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Outdoor group strives to reconnect African Americans with nature
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Aug 6, 2014
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Outdoor group strives to reconnect African Americans with nature
The Oakland-based group Outdoor Afro has been working to connect people of color with the outdoors and nature using social media.

The Oakland-based group Outdoor Afro has been working to connect people of color with the outdoors and nature using social media.

Diversity in the national parks has been a key issue over the last year. 

Here in California, parks are gearing up for a huge revamp, and that includes expanding its outreach to hire and appeal to more people of color.

The Oakland-based group Outdoor Afro has been working to connect people of color with the outdoors and nature using social media. Rue Mapp is the founder of the organization and she joins Take Two to talk more about some of the challenges people of color face and what can be done.