has brought us here feels sure that world pressure will force the aggressor to withdraw its demands. Our information is that the ultimatum is now being framed in a central European legation. There is one man in that legation who is an old patriot. Go to him. Act with the utmost caution. Keep me informed. That night, Agent B-9 and his assistant Rita Drake left Paris by plane. The next evening, B-9 sat in the home of an old patriot who dared to speak his thoughts even though such action constituted treason to the state. You've seen my credentials. I've come to plead with you on behalf of K-7. You are with the legation. Will you give me the information I need to act? You ask a great deal. Perhaps. But I ask it in the name of world peace. If the state that has seized your country succeeds again, the war makers will control the greatest oil fields in the Balkans. It will mean war. Yes. Yes, you're right. I don't know where K-7 got his information, but he's right. A secret ultimatum is being framed here. Within 72 hours, it will be delivered. If it is delivered at this time, there is no doubt of the outcome. But if the world knew of this secret ultimatum, the democracies would pledge their aid. Your leader wouldn't dare move. I suppose I must agree that, again, you're right. Our leader has won all of his games through surprise moves. He has struck ruthlessly. Suddenly, before a startled world realized what was happening. Help me to prevent him from succeeding that way again. You must see that if he gains control of the great oil fields, he'll have what he needs to start a world war. Think of the men who would be killed in such a war. Think of the women and children who would die, and cities were bombed far behind the lines. I suppose I shouldn't balance their lives against my own, should I? The thought is unpleasant. Unpleasant? But it must be faced. If I give you the secret ultimatum, they will be published in every newspaper in the world. As you see, the democracies will come to the aid of the country involved with pledges. Our leader will lose the great prize he counts as already won. He loses chance to conquer Europe. You think I will go free? You think he won't find out to be treated? Perhaps I could take you out of the country with me. I'm willing to attempt it. No. No. I'll stay. I'll give you the information you want. I'm an old man. If necessary, I'll sacrifice my life for those who would be forced to go to the trenches to die. If war came. Come. We go to the legation offices. An hour later, B-9 and the old patriot entered the legation offices. B-9's assistant Rita Drake remained outside to give the alarm if anyone approached. The offices were deserted. The time was after midnight. Here is the office. I have a copy of the document in my desk. Wait, I'll use my flashlight. You can't see to unlock the door. No, I can see. You must take no chances. The light would show our faces. Come inside. We will close the door. It's pretty dark in here. I know my way. I've been with the legation for many years. I served under the emperor before these present madmen were ever heard of. So here is my desk. It'll take only one minute to unlock it. Here, my friend. Here is a copy of the ultimatum. I made it only today. No one knows I possess it. Thank you. Don't thank me. Just remember that you have less than 72 hours to act if you would save the peace of Europe. You've made preparations to leave the country. Both Miss Drake and I are traveling on diplomatic passports. K-7 arranged them. We also have a fast plane waiting for us at the airport. Within 10 minutes after I leave these offices, we will be on our way. Good. Tell K-7 I acted in the interest of humanity. Tell him to have the ultimatum printed in every newspaper in the world. Come. We believe. You will both stand where you are. Who? Who spoke? You are both outlined against the light from the window. If either of you move, I will shoot. I'm going to put on the light. Renee is so hot. Who is this woman? I will answer you. I am head of one department of intelligence. It was reported to me this afternoon that Karthar sought fit to make a copy of our leader's ultimatum.  It is useless to resist. You are quite right, Kharthar. You are both under arrest. Now, give me the papers that have just passed between you. And if I resist?  Drop your gun on the floor. I have a gun in your back, and unless you do as I tell you, I'll pull the trigger. Very well. Good work, Rita. I saw her follow you into the building. I followed her. Did you take her gun? Yes. Wait until I examine it. It's fully loaded. Did you think I was pretending? Now that you have me, what do you propose doing? I'll answer that Rena Zorak. Give me her gun B9. Why do you want it? Give it to me. Thank you. Now leave. You told me that you could be on your way within 10 minutes. Miss Zorak and I will remain here for one and a half hour. By then it will be too late for her to act. Take the ultimatum and leave. Within a quarter of an hour, agent B9 and Rita Drake were in the air. They carried a document that blasted the hopes of a man who sought only power. Behind them, in the offices of the legation, a strange scene was taking place. Ah, the 30 minutes are up. I've had my moment of glory. In just a minute, I'm going to give you back your gun. But before I do, I have something to say to you. Herr Carthage, you have betrayed the state. The penalty is death. Nothing you can say will help you. Perhaps not. The document is gone. Our leader's secret ultimatum will be known around the world before this time tomorrow. I have prevented the state from seizing another country. I did it to prevent war.  You must have some of a woman's instincts left even after the years you have served as a spy. I ask only one thing. I don't intend to free you. No. No, I would not ask it. Here, take your gun. But Herr Carthage...  I ask only you remove all but one bullet and return the gun to me. I admire your courage. I have acted in the name of humanity. Such an act requires little bravery. You will grant me my wish, your gun and one bullet. I grant your request, Herr Carthage. Five bullets I remove, one bullet I leave you. I would wait outside. Thank you. We must all live our lives as our conscience dictates. Goodbye, Herr Carthage. Then, 24 hours newsboys cried out important headlines in every world capital. It was the same in London, New York, Paris. The secret ultimatum had become public property. Special Agent B9 reporting, K7. Your orders were followed. To the patriotism and devotion to peace of one man, the secret ultimatum was exposed. He gave its contents to the newspapers of the world. As you know, the great democracies pledged support. As a result, the secret ultimatum was withdrawn before it was sent. War has been averted for the time. Thus did one man rise suddenly to become a great defender of Europe against barbarism. He gave his life for peace. For obvious reasons, I haven't used his real name in this story. For the time being, he must remain one of the world's great unknown heroes. Listen for my next story. This is K7 speaking.


Good afternoon, everyone, this is and welcome, this is think outside the stacks case studies on ETD usage to promote new connections. Sharing this information with you is Josh Carmel from the University of Southern Mississippi. My name is Valerie Emerson and I'll be your moderator for the next 20 minutes. Just a quick reminder, during the presentation portion, please keep your audio and video muted. And please feel free to use the Q&A tab to post questions and we will address these questions during the Q&A portion at the end. You can navigate to other sessions by clicking the desired session in the hop-in schedule or click the left-hand side for links. Thank you all for joining us and I'll turn it over to Josh Carmel. Thank you so much Valerie and thanks to the conference organizers for giving me the opportunity to be here today and to share this information with everybody. So what I'm going to talk about in this session are a few case studies, a few examples of activities that we've done here on our campus at the University of Southern Mississippi to promote ETD usage, but also to showcase the way that others are using those ETDs to kind of build the case for the value that those ETDs have both for students and for researchers alike. So a quick roadmap on where we're going. First of all, can you see the slides? Yeah, yes. Great. So a quick roadmap on where we're going. I'll do a quick introduction of myself, give you a little bit of an overview of our ETD program, then talk about how we sort of make the case for using ETDs when recruiting students, and then we'll compare sort of the big picture and the small picture when looking at the metrics, the data we get from ETDs, things like download counts, those sorts of things. And how both sides of that equation can be used to sort of build the case for why ETDs matter. And then we'll conclude with maybe a look at what's next and other ideas that maybe you have for doing similar projects at your own institution. So I mentioned the introduction a little bit about me. I am a scholarly communications manager at the University of Southern Mississippi, so I wear lots of different hats here. I manage the institutional repository at Quilla. I am chair of our copyright task force. I lead our open educational resource group here, so lots of different hats I wear. And part of that process is related to ETDs, because of course the ETDs are kept in the repository. So I don't directly manage a lot of those. Most of that is done by the graduate school. And if you were here last year, you heard me talk about that process. I did a short talk on that relationship last year, so I would encourage you to go back and look at the slides for that if you were not here last year. But basically they do all the day-to-day managing, and then I just sort of manage the platform, provide tech support, that sort of thing. So a little bit about our ETD program. The IR itself launched in January 2012. The initial focus of course was on faculty publications, but we also, one of the first collections we piloted was the undergraduate honors theses. They came to us with the December 2011 graduates and said, could we include these in the repository when you get it up and running? And so we did, and that was one of the first collections we started with. In 2015, spring of 2015 is when the graduate school came on board and we started including also the master's theses and dissertations, along with a small collection of doctoral projects that a couple of colleges do, like the College of Nursing, for example, does that. It's a little distinct from the standard dissertation. The map you see there, that's the downloads of our honors theses just since December of 2014. That's the earliest this map went back, so it didn't go quite back to the beginning, but you can already see just the huge usage we've gotten even just since 2014 out of that collection. And again, that's just honors theses, and that's not even factoring in dissertations and master's theses as well. So the first case study that I wanted to mention was the idea of using theses as a recruitment tool. So again, we'll start with the honors theses. You can see an example of the readership map there that shows where some of those downloads are coming from. Each year, usually in November, so in the fall of the year, almost right around now, the honors college will host what they call an honors day, which is where prospective honors students are invited to come to campus to visit to learn about the campus, the honors college, the program, all those sorts of things. Obviously this didn't happen last year because of the pandemic, and I'm not sure if it'll happen in person this year either, but before then what would happen was that all these units across campus were invited in to come and talk a little bit about themselves, the services they offered, and so of course part of that group was the library. And so I would typically go along with some of our librarians to present on the library that day because one of the things that I could talk about was the honors theses. So part of the requirements of the honors program is that every honors college student must create complete an honors theses to graduate. And as I've already told you, those theses go into the IR, so what I tend to do is I would go to this thing, I would show them a quilla show them the collection and say, okay, I know you're hearing about the honors theses. I know that sounds a little intimidating, but so here's the collection up. You can go through, you can browse, you can see what's there. You can see what these things look like and realize, oh, okay, this isn't as scary as it sounded just in hearing it described. And you can also see the types of things that students of research, you can look at some of the different topics they've gone over, which might give you some ideas of if I go into this program, here are some ideas that I would like to pursue in my own research. Another benefit of that, it's an opportunity for them to identify faculty in the area of their interest. So if you'll notice here, this is one of the metadata pages from an honors theses in our repository. You'll notice the faculty advisor is listed right there in the metadata. So if a student finds a topic that really grabs their attention, they can look and say, okay, this is the faculty member that that person worked with. So maybe I could reach out to that faculty emergency if we could do a similar topic, a related topic that's in line with my interest. So right out of the gate is they're just getting started, really not even started yet, right, because they're just sort of visiting the campus at this point. But it's a chance for them to start forming connections to identify faculty that might be good to work with if they do decide to enroll, they do decide to continue. So that's a case that really probably wouldn't have been considered for honors theses say 20 years ago, right? I mean, you're not thinking of a bunch of theses at that point, which would have been bound somewhere in the stacks of the library as a tool to go and show students and say, hey, here's something you can use to help you make this decision. But when they're online, when they're openly available where the student can browse what's there and they can see the faculty members involved, then it's a good tool where they can come in with a little bit of a head start. They can come in kind of already knowing, having a plan of attack, I guess you could say as they get started with their program.  So one of the things that I found is when you're sharing with folks across campus, different constituent groups are interested in different pieces of data, right? So if you're dealing with sort of top level administrators, you're dealing with deans with higher ups in university administration. One of the things that they're often interested in is that big picture view, the 10,000 foot view. So just give me the numbers and show me the raw data as it were. So for instance, if you looked at our theses and dissertations, here's the raw data, here's our total downloads to this point. Over a million on both the honors theses and on the dissertations, over a quarter of a million of master's theses and then the doctoral projects, which are our smallest collection, a little over 100,000. In terms of just a raw number, in terms of just some straightforward data to sort of make your case, that's a great tool to have, just to be able to show, look, look how much these things are being used. Look how many people are reading these things.  And like we've seen from the maps I showed you before, you can already see. You can tell where those downloads are coming from globally, what parts of the world are accessing those theses. So that's a good quick way to show impact for those stakeholder groups that really just want to know something quick, something they can kind of wrap their heads around easily, large numbers like that are a great way to do that. Another way to do that with numbers would be to look at a comparison of print versus electronic. So we looked at the print down print checkouts of our dissertations over the past two years. So from July 2019 to August 2021, compared that with the number of times that our electronic dissertations were downloaded over that same period. And you can see for yourself the numbers. You just over 200 checkouts are in-house uses of the print dissertations versus well over half a million downloads of the electronic versions. So it's a way to demonstrate with just two simple numbers the difference between a dissertation that's sitting on the shelf somewhere in the stacks that's getting pulled down every once in a while, but not all that often versus electronic dissertations that are getting downloaded all over the world numerous times. And just the scale alone is a huge way to show, look at the difference this makes. Look at the value this brings by having these dissertations available like this. But so that's the big picture of you. But what about other groups? For other groups, sometimes the power is in story, right? The power is in being able to give specific examples showing how these individual theses, these individual dissertations are being used. So I've shown you 600,000 downloads, right? That sounds cool. But what are some of the ways that people are using those theses, those dissertations where they're downloading them? Is there a story to be told there? And so that's what I want to do with the remaining time is just highlight a few case studies, a few examples of how our theses of dissertations have been used to show sort of the effect that they've had. So starting out with honors theses, I'll start you with a thesis that critiques political cartoons opposing the Equal Rights Amendment. So it's a rhetorical criticism of anti-ERA cartoons. One of the things in digging through the analytics of our system is that I was able to find that a political article about the North Carolina bathroom bill back in 2016 actually cites and links to this thesis. What they did in that article is they showed how some of the arguments that were used against the ERA back during that era were some of the same arguments being used in opposing the bathroom bills that were such a controversial part of the landscape at that time. And so they actually connected to this thesis to say, look, these arguments aren't really new, it's been going on for a while. But there you have an honors student, an undergraduate whose research is now showing up in a story in Politico. I mean, that's a pretty cool impact that doesn't happen in the print-only landscape. Another one, here's an honors thesis, a content analysis of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer, viewed as public relations efforts using the social change model of leadership. What it's doing basically is viewing Freedom Summer through a PR lens. Well, this thesis gets linked and shows up in an Atlantic article about approaches for calling out racism and dealing with the fact that sometimes, as it says there, sometimes just trying to be civil and going along to get along. It doesn't really bring about the change that needs to happen. And so they sort of use the way that this student approached Freedom Summer to say, so maybe some of these same strategies should come into play with how we address these issues now. What about master's thesis? Anything there to be gleaned? Well, here's a master's thesis, acting black in analysis of blackness and criminality in film. What it did was the author analyzed stereotypes of blackness in films, how these portrayals affect how African Americans are viewed in society. So it's looking at how some of the, particularly some of the negative stereotypes that you'd see in popular culture would carry over into society. And this ends up showing up in a Forbes article about the Central Park Karen incident. If you remember this a few years ago, there was a lady in Central Park named Amy Cooper who ends up calling the police on this African American man who, insisting that he's threatening her and all these sorts of things, which was totally fabricated. And all that sort of went into that, that she ended up losing her job, she was charged for the false allegations, but later ends up having those charges dropped. And so what this article does is it actually links to this thesis to kind of point out that some of these stereotypes that you see in the culture end up having real world impacts, right?  And so the problem that exists there, there's our research being done by one of our students, being able to sort of speak to that, being able to show, here's a piece of this problem that needs to be addressed and it's getting picked up by major news outlets like this. Another one looked at the experiences of Italian American servicemen during World War II, specifically those ones serving in Sicily and in Italy. Shows up in a history.com story on Italian Americans during World War II, specifically looking in this case to that thesis, because of the fact that it showcased how many Italian Americans served in the military. So here again, here's one of our master's theses being a source for an outlet to sort of tell a different story as well. So it's again, it's more usage. It's usage that's not happening in a print only world. And then lastly, let's take a quick look at a few dissertations. So the first one, transition outcomes of young adults with disabilities. This one is examining the connection between race, ethnicity, gender and disability type, and then the ability of young adults post school. So post completing high school, for example, to attain positive outcomes, whether it be in employment, education, whatever the case may be. Well, this study and the data that they found ends up showing up as part of a National Conference of State Legislatures resource where they sort of compiled several different studies. This is one of the ones listed because it outlines some of the policies that states are using to assist youth with disabilities in preparing for jobs. So they're able to, as they're giving these resources, say, here's a study that says, here are the things you should focus on. Here are the objectives that you should try to achieve that are going to help these students succeed in the workplace. So again, this is not just theoretical information. It's practical real world impact where states that are looking at policy decisions, looking at how can we help these students succeed? Well, here's data that we're using and that we're sharing with fellow organizations to promote that happening. Another one here is a dissertation that deals with a queer critique of LGBT characters and themes in primetime network television situational companies. What it was kind of looking at here are sort of the different, again, sort of stereotypes or models that sort of existed. In particular, this one kind of looks at different portrayals of lesbianism, for example, and this showed up in a BuzzFeed story about the movie Chasing Amy. Because what the story does, it links back to this dissertation talking about the role of Ellen DeGeneres and the portrayal of her character when she first came out on her sitcom and sort of how that shaped early portrayals and understandings of lesbianism on television and also in film and so on and so forth. Okay, Josh, we're coming up on five minutes. Okay, perfect, because I'm almost done, so we're in good shape. Because the last one I wanted to show you, the rebel made me do it, mascots race and the lost cause. This is by a doctoral student who looked at schools that are either using or did use rebel as their mascot and the link between those mascots and then some of the language or symbols used by either white supremacist groups or proponents of the lost cause. The thing that's cool about this one is that the author tweeted about the fact that this dissertation has been read over 3000 times. It's even been contacted by a student, a high school student that wants to use that dissertation as a basis for changing the mascot at her school. That's the kind of impact, that's the kind of difference that dissertations can make, that theses can make when they're able to get into the hands of people, when they're able to discover what's out there, they're able to read it, they're able to see it. And so that's the beauty that ETDs can bring is that we're taking all this information that used to live on shelves that used to live in the stacks somewhere and making available to people all over the world. So a final thought, what's next? This is where I would turn it over to you. How might you use ETDs at your institution? How might you use the ETDs that you have to make some of these same connections to show some of this same effect, impact? And are there other examples of using ETD data besides what I've done here? This is just a couple of quick case studies. I'm sure there's lots of other ideas too. So do you have anything to add as well? And so at this point, I'll hand over for questions. I have a question. So you're presenting this information to prospective students. Do they seem really receptive?  I do. From the times that I've done this, usually, like I said, they're kind of presented with the thesis and it's sort of just this abstract thing of, okay, we know we got to do this, but I don't have any idea of what goes on into it. And so being able to show them examples and say, here's where you can go. Here's where you can browse. It kind of makes them feel more comfortable because they know, okay, here's what the goal is. Here's what I'm trying to do. It's not just this abstract thing out there where I've got to figure this out as I go, but I can look at examples. I can see, okay, here's about how long they are. Here's what goes into them, that kind of thing. So you spoke with this in terms of doing this informational session with honor students due to it with prospective graduate students as well. I'm not at this point, which some of that is because some of the, there's not really sort of a unified graduate school recruitment day like there is with the honors students that usually more than individual programs that do that. But I have done some events with, for example, we have a graduate school appreciation week and we do have some grad school orientations that I've spoken at before and kind of shown some of these things. Okay, we have a question from Stephanie. It's how did you track citations of the various ETDs? Did you start by looking at a specific thesis title? So one of the tools we have, so our repository is, it uses the digital common system. And so one of the tools in their dashboard is you can look at referral URLs. And so that's how I was able to track down the case studies. You can go through those referral URLs and you see, oh, here's a place where Politico is linking to one of our theses. What's that about? And you sort of can follow that link and see, ah, they've linked to the thesis because they're using it as a resource in the story they're telling you. So that's kind of what I've used to go back and find these different examples. And for the tweet, for example, that's from Plubmetrics. That's one of the other tools that's built into that. As you can see where a thesis or a dissertation gets mentioned in a tweet or on Facebook or gets cited or shows up in a news story or blogs. That's another tool that I've used. Anybody else? All right. Well, thanks again for being here and thanks again for the opportunity to share this. The slides are available with the conference proceedings. So if you want to go back and check those out, you're welcome to. My contact information is up there on the screen. So feel free to reach out to me if you think of any other questions later. And again, thanks for having me here today and thanks for being here. And thank you for sharing with us. I hope you have a good rest of the conference.


Hello and welcome everybody to today's program. Thank you for tuning in today. I am Maricela, I am a librarian here at the San Francisco Public Library and I'm so happy to welcome you all today and to welcome our presenters. Today we will be featuring author and bring Tariq who wrote the book Fatima's great outdoors and National Park Ranger Fatima Collindres who will be in conversation with our author today to talk about how special this book is to them both and how special it is that we are able to bring it to you all today so thank you so much for being here. But first I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge that the San Francisco Peninsula is the ancestral home of the Ramatush Ohlone peoples. The Ramatush Ohlone continue to live, work and play here today. They have not ceded, lost or forgotten their responsibilities as caretakers of this place and we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland and it is with deepest respect that we recognize their ongoing stewardship of this land. Next slide please. Today's program is one of our many virtual offerings during Summer Stride. Summer Stride is the library's annual summer learning program for all ages where we celebrate exploring, learning, reading for all ages and abilities this summer. Check out the chat for to find out more information about the Summer Stride program. The Summer Stride library programs and library programming would not be possible without the support of the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library they make this program and many other programs actually all the library programs possible, not only in summer, but year round. Thank you so much friends for your support. So today we welcome you to this program today is part of the Nature Boost series for Summer Stride. Nature Boost is a collaboration between the parks and the library and we're so honored to work with the National Park Service, the Golden Gate National Parks Service and the Presidio Trust to make Nature Boost happen every week in the summer but also year round.  And I'm so elated to be able to introduce today's author to you today. This program is also part of our BIPOC kitlet series. And we are here to welcome Ambrim Tariq. Ambrim Tariq is the author of Fatima's Great Outdoors and the founder of Brown People Camping. You might know of her from following her on Instagram. She launched Brown People Camping in 2016 in celebration of the National Park Services Centennial. She is storytelling to share how her life experiences as a Muslim South Asian American immigrant woman have shaped her love for the outdoors and to reflect the role of that privilege plays in allowing us to access the outdoors in their own authentic ways. Ambrim is a non-practicing attorney and she works for the federal government during the day and she lives in the Washington, D.C. area. Fatima, which appears in the title of her book, is a special name to Ambrim because it is also her middle name and is the name of our presenter, our next presenter, National Park Ranger Fatima Colindres. Fatima Colindres says that her love for the outdoors started in high school and she believes that everyone should be able to connect to their parks. You may have seen Ranger Fatima and might have not even known it because she will often be in character as Juana Briones during national park programs during which she allows visitors the opportunities to meet Juana Briones, an early pioneering curandera founding mother of San Francisco who lived in the 1800s. I'm so very happy to be able to introduce you to them today and have them here to present today's reading, which is very special because Fatima's great outdoors is published in English, but Fatima Colindres and Ambrim have both recorded today's story for you all, and it's bilingual. It's going to be read in Spanish and in English. But before we get to today's book, I invite Ambrim to come on screen to let us know a little bit about this story and why it's so important to read it. Ambrim, welcome. Hi, thank you so much for having me. I am really excited to be here. And thank you for that super warm welcome. So tell us, Ambrim, why did you write Fatima's great outdoors? Yeah, I'm so excited to talk about this because, as you mentioned, I do a lot of work around promoting the outdoors and advocating for it and advocating really for everybody to be able to get out there and enjoy it in their own authentic way, which involves talking about why it's hard for some people to not get out there, why it's hard to overcome some of those fears and anxieties about what it means to be in remote places. But so I wrote the book because for me, when this book as we're about to read it to you, it's fun to remember that this is actually my life. Fatima is me and I am Fatima. I didn't want to name the character my first name because I want other kids to be able to identify with this character and Fatima is a name that exists in so many different cultures and is special to so many people as we're going to see today. But really the book is very special to me and I wrote it because I wanted to talk about how people of all walks of life can find their joy in the outdoors, can do it their way. And as you'll see in this book, my family, which at the time we were struggling immigrants, my parents were working two jobs each and my sister and I were having a lot of difficulty transitioning into American school. We still found our joy out there we made our food, we, you know, saying our songs and however you want to enjoy it you can and you'll find joy and empowerment in the outdoors and it's a very special place, not just for individuals but for families. So, I really hope you like it. Oh, I'm so excited and I know our National Park Ranger Fatima Colindres will have a wonderful, you know, opportunity to also share a little bit about the shared experience that you both have about name, and also this, the topic. I'm so excited that she will be coming on right after the reading, but let's, let's get started with the reading today. I am extremely excited to be reading my book for you today, Fatima's Great Outdoors by Ambreen Tariq and illustrated by Stevie Lewis. Fatima and her oppa stood at the curb and waited for their parents to pick them up from school. Today, they weren't going straight home. Today, the Qazi family was going camping for the first time. Camping, her father had told them over dinner and his teaching voice was a great American pastime. Fatima was waiting for her oppa outside of school. Today, they weren't going straight home. Today, the Qazi family was going camping for the first time. Camping, her father had told Fatima that it was a custom of the Americans, a very important custom. The trip felt like Fatima's reward after a long, hard week. On Monday, some kids wrinkled their noses at her lunch. On Tuesday, someone in class laughed and told her it's pronounced fractions, not fractions. On Wednesday, a boy pulled on her long braid in the hallway, and on Thursday, she didn't do so well on her math quiz. This trip was going to be a great gift for Fatima because she had had such a hard week. On Monday, a boy wrinkled his noses at her. On Tuesday, someone in class laughed and told her it's pronounced fractions, not fractions. On Wednesday, a boy pulled on her long braid in the hallway, and on Thursday, she didn't do so well on her math quiz. Fatima smiled when her parents pulled up. The sisters piled into the car, squeezing in between pillows, blankets, and a big cardboard box filled with cooking supplies. Wow, this is a lot of stuff! Fatima yelled, are we moving to the forest? Mama asked the girls in Orlu if they were excited as she reached back to hand them warm homemade samosas. The girls nodded vigorously with jack-o'-lantern smiles. Mama samosas were very excited as she reached back to hand them warm homemade samosas. The girls nodded vigorously with jack-o'lantern smiles. Mama samosas always tasted extra delicious on road trips. How about some Gane? Papa asked. Mama Drafi's voice rose over the car speakers and Bollywood songs spilled out from the windows. Fatima's cares melted away as they all sang along in Hindi. Mama asked the girls in Orlu if they were excited as they reached back to hand them warm homemade samosas. The girls smiled. Mama samosas were the most delicious on road trips. How about some Gane? Papa asked. Mama Drafi's voice rose over the car speakers and Bollywood songs spilled out from the windows. Mama shouted over the music and announced to the whole car how well she had done on her math homework. Mama's teacher even asked her to come to the front of the class and solve a hard problem on the board that most of the other kids had gotten wrong. Shabash, Papa said with pride. Mama shouted over the music and over the car speakers that she had done on her math homework. Mama asked her to come to the front of the class and solve a hard problem on the board that most of the other kids had gotten wrong. Papa went on and on about school. Fatima slumped in her seat and ate another samosa. As Fatima thought about how to change the topic, her big sister pointed out the window and shouted, look, we're here. The family cheered as they passed the sign for the State Park. At the campsite, the girls helped their parents unload. First, Papa said, we must build our tent. Papa and Mama chose to start dinner instead. Fatima watched as Papa took the tent gear out of a sack. When they arrived at the campsite, the girls helped the parents unload the entire car. The first thing we had to do, Papa said, was to build our tent. Papa and Mama decided to start dinner. Papa grumbled in order when the pieces wouldn't fit. Fatima wanted to help, but could she? She hadn't done anything right at school that week. What would make the campground any different? Fatima took a tiny step closer. She suggested to Papa that they read the instruction manual together. When they finished, Fatima stood proudly next to their brand new home in the forest. Shabash! Papa's bear paw clapped her shoulder. The Kasi family celebrated the start of their first camping trip over a delicious dinner of Shamikabab and rotis that Mama had brought from home. After dinner, Fatima and Papa crawled into the family tent. They were so excited to snooze in their new sleeping bags. They never had rooms of their own, not even in India, so being together in one big tent felt cozy and right. The girls zipped up their sleeping bags and chattered on as their parents finished cleaning up. Papa was telling Fatima about how she won her class spelling bee when suddenly her face dropped. She gasped and pointed to the tent ceiling. Eight long, giant legs gripped the outside of their tent. After dinner, Fatima and Papa crawled into their camping tent. They were so happy because they were sleeping in their new sleeping bags. They were so excited to snooze in their new sleeping bags. They never had rooms of their own, not even in India. They were so happy talking about how she won her class spelling bee when suddenly her face dropped. They were so excited to snooze in their new sleeping bags. A monster, the girls screamed and huddled together. They cried out for Mama. She was fearless and would know what to do. When they lived in India, Mama could catch the lizards and throw them out without flinching. That's why she had that funny finger, Papa said. She'd been getting rid of a scorpion from her house when it stung her. The monster moved across the roof and the girls screamed again. What's going on? Mama shouted over the sound of dishes being washed. The causes didn't use paper plates because they were too expensive. Mama, don't open the tent, Papa yelled. There's a giant poisonous spider monster outside. The monster moved across the roof and the girls screamed again. Mama said, what's going on? What's going on? Mama was laughing while she was washing the dishes. The girls almost didn't use paper plates because they were too expensive. Mama was washing the dishes when Papa said, Mama, don't open the tent. There's a monster, a giant spider.  Mama held the tent door flaps and on the count of three, the girls ran out. They followed the same precautions coming back inside. One, two, three, they zoomed into their sleeping bags in a single fluid motion. Mama said, go brush your teeth before bed. Mama held the tent door flaps and on the count of three, the girls ran out. They followed the same precautions coming back inside. One, two, three, they zoomed into their sleeping bags in a single fluid motion. That night, Fatima had a hard time falling asleep. Crickets chirped and wind blew against their tent. She flinched every time a twig snapped. But soon, as the trees swayed outside, Fatima's eyes got heavy and she drifted into a warm deep sleep that only campers enjoy. Soft snores drifted outside the Kazi's tent and joined the sounds of the forest. That night, Fatima had a hard time falling asleep. It was hard for her because she could hear the sound of the night. Outside, she could hear the wind that was blowing and apart from that, she could also hear the crickets that were making her sing. Then she heard that someone was standing on a stick and broke it. But soon she started to hear the sound of the leaves of the trees, how they moved with the wind. And that's when Fatima began to feel that her eyes began to feel more and more heavy. And soon, very soon, she was asleep. Enjoying that dream that only the people who have camped know how it feels. Well, soon, the whole family had fallen asleep and the Kazi's family's campaign tent could hear the sounds of their snores and the forest could hear outside. The next morning, Fatima woke up to the smell of Anda and Roti cooking in ghee. Papa was waiting for her to make the bacon over a roaring fire. He had promised Fatima they could have bacon for breakfast, just like the other American families. They had even made a special trip to the Halal butcher shop for the beef kind. Bajarajao! Papa called for them to come outside. The sisters crept out slowly. The next morning, Fatima woke up to the smell of Anda and Roti cooking. Oh, that was tasty. Papa was waiting outside with the bacon. And he was cooking it over a roaring fire. He had promised Fatima they would have breakfast just like the American families. They had even made a special trip to the Halal butcher shop for the beef kind. Bajarajao! Papa said when they all came out, the sisters crept out slowly. Mama pointed at the top of the tent between chuckles.  A harmless little daddy long legs sat quietly between beads of morning dew. It had been guarding them from mosquitoes all night. The girls laughed and laughed. Mama and Papa laughed too. Fatima was pretty sure the spider joined in as well. Mama, les enseñó arriba de su tienda de campaña, ríendose, les dijeron. Mama, les enseñó arriba de su tienda de campaña, ríendose, les dijeron. Miren nada más. Miren su gran monstruo. Es solamente una arañita de patas largas que las ha estado cuidando toda la noche. Hasta, miren, tiene una gotita de sereno en su patita. Las niñas empezaron a reír igual que Mama y Papa. Fatima estaba segura que probablemente la araña también se rió. Let's start the campfire so we can make the smoky bacon you've been so excited about Fatima, Papa said. Twenty minutes later, there still was no campfire. Papa grumbled under his breath in Urdu. The fire wouldn't catch. Hay que empezar la gran fogata para cocinar nuestro tocino. Especialmente porque pues he estado tan emocionada con esto Fatima, dijo Papa. 20 minutos después, todavía no había fogata. Papa estaba medio frustrado diciendo cosas en Urdu, debajo de su así la calladita mente. Ay no, este fuego no quiere empezar. Fatima looked around at the other family's campsites and they all had roaring fires. Why couldn't theirs look like that? Why did Fatima's family always have to be so different? She pouted and kicked rocks. Ay Fatima se puso a ver a las familias de los otros campamentos. Y pues ellos tenían unas grandes fogatas. ¿Por qué es que la fogata de ellos no podía ser igual? ¿Por qué es que la familia de Fatima tenía que ser siempre tan diferente a los demás? Ay no, se quedó ahí media triste y le dio una patadita así a una piedra que estaba a la par. Papa kept spraying lighter fluid on the logs. The fire would scream for a second and then it would be gone. Mama came over to see what all the fuss was about. She shook her head and clicked her teeth and disapprovaled the way Fatima's aunties did. El papa de Fatima empezó a echarle líquido para hacer fuego a la leña. Pero la leña agarraba un poquito de fuego y de repente nada se iba otra vez. Pues mamá vino a ver qué es lo que estaba pasando, que era tanta la frustración. Cuando se acercó, ella le hizo así con los dientes. Ay no, como las tías de Fatima le hacían cuando estaban diciendo no, esto no está bien. That's not how you start a fire, let me show you, she said. A fire like strength takes patience to build. She made the girls gather twigs and dry leaves for kindling, then bigger sticks for tinder. Así no es como se comienza un fuego, dijo ella. Háganse pa' ya, dejen enseñarles. Un fuego necesita fuerza y necesita paciencia para construir. Le dijo a las niñas que fueran a recoger palitos pequeños y hojas secas para empezar. Y luego también les pidió que buscaran palitos más gruesos para cuando el fuego ya empezara, pudiera darle más fuerza a la llama. Unlike papa, who grew up in big cities in India, mama came from a small town where they had to use a wood burning stove outside to make chai when they ran out of gas for the inside stove. Fatima remembered visiting her nani's house and helping one morning. Mama showed Fatima how to use a long metal pipe to breathe oxygen into the fire. That's how it comes alive, she had said. A diferencia con papa, la mama de las niñas no creció en las ciudades grandes. La mama creció en un pueblito pequeño donde tenían que usar una estufa de madera o de leña que estaba fuera de la casa. Cada vez que tenían que hacer chai, cuando se les terminaba el gas, adentro de la casa. Fatima se recordaba cuando fue a visitar a su nani y le ayudó una mañana a hacer la fogata. Mama le enseñó a Fatima cómo usar una pipa de metal para darle oxígeno al fuego. Y así es como el fuego agarra vida, le dijo a ella. Fatima remembered that when it was her turn, she had blown a giant puff of air into the fire. But no one had told her not to inhale right after. She got a mouthful of smoke and started coughing. Her cousin said how old would laughter at the city girl. Well, now you know, Mama had said, rubbing Fatima's back as she clocked. Fatima smiled at the memory and watched wide-eyed as Mama blew life into the campfire. Though Fatima hadn't built the fire herself, now she knew how. Fatima se recordó cómo ella había tenido un turno en darle vida al fuego usando la pipa. That time they taught her how to start a fire. And she remembered how no one told her that when she had a little bit of air into the fire, she didn't have to breathe the smoke out of the fire in return. And she breathed the air in and then she breathed deeply. And the lungs were filled with smoke and started coughing. And her mother gave her her back so that she wouldn't smoke so much. But now she was looking with a smile, remembering that, looking at her mother, giving her life into the fire, giving her a little bit of air while the fire was growing. Fatima didn't make the fire herself, but it gave her a lot of pleasure to see how Mama did it. And now she was going to be able to do it again in the future. As the Qazi family packed up, Fatima's heart felt heavy. I'm so sad, she told Apa. I don't want to go home. Home meant no laughing around the campfire or telling funny stories from India. While the family was packing up, Fatima felt a little sad. Now that the Qazi family was almost done packing up, she started to think, oh, I'm sad, she told her sister. We won't be able to do what we've been doing here camping. When we get home, we won't do the same. We'll be able to tell stories around a fire and laugh at the stories from India. Home meant no long road trips with fresh samosas and Bollywood sing-alongs in the car. Home meant taking tests, doing homework, getting in trouble, and being teased at school. Home meant Mama and Papa would be tired again from working long hours and two jobs each. Oh, and going home meant that they wouldn't be able to walk in their car, traveling through the forest, breathing fresh air, eating samosas, listening to Bollywood's music. Oh, no. Going home meant taking tests, doing homework, and then getting in trouble when they don't get good grades. Oh, no. Going home meant going back to school where they make a mess. Oh, no. Going home meant that Mama and Papa would be tired after going back to work for long hours and two jobs each. Oh, no. Going home meant that they wouldn't be able to listen. Fatima looked at the tall trees and big blue sky and the imprints in the dirt that she used to stand. Being outdoors reminded her of how she used to feel in India. She had fun, she didn't feel sad or scared, and she loved how adventure was around every corner. At the campground Fatima felt like a superhero, but now she had to leave it all behind. Fatima se quedó viendo a los árboles gigantes, al cielo azul, bello y grande. Y se quedó viendo donde había estado su tienda de campaña que ya solo quedaba las huellas. Ay, Fatima se había sentido tan libre aquí acampando al aire libre. Se sentía como cuando vivía en India. Se sentía tan feliz, no se sentía con miedo. Ay, no, Fatimas le encanta la aventura. Y aquí en el bosque acampando Fatima se sentía como una héroe. Ay, pero ahora lo tenía que dejar todo y regresar a casa. Apa rubbed Fatima's back and said, don't worry, we'll be back soon. Remember, you can share all this at Chontel. Apa le sobó la espalda a Fatima y le dijo, no te preocupes, vamos a regresar pronto de nuevo. Y recuerda, ahora que regresemos a escuela, tú le puedes contar a todos los alumnos lo que aprendiste en esta aventura. Fatima returned to school with stories of her great outdoors. Guess what? She asked her classmates. I'm a superhero. I have lots of superpowers. I can build fires and tanks and I'm not afraid of spider monsters. Fatima beamed as she thought about the Kasi family's next camping adventure would hold. Cuando Fatima regresó a la escuela, les contó a todos los compañeros de clase que o sus aventuras afuera al aire libre. Adivinen qué les dijo a todos. Yo, yo soy una superhéroe. Yo soy una superhéroe con poderes, superpoderes. Ay, sí, yo ahora yo puedo hacer fogatas y puedo construir una tienda de campaña y no le tengo miedo a monstruos grandísimos. Fatima se sintió tan orgullosa de recordar y saber que la familia Kasi iba a volver a campar y iba a ir a una nueva aventura. The end. Y final. Thank you, Ambrine and Fatima and I am so, wow, that was such a wonderful reading and such a beautiful story about getting outdoors and maybe it's like a new experience and you might not, you know, it's not something that your family has done in the past, but they learned together how to do it. And I'm just so happy to have you both here. Ranger Fatima Colindres and Ambrine Tarik. Fatima Colindres is a National Park Service Ranger who has really invited so much of so many of our community members to come out and explore their parks. And Ambrine, I feel like your book is like an invitation to the community to also go out and explore. And I wanted to just give you both an opportunity to talk a little bit about that about that shared experience that you have the connection over this book.  And in the audience chat, we actually got a few people saying my name is Fatima too. So I would love for you both to share a little bit about that connection that shared name and also your shared experience because you're both from different cultural backgrounds. And yet have a lot of similarities. And I feel like you two are our perfect people to talk about how you both have a love for this same outdoor experience. So I'm going to let you guys talk and while you do that, we invite the audience to ask any questions and drop them in the chat and we will get them to Fatima and Ambrine. Thank you again so much for having us.  And for reasons I'll explain a little bit, but it's very special for me to be here today with Fatima and with all of you. This is my first book reading event that involves another language and that's extremely not only important to me, but I'm just so grateful for it. And this is exactly what I had imagined more than two years ago when I first started writing this book is the ability to talk to kids from other cultures and other languages. Because there is such a universality when it comes to struggle. There's such a universality in the immigrant experience and as well as the adventure of being outdoors of putting yourself out there finding joy of facing fears and then finding empowerment in the outdoors. And so this event is very special to me because both of us Fatimas are from such different parts of the world. We are thousands of miles apart me born in India and I'm sure Fatima can share where she was born, but it certainly was not in the same hemisphere, and certainly not in the same mother tongue. But we find a love for the outdoors, and we appreciate each other and just simply knowing that she's an immigrant and I had an immigrant experience, there is nothing left to say and I can understand so much of what she's gone through. And Fatima's character in the book is a little bit about that. It was really important to me that the story started with Fatima struggling in school. It didn't just start at them at the campground loving being outdoors. I really wanted to show what happened to my family on a daily basis when we moved here and why being able to have that reprieve in the outdoors. Why being able to take a moment, the privilege of being able to take a single day off of the hustle of my parents working two jobs of, and I'm sure this is a story for so many families. Just the privilege of simply being able to take time out and spend time together as a family, letting the kids just be kids and letting the parents just be human beings enjoying a cup of tea in the woods. And showing Fatima's struggle, not just that she was teased for all these different things like her accent, the clothes she wore, the way she wore her hair because I would always have my mom would tie my hair back with coconut oil and a long braid, which now is cool and now I do it again. But also there was struggle at home for her. It's not just that it was happening at school. For Fatima's sister, Appa, which is the word that we used to call big sister, it's not that Appa is showing off. That just comes naturally to her to do well in school. As you see, it was also really important for me to show that Appa and Fatima had a great relationship and Appa was such a great emotional support for her. But for Fatima, doing well in school didn't come so easy. And so she was struggling with the feelings of disappointing her parents, not doing well socially, not doing well academically, and just being run down. And so the story of her saying, I couldn't do it so well in school, what makes the campground any different? And that is the moment that the character overcomes not the physical act of what she's doing, but confidence. And the outdoors builds a sense of confidence in you that is impossible to find anywhere else because it's from your own hands. It's regardless of your ability, it's the thought that goes into being creative to overcome physical obstacles. So it's a very, very special story for me and to be able to name her Fatima, which is my middle name and is a maternal name in my family. It's been passed down from my grandmother to my mother to my niece. And as immigrants, we don't often get to have special family heirlooms because we come with bags in our hands. And so the name is very, very special to me because it's the one thing that I have that's been passed down in my family. So thank you again for having me here and I'll turn it over to my sister Fatima. Thank you so much. Thank you. Yeah, no, when I was reading this book, it really touched my heart, you know, one because it has my name. And I just really felt so connected to it. And as a pike ranger here in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, one of my missions has been to welcome new audiences to their national parks, people like myself people like you know that we come from other parts of the world, we feel like we don't belong. And I want people to know that they belong here in their national parks and, and why do I have this mission in my, in my life, it's because, you know, the first time I was introduced to the wildfires. It was such a scary place for me. I come from El Salvador, I'm originally from El Salvador and I came to the United States when I was six years old, and it was during the Civil War of El Salvador so even though I came from a small town, a rural town with cows and you know, nature all around. I was scared of being outdoors.  It, at first I felt so scared because the place that we went camping was right next to a creek. The place was called Caritas Creek, and when my fellow students and I saw this place, we were a little nervous because all of us were from either El Salvador, like myself, or from Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras. That's, we were all basically newcomers, and when we saw that creek, I think every single one of us thought of La Sivanaba or La Llorona as she's known in Mexico. This evil spirit that lurks in water areas that you know if kids wander too close to the water, she'll take you. So I was terrified. One of the educators that night decided to take us on a solo night hike. They thought that would be the most wonderful experience for brand new campers to, to live, you know, not for us. No, that was one of the most traumatizing moments of my life and not just for me, but also for my other classmates I found out later on, because they lined us up. This to tallest, of course I was second in line because I was very short, and I still am. The first person in line was my friend Rosminda, and she was waiting for her turn. And when our teacher said okay Rosminda, it's your turn to go. Rosminda went all right she went down, she fainted, and I went down with her because I was so terrified that. And now I was taking her. And so, oh my gosh, to change the story to save this story and how Fatima became a ranger and why I want to bring people outdoors is that what the educators did that night was instead of taking us on a solo night hike they realize that that was not the thing to do with kids like us. And so just like in the book, you know, are the best things happen to us out there around that campfire we got to sing silly songs we got to hear silly stories about plants and animals, and it just saved my whole experience. And so I wanted to grow up one day to become one of those educators and bring people outdoors so that they could get rid of those fears, whether it's Lassie what now by La Llorona, or whether it's a scary, you know, long, eight legged creature, little spider right or snakes, whatever it is that you're scared of those people like me to feel comfortable outdoors. So when I was reading this book, I really felt connected I felt connected with the dad to because I didn't know how to start a fire. You know I had no idea and so like when he's like throwing all that lighter fluid into little flames. I was like, yep, that's what I did when I went to El Salvador for the very first time. And I tried to start a fire at my the s house at my auntie's house. And you know I have seen that she had put some lighter fluid on that on those logs, but I didn't know that you needed kindling that needed you know dry leaves. I didn't know any of that. And so I just like Fatima's dad, I was like, sporting all of the lighter fluid on the biggest logs that I could find. I was thinking that that was how I was going to make my fire so I connected so much in the story with the experience and then, of course, our name right, our name and so I'm not Muslim I'm actually Catholic I was raised Catholic, and my name was chosen for by my mother, because of our Catholic background. So even though we're two different religions from two different parts of the world. Look at this, the outdoors has connected I'm reading and I, and now we want the world to come and enjoy the outdoors with us, or on your own.  So, leave the fears behind, come and enjoy your national park. That's all I can say what do you think I bring I mean standing ovation standing ovation if I could but I have a little noisemaker here I apologize for bringing him into the camera but I live in an apartment again very city girl. Whenever someone walks by he's going to start barking so I don't want him to interrupt us I'm holding him but I couldn't have said it better myself. The fear fear is such a big part of everybody's outdoor experience right a little bit of fear is what makes adventure. A lot of fear is what makes anxiety. There's such a fine line to walk there. And with confidence is what changes where that line falls with community with family with the sense of protection from others and in your own skills. And knowing that you're not the only one out there of experimenting and being curious. That's what changes where that line falls. And I think the privilege of having been introduced to the outdoors with my family, allowed me to not read those same stories right I think these type of fear stories that we have in so many cultures the folklore, if you go out at night with your hair down I remember that that like the witch would get you in the same way or in the forest bad things happen at night. These stories have always been created to keep children away from trouble, or to keep women away from trouble. That's a different show all together we could get into that. But you know, it's so true you bring that up because that's the association a lot of kids would have. You've been trained to not go explore wild places and then all of a sudden, here we are, be confident and that's just not how it works. It really does take different ways to introduce different people to the outdoors kids or adults. I always say that of all the different ways I've tried to camp, whether it was backpacking, whether it's out in the back country whether it's long distance short distance hiking car camping will always be my favorite. It will always be my favorite because it's warm and it's joyful and it's family and it's community and we cook.  And so to me that's joy and that's my outdoors. It doesn't have to be extreme. It can be one night. It can be me bringing my pillow or me going for one week into the wilderness.  So it's just it's so wonderful that we can come together like this and share these stories and especially for me as a woman. It wasn't until I was an adult who found my outdoor love for the outdoors and outdoor skills that I felt powerful as a woman and have made other friends who are women. Outdoor enthusiasts that makes me so inspired to get outdoors and through brown people camping I've been able to find and make a community digitally that I couldn't find in person. So all of this is so special for me and I'm just so grateful for it and I'm so grateful for the work that Rangers like Fatima and so many others are doing to put themselves on the line to put their stories on the line and to literally signal that I'm out here, and you can be too.  And I want to ask Fatima for the families who might be listening in. Where could, where could families go camping in the Bay Area what national parks in our area D would you recommend for families, because sometimes I feel like it's a trip, and it feel people feel like that that's like it feels like a block if it's too long it's, that's a barrier. There are sites around us that people might explore. Oh my goodness thank you for asking that because yes if you are in San Francisco, where I am. I live in the Presidio San Francisco your national park site of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. We actually have a campsite right here in the Presidio called Rob Hill, and it's open for families and groups to come and camp out. And if you've never camped if that's something that's completely brand new to you and you don't have the equipment like we saw the family in the book they had a tent they had all this stuff that they didn't know how to use but they learn how to use, you know, slowly but surely. If you are in the same situation as the Kazi family was, or even less that you don't even have any of idea what to buy or what you will need. Don't worry. If you are part of a nonprofit organization there's different organizations here in the Bay Area that serve families. One that we work with all the time has been Karecin and Good Samaritan. I named these because I read the book in Spanish for you all today. And these are organizations that serve Spanish speaking families that have never camped out so people like me, when I was a first you remember to this country. If you are part of an organization like that, then tell them to bring you camping to the Presidio because there's a program for new campers that have never camped out where we provide you the equipment if you are part of a nonprofit organization a community based organization here in the Bay Area. If you already have your equipment, if you're ready to go camping, there are campsites here at Rock Hill that you can reserve through the Presidio Trust, and you can come in as a group, you know, so check it out, check the Presidio Trust website. If you want to come out with your own family group or inquire with the Parks Conservancy website, where you can find out more about camping at the Presidio for those community group leaders that have desire to bring out their families to their regional parks to camp out for the first time. So that's how you can do it but of course the Golden Gate National Recreation Area is a very large park. And so right across the Golden Gate Bridge we have a whole bunch of other park campsites. And my favorite of all is Curvy Cove so if you've never been camping, and you want to do it Curvy Cove is the place that I've gone camping here in Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and it's just across the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin. So I didn't get to add how my family even got out there. I said my parents were working several jobs, my mom would be at a grocery store, my dad fast food joints, and when we had moved to the United States we were learning how to be American, like we were learning what Halloween was, different friends came in and out of my parents' lives who would teach us, oh this is what you do on Easter, you get these eggs and then you like paint them. And so we never questioned how weird something was or why we did it, we just did it because we were trying to be American. And my parents wanted us to have the American life. And so in Minnesota in springtime everybody just went outdoors, they went camping. And so my parents thought that was another American holiday, they thought that's what we do here. And so someone told them if you go to such and such big box store and you get this thing and you get that thing. So that's literally what they did, they thought, you know, here's Halloween, here's Christmas, here's Easter, here's camping season. That's why we got out there. And to this day my parents in their community, their South Asian community, back when they lived in California, they're now in New York, they used to go to Yosemite, all the aunties and uncles. They would bring pots about this big, and they would make rice and curry. And like, you know, all the kids would be like, can't we just camp like everybody else, but now I appreciate that so much like, like, yeah, we had biryani in the woods, like, and it was good. I love that.  It's not, it looks a little different for everyone depending on who their family is, but it's equally just as fun. Like it's just, it's, and then it's the beautiful memories that you have as you grow up and about those camping experiences and being outside and learning how not to fear, you know, like I totally felt the character who figured the spider because that's me. That would have been me. There's something outside. I'm not leaving my camp. I'm not leaving my tent. Yeah, I think it's one of those really beautiful things of shared experience.  This presentation is part of actually two summer series, we are every week in the summer for summer stride we've been featuring a BIPOC kid lit author illustrator, someone who is black and indigenous or person of color. And you're part of the series and I wanted to know how you, what do you think about being part of the kid BIPOC kid lit series. I'm only trying to form the words. I don't think you, I never imagined I would get into a position of something that would make me feel so honored. When I started Brian people camping. I just wanted to be part of a BIPOC community. I just wanted to be able to get out there and and not feel like I stand out. I wanted to find other men, women, however you identify folks of color, who don't do immigration, whatever it was, I wanted to be able to like have this beautiful colorful community out there. That's all I wanted. And now I get to be a part of it in a way where I get to tell my story to kids, and hopefully have kids be able to see themselves in the story. And it's not just about being Indian and Muslim. It was really important to me to write a story that was just normative. I'm not trying to teach you about my religion about try to teach you what India is like or, you know, you notice that we don't even define the words that we use in this book this was a very specific decision the publishers were very proud of is, this is how Fatima's life unfolds, nobody stops and defines the word you know and it's a moment in somebody's life by in the type of United States we are now living in. This is my neighbor this is the kid I sat next to in school like this is my culture, and I am so proud I am so so so honored and blessed to be in this position like I have goosebumps right now, if you could zoom in if I had a good like just saying that I feel super super honored. And I just I, you know, there's always that imposter syndrome I'm not going to lie about it I don't, you know, I'm just like I don't know if I should be here but I totally should be here. For me to be in a moment where I connect with someone like Fatima for us to be able to be on camera and share stories and connect and then there's a kid somewhere who is seeing herself or himself or themselves in us. I never had that as a kid so I don't know what it feels like for that kid, but I hope it's pretty cool because that's all we're trying to do. You know, have a world where kids grow up where they don't question themselves as being outsiders and have the confidence to explore and be curious and learn to love nature so that you will have 100% confidence to defend nature. So I am more than honored to be able to be a part of this. Yeah, thank you so much for saying yes and and for being willing to be part of the series and Fatima similar question you, you have been one of our nature boost pioneers. I had this idea last year in summer as we were in virtual. How does it feel being part of the nature boost series and how, you know, what, what is, what is your goal and how do you feel about it. No, I really appreciate being part of the public library family.  And as I said, my goal in this career that I chose was to bring people like me outdoors to help them feel welcome to help them feel that they belong to help them feel safe to help them feel empowered in the outdoors in nature. And why, because this place belongs to us and we belong in it. And I am so happy to be part of nature boost and to be part of the, you know, this the collaboration that we have with the San Francisco public libraries because without your help, you know, I wouldn't be able to be in everyone's home right now or in their cell phone right now or on their laptop somewhere in the world you know.  Yep, cross our fingers.  I love what I do. And every single time that I see a smile on someone's face whether they are, you know, a newborn baby in the stroller or they are a grandma grandpa, you know, and they're telling me that they had never been to that site before and wow they didn't know this about that plant or about that animal.  And so to be able to partner today not just with the public libraries but also with an author that has the same love and and mission and and desire to you know bring the outdoors to people to a people of all parts of the world. It's just so beautiful. I just feel so blessed and happy and just empowered to move forward and continue on this path in this mission because it's so rewarding and who knows maybe we will be inspiring the new I think you both will. Amber and we got a question in the chat. They wanted to know what's your dog his name because he, they are predominantly right now in the screen. This is bear. Oh hi bear. My name for speaking about going out to the parks, such a perfect and he's he's he's the bear that you want to see. We call this bear country. We all better watch out, but he's adopted from the Prince George's county shelter last year. So, well, I'm so glad he made an appearance. I'm just going to go in to share with you that someone says I wish I had, they wish that they had books. Like, they had your book in particular when they were growing up. And for Fatima, you know, you embody the American dream that I always thought what the American dream is. And yes, I feel like you both really, really are part of that.  Thank you so much. Any last, last words you want to put out there before we close today. I will say that that is such a special thing to hear, and I'm not going to speak for Fatima but I'm sure she'll agree with me when I say that talking about the American dream and what it means to be American is a really emotional thing for me as an immigrant right doing the work that I do. I know what that means to the large group of people in this country. I, my family worked really hard to get here and their groups of people in this country who were here and whose land was taken away, or who were forced to come here and work this land. And so I know that some of the greatest patriots I meet our immigrants because we've had to work so hard to come here get here get improve ourselves over and over again. But I also deeply deeply appreciate BIPOC folks whose relationship to land is difficult and complicated in other ways and their pride and what it means to enjoy and access land is also very special in their own context so it's really important for me to keep working to learn those stories and learn how to be a good ally while I celebrate my privilege to access and enjoy this land. Thank you. Well, for me, I just want to remind everybody that that is with us today to share this knowledge that you've that you've heard from us today that these places belong to you, whether it's a national park state park local city park. These places are made for you to enjoy it doesn't matter where you were born. You know, especially if you're in a national park. These places are for everyone. You don't have to be born in the United States to enjoy these special places these special places are here for you, just like they're here for me they're here for you and I want you to know that you belong here.  Okay, and I pray that soon I will be out there with you all again, bringing you out to your special places telling you the stories that I have learned through the years. I hope that you will share those stories with everyone you know in love, so that they feel confident and, you know, empowered to come outdoors too. Well, thank you both.  Have a great time. Thank you both. Thank you to both our presenters for being here today with us. I invite the audience to come back again on Friday where we will be having a special workshop with Kay Lonnie Juanita and Lisa Brown Kay Lonnie Juanita is our featured summer artist that some of you may have seen the art behind me, and also during our summer stride program you'll you will you have probably seen it throughout our city and if you would like to join summer stride program please join and find information at www.sfl.org where you will find information on how to join summer stride how to do your 20 hours and get your price totes so that you can put your books in and maybe take those books camping. Who knows you could you it's a great place to read when you're out in the great outdoors. This Friday join us again for our nature boost, which is recreate responsibly which will feature our very own Fatima Collindres, who will be teaching us more about how to recreate responsibly and she will be bringing along some of our special ranger guest friends as well to tell us information about how to continue recreating in our parks. Thank you again everyone for being here and tuning in we look forward to seeing you, not only online during our virtual programming but also at our library locations, which are all open and happy, opening up soon, and many of which are open already for service so please join us there, check out some books and come. You know, just for so happy to be here for you all. Thank you everyone for being here. Have a good day.


Meghan McCain of the view is going to ask Bernie Sanders essentially to tone police the squad. So Justin Burgona says, Meghan McCain, you're the godfather of the squad. How can you stand by Tlaib and Omar saying Israel doesn't have a right to exist? Did they ever say that Israel doesn't have a right to exist? Like is that a does she think that's a verbatim quote? Bernie Sanders, I don't believe that's what they're saying. And second of all, it's not my job to have to defend every member of Congress. The fact that she's like trying to pretend as if Bernie Sanders is the manager of the squad is is so on brand for Meghan McCain. Nonetheless, let's watch this. Let's stand up to the NRA and do what the American people want in terms of this terrible tragedy. Senator Sanders, you are the godfather of the squad. You are hyper progressive socialist and you're talking about social justice before it was cool. But it feels like the squad today has moved even to the left of you. How is it for you to stand by everything? AOC, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar have said and done, particularly when it comes to Israel and talking about from the river to the sea and the extermination of Israel as a right to exist. Or do you think the movement which you started has moved away from what you envisioned? Well, Meghan, first of all, I don't believe that's what they're saying. And second of all, it's not my job to have to defend every member of Congress any more than it is their job to defend every statement that I make. What I am focusing on right now is the reality that for the last many, many decades, the very rich in America have become much richer while working people are struggling. Real wages have not gone up in 48 years. I love how he's just like whatever the question is. He just sidesteps it and goes on to his usual spiel. I love it. And when I'm working on right now is a budget which says to the wealthiest people in this country, you know what?  Large profitable corporations will start paying their taxes so that we can, in fact, rebuild our infrastructure, create good paying jobs, make sure the families can afford childcare, expand Medicare so that elderly people can have teeth in their mouths, be able to hear and have eyeglasses that they can afford. That's what I am focusing on right now. I think the folks in the progressives in the house are doing a very good job in standing up for working families. It's not my job to comment on everything that any member of the house says. Any more it is for them to comment on what I say. Okay. Our thanks to Senator Bernie Sanders for always... One of our Bernie talks about healthcare or talks about like expanding Medicare to cover vision, dental and hearing. I always like envision him doing his pointing, covering dental, hearing and vision. And I think that maybe it was Nina Turner who shared the panels of him like doing all of that.  But I want to go back to her framing of the question here because this is such a bad faith interpretation of the squad stance that if somebody was as charitable to her as she's being to the squad, I mean, she would probably be various. Let's listen again. But it feels like the squad today has moved even to the left of you. How is it for you to stand by everything AOC, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar have said and done, particularly when it comes to Israel and talking about from the river to the sea and the extermination of Israel as a right to exist? OK, the extermination of Israel having the right to exist. Like they've never used the words extermination. They've never said Israel doesn't have the right to exist. They haven't even implied that that's the case. So if we're going to be that charitable to her, then we can say she supports the extermination of Palestinians and that Palestinian people they don't have the right to exist in their homes. They don't have the right to have their own state. She doesn't support a two state solution even. She's that much of an extremist. She's a fascist because she supports an ethno state. If she really wants to be that bad faith, we can get that bad faith. If we apply her analysis or like the level of analysis, how disingenuous she's being to the squad. If we apply her like logic to her own argument, it can be worse. You know, so for her to even characterize their arguments like that, it shows that like this is not a serious person. This is not a serious person. Oh, that they want to exterminate Israel. That's you saying that you said that they want to exterminate Israel. They said they would like to end apartheid. She's such an insufferable hack. I can't stand Megan McCain. Hello what's up?


got a freezer, they're saying is running around 10 degrees, 11 degrees. So I get here, I look at it, it's not running. It's like glass, it's less than desirable, and does not appear to be in a defrost or anything like that. The compressor's semi-warm, crankcase heater's working, that's good. But I noticed the thermostat doesn't look like it's set correctly. I don't know if they fooled with it and then screwed it up or what. But it looks like it's set for about the temperature that it's keeping. So we're gonna go inside and double-check that thermostat, but I wanted to come out here before I touched anything. We come into the freezer. So, thermostat in the wrong direction. But I didn't want to move nothing. Let me make sure. No, actually no it's not. Okay, so we're turned down. I heard a click right there when I did that. See if it kicked on. It's really hard to get to anything. See, stuff these things full. Feels like it might have came on. Just starting off right off the bat. I noticed the coils not dirty. I noticed the coils not froze up. Everything looks pretty good. So we might have a simple one here, just a thermostat. Closed now. Probably clicked when I moved it. 122. 122. Power's coming through. Let's go outside and see if it's running now. So it did not come on. We're gonna check our pressure switches here and see if one of them are keeping it out. It's obviously not in the defrost. I smell something electrical. Use your sniffer. I don't have anything on this right here. It's dead. De-ink this cover off. Go grab my ladder. I got the cover off this puppy. Just giving it a visual inspection here. Coil's clean. I ain't sure what happened here. If that's just a rub through or what. We're gonna look inside this box right here. It's probably where the good stuff's at.  Get to the defrost clock now that we don't have the cover blocking it. Go ahead and see if we got power on this. Okay, got 211 volts there coming into the clock. Time is within an hour or two. I'm losing my power somewhere. Actually it's all down in that box. Just jumped in the box. Clock's set for 2D frosts up to 50 minutes. It does have the X terminal hooked up. So it is temperature terminated.  So we're in Malacca 516-38. First painting is what it smells like. Since we've got it unpowered, try to push in on that contactor. She's a fried critter. So go ahead and get that thing yanked out of there. It's probably 208. It is dead. Rocket science at its best but we're not gonna just replace it in balance. We gotta make sure everything else is happy. Go lucky. I got the contactor out. It is a 230 volt. Got an exact replacement here which this is what we use. So we've obviously replaced this once before. So we'll just swap this wire for wire. I'm gonna say probably the winding on the coil probably just burned up for whatever reason. Okay, this is definitely a pain in the butt. One of these wires needed trimmed. Already didn't have enough wire to begin with. So it appears we've got everything in the right spot. We'll go ahead and clip back on see if she runs. See whether or not the pressure switches kick on. There goes the fan. That's a good sign. The sight glass seems to be clear from what I can see from here. So nasty looking. It's hard to tell.  Well that fan don't sound quite right. That seems a little quiet. Comes in on the blue. There just picked up speed. That's not good. So either we got a issue with that fan motor which I'm pretty sure I don't have one. Now she's running. She's doing okay. Either way then it probably should be replaced. Be kind of curious to know what our preachers are that's cycling on and off at. 1.3, 0.8. Get a picture of the motor tag there. These aren't 404 gauges so I'm gonna go ahead and have to look up the chart. 2.3 is barely at 100 degrees. A little more differential in it. So 255 is a 105 degree saturation. I think it was about 210 and shut off which would be about 92 which actually did a little better. So I kind of like that a little bit better than we had. As far as our amp draw. I like that fan motor is working now because it's warm but as soon as it gets cold again on cold start it may not start up again. So I'm gonna let them know about it and then advise them. I'd prefer to see it replaced. They don't do it. It's notated on the paperwork and it won't be a callback. Generally they want to take care of stuff like that. I went ahead and checked the voltage. Everything seemed fine on that. Other NAT, the sight glass is still full. Everything looks pretty good. We got to go inside reset that thermostat back to the temperature it was. The condenser coils are really clean. They're looking good there. It's like a refrigerant charges up on it and everything looks pretty cut and dry and decent. So I'm gonna look at my truck but I don't think I've got that motor. My motor selection is a little bit limited. A little bit of everything but not a lot of anything. A lot of the little small ones. Things like that. Very basic and it's not looking very good. I have one to come see here that does not look like the right one. Got one with a funky base. A lot of times I don't know these numbers. Most common ones you usually run into are the little little itty-bitty ones here. Those are the most common that you see the most. I did not have the motor. Pop the bottom off there. You can see that the coil is not doing so well. So yep that's that's what ended up taking it out was that coil. Crap wears out. Windings lose their coating on it and then snap crack a pop. Well guys that wraps that video up. If you liked it please like share and subscribe. If you would leave a comment down below and until next time we'll catch you on the next one.