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Jun 14, 2020 at 3:04 am #3652894
I don’t know if you all noticed this but BPL has a “Diversity Fund” to which we can contribute.
Here in France where I do most of my hiking, I rarely see people of Arab, African, or Asian background in the mountains. Encounters are somewhat more frequent on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees, but still nothing approaching a ratio proportionate to community size.
My point isn’t to criticize but to motivate for change. I can think of lots of ways to do this, some that are already being done and some that are better, in the sense of having greater reach, than what BPL proposes, but this initiative has two advantages: 1) it touches me directly, since I’m a member of BPL, and 2) it gives me an avenue to contribute.
Hats off to Ryan and everybody else at BPL! Thank you!
Jun 14, 2020 at 7:08 am #3652911Hey Jon. Thanks for posting this thread. Your post motivated me to actually click the button as well.
I have donated to the BPL Diversity Fund as well.
Jun 14, 2020 at 8:08 am #3652919Thanks for adding the link and the positive echo!
Jun 25, 2020 at 11:06 am #3654616That seems like a program that I can support. I just donated, too.
Jun 25, 2020 at 2:00 pm #3654659Right on!
Jun 26, 2020 at 11:50 am #3654788or you can also support a great group directly
. BLACKPACKPACKER .
Jun 26, 2020 at 12:44 pm #3654796We could make a list. I just started looking.
Would be nice tho to know if any of them are UL oriented like BPL.
Jul 2, 2020 at 6:48 pm #3655951 -
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