Hike Clerb yana kan manufa don dawo da BIPOC a waje

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Lokacin bincika hanyoyin ƙasa da wuraren shakatawa, dokokin jin daɗin da ba a faɗi ba sun haɗa da "Kada a bar wata alama" - bar ƙasar ba ta da matsala kamar yadda kuka same ta - kuma "kada ku cutar da ita" - kada ku dame namun daji ko yanayin yanayi. Idan akwai na uku da aka ƙera tare da Hler Clerb a zuciya, zai zama "ɗaukar sarari" - ji da 'yanci don jin daɗin yanayi.

An kafa shi a cikin 2017 ta Evelynn Escobar, yanzu 29, Hike Clerb wata ƙungiya ce ta mahaifa ta mahaifa ta LA wacce ke sake tunanin makomar babban waje; kulob ne da ke dogara ga haɗa kai, al'umma, da waraka. A taƙaice, ƙungiyar ƙungiyar ta uku-Escobar tare da wasu biyu-suna son rushe shingayen da ke hana Baƙar fata, 'Yan asalin, da mutane masu launi daga haɗawa da yanayi-kuma, yin hakan, yana taimakawa haɓaka iri-iri, da yawa farin sarari wanda shine waje. (Mai alaƙa: Waje har yanzu yana da Babban Matsala Bambance-bambance)

Kodayake mutane masu launi suna da kusan kashi 40 na yawan jama'ar Amurka, kusan kashi 70 na waɗanda ke ziyartar gandun daji na ƙasa, mafaka na namun daji na ƙasa, da wuraren shakatawa na ƙasa farare ne, a cewar Gidauniyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Ƙasa. A halin yanzu, 'yan Hispanic da Amurkawa na Asiya ba su da kashi 5 cikin 100 na masu fakin shakatawa na ƙasa da kuma Amurkawa na Afirka ba su kai kashi 2 cikin ɗari ba, a cewar wani rahoto na 2018 da aka buga. Dandalin George Wright.

Amma me yasa akwai irin wannan rashin bambancin? Ana iya gano dalilai iri-iri tun daga baya lokacin da Columbus ya “gano” Amurka kuma ya fara cire ’yan asalin ƙasarsu daga ƙasarsu. Sannan kuma kar a manta da dadewar da kasar ke fama da shi na zaluncin kabilanci, wanda ya taka rawar gani sosai a kusan kusan kawar da bakar fata a waje kuma ya ba da gudummawar dangantaka mai cin karo da juna tsakanin bakar fata da "yanayin daji," a cewar wata takarda bincike. aka buga a Da'awar Muhalli. A taƙaice: Waje ya tafi daga zama mafaka daga aiki da rayuwa a kan shuka zuwa yanayin haɗari da tsoron ɓata.

Ko da shekaru baya, har yanzu waje yana ci gaba da kasancewa tushen tushen wariyar launin fata, rauni, da keɓancewa ga yawancin tsiraru. Amma Escobar da Hike Clerb suna kan manufa don canza wannan, yanayi ɗaya yana tafiya lokaci guda. (Duba kuma: Waɗannan fa'idodin Hiking zai sa ku so ku buga Hanyoyi)

Manufar Hike Clerb an haife ta daga abubuwan sirri na Escobar, musamman waɗanda a lokacin ziyarar ta farko zuwa wurin shakatawa na ƙasa. Wani dashe na LA na baya-bayan nan a farkon-20s a lokacin, mai fafutukar ta yi tafiya zuwa gabas zuwa Grand Canyon da Sion National Park. A can ta gamu da abubuwan da suka fi ban sha'awa amma kuma ba ta so ta zuba ido kamar tana tambaya "daga ina kuke?; Menene daidai kuke yi a nan?" daga baƙi baƙi.

Waɗannan arangama ba su saba ba. Ya girma a matsayin Baƙar fata Latina na 'Yan Asalin asali a cikin Virginia, Escobar ya saba da rashin jin daɗi. Ga abin, ko da yake: "Ba wanda mu ba, a matsayin mu na masu launin fata, ke sa mu ji daɗi," in ji ta. "Zalunci ne; shi ne farin gata; shine wariyar launin fata - cewa Kuma wannan ba wani abu bane a waje, inda wannan ma'anar cewa BIPOC ba ta cikin wata hanya ce "bayyanannen samfuri ne na waɗannan tsarukan tsarin."

"Idan ya zo ga yanayi, yana da matukar muhimmanci mu, masu launin fata, mu fita can kamar yadda muka fahimci kanmu kuma ba mu dace da yadda al'umma ta yi imanin cewa mutumin da ke waje ya yi kama da shi ba."

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"Hakkin da fararen fata ke ji a waje da kuma hanyar da take kaiwa ga ƙofar ƙofa, kallon mutane masu launi da idanu masu ban sha'awa kamar, 'me kuke yi a nan?' ko microaggressions a kan hanyoyi, a zahiri kamar 'oh wannan ƙungiyar birni ce?' cewa shine abin da ba shi da dadi," in ji Escobar.

Don tabbatar da cewa wasu ba su sami irin wannan rashin haɗin kai a waje ba, an ƙirƙira wata al'umma mai-mafi-launi don tabbatar da BIPOC na iya gogewa da wanzuwa cikin ikon yanayi, cikin kwanciyar hankali da aminci. Escobar ya ce: "Idan ya zo ga yanayi, yana da matukar mahimmanci mu, mutane masu launin fata, mu fita zuwa can kamar yadda hankalinmu ya cika kuma ba za mu yi daidai da abin da al'umma ta yi imanin mutum na waje yana kama ko halinsa ba," in ji Escobar. "Mun cancanci mu fita can mu nuna cewa mu na nan ne mu dauki duk sararin da muke bukata." (Mai alaƙa: Yadda ake Ƙirƙirar Muhalli Mai Mahimmanci A Cikin Wurin Lafiya)

Ga Hler Clerb, ƙalubalantar rashin wakilci duk game da haɓaka amfani ne don tabbatar da abubuwan al'ajabi a buɗe ga kowa. Suna yin hakan ta hanyar ba da dama ga waɗanda ba su ɓata lokaci mai yawa a waje don ba shi damar tafiya tare da ƙungiya (vs. kadai). Kyautar da kulob din ya yi daidai da mutanen BIPOC da suka riga sun "fice a can," amma ba za su ji kamar nasu ba ne, in ji ta.

Duk abin da za ku yi shi ne RSVP zuwa ɗaya daga cikin al'amuran ƙungiyar da aka jera akan gidan yanar gizon alamar kuma nunawa. Hike Clerb yana ba da kayan aiki iri -iri, albarkatu, da ilimin da ake buƙata don amintaccen fita waje da samun fa'idodi, ko na jiki ne - watau ƙarfafa tsokoki, zira wasu kadio - da/ko tunani - watau rage damuwa, haɓaka yanayin ku. Makasudin? Don ƙarfafawa da ba da BIPOC womxn don bincika waje a ƙarshe ba tare da tunanin sau biyu game da ɗaukar sarari ba. Bayan haka, "mu na waje ne," in ji Escobar. "Kuma mutanen da ke aiki daga waɗannan wuraren [na zalunci] sune shingayen shiga don wasu mutane masu launi su shiga cikin waje."

A kan balaguron da ake yi sau ɗaya a wata, zaku iya dogaro da abin da Escobar ya bayyana a matsayin "ɗan lokacin niyya-saita lokaci" don tabbatar da cewa Ma'aikata suna nan kuma su kasance masu tunani a duk lokacin tafiya. "[Irin] irin wannan ƙarin abin da muke yi daga mahangar warkarwa," in ji ta. Hakanan kuna iya tsammanin amincewa ƙasar da kuke ciki kuma ku sake duba wasu ƙa'idodin ƙasa don tabbatar da kowa ya mutunta kuma yana kula da ita. Kuma yayin da a kan kasada mai shiryarwa mai nisan mil uku (wanda za a iya aiwatarwa ko da ba tare da takalman tafiye-tafiye na fasaha ko gogewar da ta gabata ba), za ku kuma sami ƙarin ma'anar kasancewa cikin al'umma (a matsayin matsakaicin hikes +/- 50 womxn). (Dubi kuma: Abin da Ya Kamata Yin Hikima 2,000+ Miles tare da Babban Abokin ku)

A cikin ingantacciyar duniyar bayan COVID-19, Hike Clerb zai faɗaɗa sama da LA kuma ya fara ba da nau'ikan shirye-shirye daban-daban (watau kasada na tsawon mako) ban da hawan hawan na yau, in ji Escobar. Haɗuwa da wannan maslahar ta ƙasa zai ci gaba da yaƙi da ƙarancin wuraren tarihi da keɓaɓɓun wuraren tarihi kamar yadda labarin ƙasa kuma ke kawo cikas ga shiga cikin babban waje. A zahiri, "mafi girma kuma sanannun rukunin wuraren shakatawa suna cikin West West, [wanda ya haɗa da jihohi kamar Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, da Wyoming], yayin da yawancin 'yan tsiraru ke mai da hankali. gabas ko yamma, "a cewar labarin da aka buga a cikin Littattafai na Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan Geographers na Amirka.

Duk da sauyin yanayi na 2020, ƙaramin ƙungiyar Hike Clerb amma ƙaƙƙarfan ƙungiyar sun himmatu don biyan buƙatun gujewa yanayin COVID-aminci tare da haɗawa, dorewa, da ƙirƙira a zuciya. Ko da yake an iyakance taruka na zahiri (har zuwa 20 masu nisa tsakanin jama'a, mahalarta sanye da abin rufe fuska), sun kuma sami damar saduwa da membobin ƙungiyar su a inda suke, a zahiri da kuma motsin rai. A duk lokacin barkewar cutar, ƙungiyar har yanzu tana iya ci gaba da kasancewa tare da al'ummarsu da yanayin su ta hanyoyi daban -daban. Sun yi hidimar tunatarwa ta zamantakewa cewa za a iya samun ikon warkar da yanayi ko da a cikin kwanciyar hankali na maƙwabtan ku kuma sun kafa wani shiri don ba da izinin National Park na shekara uku zuwa BIPOC kowane wata daga Oktoba 2020 zuwa Maris 2021. Kuma a matsayin darasi na ƙuntatawa a cikin LA Yankin, hikes suna ci gaba da haɓakawa yayin da suke bin ƙa'idodin aminci na COVID.

A cikin kalmomin Escobar, "hiking kawai tafiya ce mai ɗaukaka a cikin yanayin waje." Ba dole ba ne ku ziyarci wurin shakatawa na ƙasa kawai ko dajin da ke kusa don kulla dangantaka da yanayi - farawa zai iya zama mai sauƙi da aminci kamar "tafiya zuwa wurin shakatawa a cikin garin ku, cire takalmanku a bayan gidan ku kuma ku manne ƙafafunku. a cikin datti don murƙushe kanku, da kuma cika sararin jikin ku da ciyayi don kawo muku yanayin, "in ji ta.

Har zuwa ci gaba da aiki don sanya waje ya zama na kowa ga kowa, Escobar ya ba da shawarar cewa samfuran suna saka hannun jari a cikin ƙungiyoyin da ke yin aikin tushen al'umma da kuma masu yin balaguro don "maraba da kowa." Bayan haka, babban waje da gaske yana da fa'ida don kowa ya sami damar ɗaukar sarari, cikin annashuwa.

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