History instructs Black Americans to fear the outdoors. But creating new memories outside will inform our future.
Rue Mapp
Rue Mapp is the founder and CEO of Outdoor Afro and the author of Nature Swagger: Stories and Visions of Black Joy in the Outdoors. She lives in California.
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I grew up in Oakland, California, and was blessed to live close to wide-open spaces and enjoy acres of land on my parent’s woodland ranch. It’s these experiences that inspired my desire to help people, especially fellow African-Americans, discover the outdoors. It’s also why I treasure the American concept of “wilderness,” a word that signifies […]