GET OUTDOORS WITH AFROS IN NATURE

Elizabeth Allen OUTDOOR RECREATION

COORDINATOR & CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, AFROS IN NATURE

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Outdoor recreation is a balm to the spirit, great for our health and ripe for reclamation by people of color, who have a long and uniquely complicated relationship with the wild. Afros in Nature seeks to provide not just a safe and supportive community, but the s’mores, sunsets, bikes and hikes that everyone should be able to enjoy. Outdoor Recreation Coordinator and Chairman of the Board Elizabeth Allen explains Afros in Nature’s mission for summer fun.

Outdoor Disparity

Our country’s segregation and exclusion of people of color has led to a culture where jokes are made widely about how “white” camping is, and a climate where many don’t feel safe out in nature where white people take their tranquility for granted.

“For generations, outdoor activity was what people of color did,” Allen says, “but in the United States, the historical context starts getting complicated. The outdoors has ties to things like slavery, segregation and unsafe experiences that continue to resonate. So many have ended up in urban environments where green spaces were not fostered, the ‘concrete jungle.’”

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