Entries filed under 'Outdoor Afro'

African Americans and Nature: Aspiring to Build and Expand the Connection

Editor's note: Rue Mapp, featured last month in The REI Blog, is the founder of OutdoorAfro.com, a website she describes as a place "where black people and nature meet." In recognition of Black History Month, REI invited Rue to appear as a guest blogger and share her thoughts on what it will take to encourage greater engagement in outdoor recreation within the African American community. As I speak to more people these days about African Americans and the outdoors, a question that most often ...

Posted by Rue Mapp on February 10, 2012 4:34 PM & Tagged African Americans, Black History Month and Outdoor Afro | permalink | Comments



OutdoorAfro.com Sets Out the Welcome Mat for Diversity in the Outdoors

She became a committed outdoor person on the night she stalled halfway up a climbing route, "starfished" on a rock wall, too afraid to go up or go down… Today's interesting outdoor person: Rue Mapp operates OutdoorAfro.com, an online community that aims to connect African-Americans with natural spaces and one another through outdoor recreation. (Slogan: "Where black people and nature meet.") Her site received a 2011 Black Weblog Award (popular vote) for Best Green/Nature/Outdoor Blog. Bio: Mapp ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on January 17, 2012 11:24 AM & Tagged African Americans, Martin Luther King Day and Outdoor Afro | permalink | Comments