The outdoor diversity organization we’re highlighting this month (October) is the Charles Roundtree Bloom Project. A San Antonio-based non-profit, they create communal healing spaces in the outdoors for youth impacted by incarceration.
An online persona created by a Black L.A.-based entrepreneur and hiker, Mountain Mic is all about the therapeutic value of hiking and spending time outdoors. In this interview, Caroline and Mountain Mic discuss authenticity, mental health and racial inequality in outdoor spaces.
Washington, D.C.-based company Soul Trak Outdoors connects communities of color to outdoor spaces. They do that through youth, college and adults programs that focus on community building, social justice, outdoor recreation and education. Find out how you can support them here.
In this interview, Caroline sits down with Nicole Snell, the owner of Girls Fight Back—a personal safety and self-defense workshop—and lead instructor at IMPACT Personal Safety. They discuss self-defense, solo hiking, empowerment and outdoor safety.