OUTDOOR AFRO LEADERSHIP TRAINING 

 

Connect to our Leadership Network and Create Relevant Outdoor Experiences for Yourself, Your Family, and Your Community

 

We Build Community

Outdoor Afro Leaders are deeply connected to each other and their local communities. Your term on the OALT begins at the annual Outdoor Afro Leadership Training. Leaders affirm Outdoor Afro values through a curriculum created and lead by existing OALT members. You will learn about trip planning basics, the health impacts of nature, conservation ethics, risk management, and effective social media engagement. New and returning leaders share their strengths with each other and immediately apply learned skills at the training.

 

We Narrate Our Storied Landscapes

The OALT was founded to empower everyday people to draw inspiration from Black history, art, music, and radicalism to become confident and skilled outdoor leaders. Our leaders create relationships between our communities and the outdoors by telling known, little known, and unknown stories about Black connections to public parks, watersheds and wilderness.

We recognize that stewardship is a part of a Black legacy.

Photo credit: Michael A. Estrada

 

We Change the Conversation

Since 2009, we have evolved to become one of the few authorities on Black American community engagement in the outdoors.  We do not ask, “Where is the diversity in the outdoors?” Our starting place is that all Black people have a unique relationship with nature. Our leaders create accessible outdoors experiences in kayaks, with backpacks, around the fireplace, on skis, in the garden, at the city park, in the backcountry, at the vineyard,  on the mountain, at the bbq pit, in the woods, under the moonlight and at the beach.

 

 

We Strengthen Skills

We restore outdoor leadership back to the home. Applicants don’t need to have formal outdoor experience. We help ordinary people, the accountant, the student, the lawyer, the teacher and the musician, equip themselves with knowledge and confidence to be able to create lasting and relevant outdoor experiences for their families and their communities, drawing on the lessons of our parents and our ancestors.

RECRUITMENT IS NOW OPEN

For any questions, please contact us at apply@outdoorafro.com. We look forward to meeting you!

Requirements:

  • *Participate in the annual Outdoor Afro Leadership Training (OALT) April 2021. All training material and sessions will be available online, and there may be an in-person component in small groups as the pandemic allows. (Travel costs covered by participant, accommodations covered by Outdoor Afro)
  • Facilitate a minimum 1 Outdoor Afro sponsored event every month.
  • Participate in regular conference calls with other OA Leaders.
  • Develop two new Outdoor Afro Leadership Team ambassadors in your region.
  • Leverage social media to increase Black representation and engagement with nature.

Leader Perks:

  • FREE premium gear and supplies from sponsors KEEN Shoes, Klean Kanteen, and more!
  • Three day intensive training and unforgettable bonding with fellow Outdoor Afro Leaders in beautiful places across the country.
  • Professional support, coaching, and outdoor skills development training.
  • The ability to make a tangible and positive difference for your local community and the natural world.
  • Apply now to join our diverse team from around the nation to bring the outdoors to more people in your community!

Next Steps to be Eligible for Consideration:

 

For any questions, please contact us at apply@outdoorafro.com. We look forward to meeting you!