RALEIGH, N.C. — An organization is working to bring inclusivity, diversity, equity and access to the outdoors.
It’s the theme for the Triangle Land Conservancy’s Wild Ideas series happening Wednesday, Feb. 15 at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. This is the first time the expo has been held in person since the pandemic.
"We are talking about how it takes a wide and diverse coalition to have the outdoors we all desire and have the community we all aspire to have," said Diquan Edmonds, education and outreach manager at TLC.
Kierra Hyman, an associate with Good Ground, which is a new program with the Triangle Land Conservancy, will be one of the speakers.
Part of the program provides minority farmers access to purchase farm land.
"There are many families who for many years, of course, you know, worked the land in terms of, you know, Black descendants of enslaved people, but they didn't have opportunities to build wealth from that land that they were working on," Hyman said.
Other speakers include
- Earl B. Hunter Jr., founder of Black Folks Camp Too
- Vickie Jeffries (Mihe Heyananhes Yattse), tribal administrator for the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation
- Matthew Brune, co-founder and director of external operations of Operation Climate
The event takes place Wednesday from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The event is free, but registration is required.
