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Blackpackers’ is excited to be back at @climbcit

Blackpackers’ is excited to be back at @climbcityrock Climbing Gym for Summer!   This month, you will see a familiar face shifting into the facilitator role. As the program set out to accomplish, we have had incredible participants show initiative in their movement through the program. Just as Nikki did before him, Jay has attended each climb night, has expanded his skills, and is ready to climb with you!

Saturday June 10th from 4pm-6pm join us at @climbcityrock in Colorado Springs for this free event.

✨Registration IS required and spaces are limited✨  To register- please see the 🔗🌲 in bio

We’re stoked to see this piece about the Blackpa

We’re stoked to see this piece about the Blackpackers Outdoor Skill School (BOSS) show up in the @denverpost this morning, and are excited to have officially announced our CHF grant and plans for the summer.

✨You can find the link to the full article in our bio—
Share with your folks, and join us! ✨

“I’m trying to provide those skills to people to empower people,” she said. “But also these are entry-level outdoor skills and Colorado has a huge outdoor economy, and so if I can give people Leave No Trace, if I can give people wilderness first response, they’re going have a better chance of breaking into the industry.”

The workshops are open to adults as well as high school-age kids across the country and they are, of course, free to attend.”

BOSS launches July 2023
Please email admin@coblackpackers.com with interest.

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#blackpackers #coblackpackers #BlackpackersOutdoorSkillsSchool #BOSS #coloradosprings #coloradoshared #coloradosummer

Recently Kristin Jones (writing for @thecoloradotr

Recently Kristin Jones (writing for @thecoloradotrust ) visited the Blackpackers’ Climb Night at @climbcityrock (Colorado Springs, CO) to see more of what we do, in action.   Yesterday, The Colorado Trust ran the article and we think that they did a phenomenal job digging into the experiences that many of our participants find solidarity in.

You can read this article by clicking the link in our bio.
📸 by @parkerseibold / @thecoloradotrust

🎉Congratulations to all of the recipients of th

🎉Congratulations to all of the recipients of the Patagonia Colorado Community Grant!  A huge thank you to Patagonia for investing in the efforts of local organizations who work to make a difference in our own communities!

👏🏻Another round of applause for

@blueriverwatershed
@coloradorising
@cottonwoodinstitute
@cultivando_co
@elkkidsco
@gunnisonpubliclandsinitiative
@projectvoyce
@projectworthmore
@sjcalliance
@uprootcolorado
@ western colorado alliance
@womxnfromthemountain
@rockymtwild
@denverurbangardens
@saveourstvrainvalley

🎉Don’t forget — Blackpackers’ next two ev

🎉Don’t forget — Blackpackers’ next two events are coming up and they’re going to be epic!   🧗🏿‍♂️ This Saturday we have Climb Night at @climbcityrock Climbing gym, Colorado Springs from 4-6pm with the amazing @herna24k
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 🎿 April 22nd we have our last Ski & Ride Day of the season at @arapahoe_basin 🏂  ✨Each Blackpackers Event must be registered for in order to attend, and our registration links are in our bio! ✨  Spots are filling up FAST for both of these and Augusta will be reaching out to everyone next week to begin finalizing the reservations for the ski day. (Climbing emails have already started going out.)
If you sign up today or tomorrow, you will get your email the day you sign up and If you have any questions, please email admin@coblackpackers.com

We are so grateful that our numbers are growing!   📢‼️ Please note that our climbing date for March has CHANGED to March 25th from 4pm-6pm at CityRock climbing gym in Colorado Springs ‼️  🎉 The wonderful Nikki Hernandez ( @herna24k ) will be facilitating once again and climbers of any level are welcome!   ✨ This program is FREE of charge to our participants, but you must register with Blackpackers beforehand to participate. ✨
You can do that at  Blackpackers.org/programs/climbing and an email will be sent the week before the event to confirm your registration details.   We can’t wait to climb with you @climbcityrock

🎤Please join us for @fjallraven_na Speaker Ser

🎤Please join us for @fjallraven_na Speaker Series: Healing in Nature

On Thursday, Feb 2nd from 6:30pm-8:00pm Blackpackers’ Executive Director @patriciacameronco will join @1mannyc and @jaylyn.gough in the multi-part series to discuss Healing in Nature specific to BIPOC communities.

If you would like to join in person (Fjällräven Denver Store) or virtually, please register using the link in our bio

🎉 Blackpackers’ Climb Night is back for Febru

🎉 Blackpackers’ Climb Night is back for February (And March) dates starting Saturday, February 4th.

🧗🏿‍♂️All climbing levels are accepted in our program, meeting at @climbcityrock in Colorado Springs from 4pm to 6pm, we just ask that you please register using the link in our bio first.

The amazing @herna24k will be heading this course and we are all so excited to have you there!

📌Please email admin@coblackpackers.com with questions only. *Registrations will not be accepted via email.

Link in bio. In this week’s episode, we are on

Link in bio.

In this week’s episode, we are once again joined by Patricia Cameron. We catch up on all that she’s been up to since our last interview, including a NOLS mountaineering leadership course in Alaska, a 2022 LASH on the PCT, and a hiker trash prom hosted by her organization, Blackpackers. Patricia also shares a distressing story of being the victim of a hate crime during her PCT hike in Lone Pine, California, in which she caught the entire encounter on video. We play the audio from this incident and get Patricia’s take on exactly what went down, some of her thoughts on the risk and reception of being a hiker of color in rural towns, and why, despite this incident, she has no plans to stop long-distance backpacking. A warning to listeners that the audio from this video is triggering, but I do believe that it’s important for everyone in the community to hear this and get a sense of the depressing reality that still persists for many of our fellow hikers. #backpackerradio #thetrek

Repost from @thereclaimed • Rev Dr MLK, Jr, said

Repost from @thereclaimed
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Rev Dr MLK, Jr, said a LOT of prolific, powerful, and pertinent things.

A lot.

I know MLK DAY is next week, and right now, some school teacher is teaching our next generation some watered down, white washed version of Dr King’s legacy. Y’all know I’m not about that life.

So here is a very short list of some of the other things Dr King said that resonate so much today.

Because y’all are not about to “content of their character” us to death.

Dr. Rickey Frierson says “I subscribe to the bel

Dr. Rickey Frierson says “I subscribe to the belief that every individual and organization can be successful when an inclusive vision, a common goal and a united purpose is established. Because of this, I have dedicated my professional and academic studies to assist and train education leaders and institutions in examining proactive strategies to create efficient and fruitful educational experiences for their diverse students, staff, and faculty.”  Dr. Frierson has spent over a decade presenting internationally and domestically on issues of social justice, diversity and inclusion, and underrepresented student success within higher education.   His research interest centers on institutional accountability and effectiveness in student success and completion at predominantly white public institutions. More succinctly, Dr. Frierson takes pride in assisting administrators, superintendents, principals, professors, teachers, counselors, and institutions in examining proactive strategies to create efficient and fruitful educational experiences for their diverse students, staff, and faculty. 
One of the founding board members of Blackpackers, coming from Houston Tx, Dr. Frierson is finally starting to get used to the cooler Colorado weather after just a few years here. Congratulations, Rickey, on your successes at @csuwarnercollege

🥳 Thanks for the memories 2022!!  Looking bac

🥳 Thanks for the memories 2022!! 
Looking back at all we were able to accomplish in the last year, we wanted to share a small glimpse into what that impact looks like.   Blackpackers has experienced an incredible amount of growth in the last year and we are so excited for what 2023 has in store! 🎉

🎆 We would love to ring in the new year with a bang, so now is the perfect time to sneak in your support through Give! before the ball drops. 🪩  🎊 Here’s to 2022 and looking forward to 2023!

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