From Resilience to Black Liberation: Uprooting Systems of Inequity

Our communities deserve the health benefits of the outdoors. With all the rising tension in our country right now it is even more important to tend our minds, body and spirit with a dose of the outdoors. Join Mercy M’fon in co-creating ways to use how we feel and experience the world to make positive changes in the outdoors for our BIPOC communities.

About Mercy M'fon:
Mercy M'fon is the Founder and Executive Director of Wild Diversity. Mercy has over 15 years in community leadership and brings her passion of outdoor education and adventures to the BIPOC & LGBTQ communities.

About Wild Diversity:
Wild Diversity works to welcome and create a sense of belonging in the outdoors for the BIPOC & LGBTQ+ communities. Wild Diversity builds community through outdoor adventures, day and weekend trips, and workshops for people of color and the LGBTQ+ communities. They provide resources through outdoor skills workshops, a gear library, and community partnerships, and work to decolonize outdoor spaces through diverse leadership training and their Resilience Outdoor Conference. They work to equip the next generation by creating equitable access to outdoor adventures and education for youth of color, and queer, trans, and low-incoming youth.