February 2021
Melanin Base Camp® is pleased to announce a new partnership with CamelBak®, the global leader in award-winning personal hydration products. As part of the partnership, CamelBak will fund two six-month writing fellowships and provide product for Melanin Base Camp events. CamelBak and Melanin Base Camp will also launch an exclusive water bottle that will be available for sale in 2021. Additionally, Danielle Williams, founder of Melanin Base Camp and Diversify Outdoors, will be providing DEI consulting and guidance to CamelBak.
CamelBak - MBC Writing Fellows
Alexa is a cyclist, hiker, backpacker, travel guide, writer, educator & advocate. She is one-eighth of The Black Foxes—an international cycling collective reclaiming their narratives in the outdoors.
Anaheed is a queer and non-binary writer, community organizer and co-founder of BelayALL, a climbing group focused on dismantling white supremacy & heteronormativity in the sport.