Summary: A conversation around the Black Lives Matters movement, the state of stoke, representation in the outdoors, and why it's okay to be a work in progress - as long as you're doing the work that leads to progress. Resources related to today's episode: Read: The New Jim Crow Born A Crime White Fragility So You Want To Talk About Race Black Faces, White Spaces How To Be An Anti-Racist Me and White Supremacy Such A Fun Age Listen: 1619 by the New York Times What We Know by For The Love of Climbing Intersectionality Matters Code Switch Pod Save The People Pod Save America Watch: 13th Menace II Society If Beale Street Could Talk LA 92 Dear White People When They See Us Where to donate: NAACP ACLU Campaign Zero Equal Justice Institute Non-Monetary Acts of Support Vote. Educate yourself beyond the hashtags (racism doesn't stop and inequality isn’t solved when the news stops trending). Be actively involved in the conversations circulating social media by sharing Black voices - understand that hate is born out of silence - silence is a privilege. Remember that racism and oppression aren't exclusively American problems, they happen worldwide - Research and learn. Have empathy.
