A big draw of the Pacific Northwest for many is the unparalleled natural beauty available here. But research shows people of color are much less likely to enjoy nature through outdoor recreation.
when a white woman in Central Park called the police on a Black bird-watcher who asked her to leash her dogs., a group that works for justice “at the intersection of gender, ethnicity and environment.”
One big way the Urban Wilderness Project serves its mission is by bringing young people out into nature to discover the joy of the outdoors. “I’ll tell someone, I’m going on a hike this weekend. And one of the responses is, Black people hike? And it’s like yes, Black people do hike. We actually do hike,” Mitchell said.
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