Introduction -- Land acknowledgement -- Guide to outdoor allyship: part 1. Privilege -- A chosen family of complete stranger / featuring Danielle Williams -- Learning how to fall / featuring Dr. Favia Dubyk -- Running for healing and social change / featuring Verna Volker -- Learning to fly / featuring Brandon Johnson -- I would walk 8,000 miles / featuring Tyler Lau -- Breathing through fear / featuring Cheyenne Smith -- Not your model minority / featuring Nirvana Ortanez -- Guide to outdoor allyship: part 2. Self-awareness -- Vehicles are not required / featuring Ananth Maniam -- Pedal 2 the people / featuring Dr. Rachel Olzer -- American tradition ink / featuring Marina Inoue -- I could help people feel safe / featuring Jalen Bazile -- Helping Blck families thrive in nature / featuring Zenovia Stephens -- The only Black bakpacker on the trail / featuring Mardi Fuller -- Less-known waterways / featuring Adam Edwards -- Guide to outdoor allyship: part 3. Choose action over inaction -- If at first you don't success, take some time off / featuring Dr. Swati Varshney -- Unwelcome glances / featuring David Robles -- Lost, overdue, and injured hikers / featuring Kellie R. Torio -- The items they left behind / featuring Evan Woodard -- Brown girls climb / featuring Bethany Lebewitz -- A sense of belonging / featuring John Shin -- How to take up space as a Black queer women / featuring Emily Taylor -- When your outdoor friends are not good allies -- Winter training selfies / featuring Stephanie Vu -- Surviving a plane crash / Will Middlebrooks -- Will grow anywhere / featuring Chrisha Favors.
Summary:
"Part SHE EXPLORES and part BLACK FUTURES, MELANIN BASE CAMP explores the many different ways people of color experience the outdoors through inspiring photographs, in-depth interviews, and essays, all that challenge readers to rethink their perceptions of what an outdoorsy individual looks like"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.