We Are Nature with Rue Mapp

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🗓️ 13 September 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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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.

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0:00.0	I got pretty clear quickly, that there were a lot of people walking around here, like
0:07.5	me, who felt they were the only ones, that they were some kind of curiosity, or they
0:11.8	were some kind of exception to the rule.
0:14.6	But I realized that when you bring all the people who feel like they're the only ones
0:19.6	together, we're actually quite numerous.
0:22.6	And so getting a chance to hear back from people and learn from other people about their
0:28.2	stories became a really important way for me to build on the narrative of outdoor
0:33.2	afro, and to really remind everyone that black people have always been here in these
0:40.4	spaces.
0:41.4	Outdoor afro did not invent black people getting outside.
0:46.8	For room app, getting outside has always been an essential part of life.
0:51.5	She spent her youth swimming in creeks and playing on her family's ranch in California.
0:56.3	As she got older, Rue Sport knew ways to get outside and enjoy nature.
1:01.4	She started a family and took her kids hiking and camping, but she didn't see many other
1:06.0	black people in the outdoor spaces she loved.
1:09.6	So in 2009, Rue started a social enterprise called Outdoor Afro.
1:15.0	Six years later in 2015, Outdoor Afro became a national not-for-profit organization that
1:21.1	celebrates and inspires black connections and leadership in nature.
1:28.7	I'm Shelby Stanger and this is Wild Ideas Worth Living, an REI co-op studios production.
1:38.3	Rue has been invited to the White House, she's gone hiking with Oprah, and she's a book
1:43.6	coming out later in 2022.
1:46.4	When it started as a project to build community, has now expanded to include a for-profit business.
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