If you’re struggling with how to spend time with aging parents and family members, here are four ways to get outside!
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Loving a Person of Color requires that you first become aware of your whiteness and privilege as much as you are aware of your partner’s racial identity.
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Here are 11 clues that you may need to rethink your “racial dating preferences.”
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Sharing your story helps increase the visibility of people of color within outdoor spaces and media. Here are three tips to help you craft an empowering personal narrative.
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I love supporting those who are doing the hard work of integrating outdoor spaces that have long been predominantly white by design, however, it’s time we acknowledge that being “the only one” can be a challenging and isolating experience. Here are three reasons why:
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We so often focus on reasons why Black people should try outdoor adventure sports. Here are a few reasons why you shouldn’t, or why you should at least be careful about who you try them with.
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Eight outdoorsy Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) share their mental health stories.
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It’s so hard to find an opening to talk about mental health and our mental well-being. Maybe it goes along with the pronouns: “I’m Amy, my pronouns are she/her and I have anxiety and depression.”
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“Dealing with mental health issues and having to constantly put on a mask and code switch to survive in a place that’s outside of my culture—all while being one of a handful of Black people in my field—has been stressful.”
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“Then it was bad. It’s very normal for people with bipolar to be misdiagnosed with severe depression and to be put on antidepressants, but because the medication doesn’t address the mania, it can be really harmful.”
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“For most of my life, [bipolar disorder] always felt like a dark, shameful secret, like a big flaw. Then I hit my mid-thirties and was like, screw it, I’m done. I don’t want to pretend any more.”
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“Coming from a background where my parents didn’t really believe in mental illness meant I didn’t get the help I needed until I sought it myself,” said Jessica, an Asian American skydiver from California’s Central Coast.
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“People like to say, ‘ponte las pilas’, or just make it work. But it’s not just about survival anymore, it’s also about making sure we’re taking care of our health.”
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“I wish the outdoors were more accessible to people of color,” said Thando. “We definitely experience mental health issues at a higher rate because of our experience living in this country.”
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The media loves to portray people like me—people experiencing psychotic breaks and those with severe mental illness as violent and predatory. As people who should be locked away.
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For those of us who grew up as the ‘token’ Black, Indigenous or Person of Color (BIPOC), sometimes it’s hard to admit that being ‘the only one’ is our comfort zone—we’ve never really known anything else. Let’s discuss!
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Annapolis Rock in Myersville, MD is a hike I will probably never do again—more on that later. Here are a few reasons why YOU should check it out.
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Join us for six different conversations about colorism at home and in the outdoor community.
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Here are 4 tips for dealing with internalized racism that will allow you to experience BIPOC community and the outdoors fully. Your family might even come along too.
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I love this hike because it’s close to home and has breathtaking views at the top. The fire road gives you the option of upgrading the accessibility and downgrading the difficulty level of this trail. It’s still an 8+ mile hike though, so make sure you come prepared.
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