Behind the Design: Q&A with Artist and Illustrator Chelsea Alexander REI Staff|March 7, 2024 Meet the designer whose patterns grace the latest Outdoor Afro + REI Co-op camping and hiking gear.
We Are Nature with Rue Mapp Shelby Stanger|September 13, 2022 Rue Mapp spent her youth swimming in creeks and playing on her family’s ranch in California. As she got older, Rue explored new ways to get outside and enjoy nature, but she didn’t see many other Black people in the outdoor spaces she loved. As a response, Rue started Outdoor Afro, a national not-for-profit that celebrates and inspires Black connections and leadership in nature.
Made Together: Outdoor Afro + REI Co-op Candace Dantes|September 13, 2022 Outdoor Afro Inc. and REI Co-op co-created a clothing collection that unlocks the nature in all of us. Vibrant and colorful. Durable and functional. Made together just for you.
Summiting at 17,000 Feet: My Climb of Kilimanjaro with Outdoor Afro Brittany Leavitt|October 18, 2018 On June 20, 2018, an 11-person expedition became the second all-Black U.S. team to summit Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Brittany Leavitt, a 29-year-old preschool teacher and REI Outdoor School instructor, recounts her experience here.
Wild Ideas Worth Living: Rue Mapp Shelby Stanger|September 26, 2018 Transcript Rue Mapp is a true force of nature. The activist, nature-lover and mom of three founded Outdoor Afro as a blog in 2009 and has...
Outdoor Afro Connects Participants to the Outdoors and to Black History Krista Karlson|April 10, 2018 A kayaking trip on Alabama’s Coosa River reflects the organization’s mission to empower Black communities by uncovering the history of the land on which trips take place.
