When: Wednesday, June 15th @ 7:00pm
Where: Arc'teryx Boston (352 Newbury St.)
Film By Paula Champagne
Mardi has a rich relationship with nature that has evolved and deepened throughout her life. In the last 20 years she’s dedicated much of her time to exploring the landscape in the White Mountains (unfortunately coined “The Whites” by New Englanders) on Abenaki land. In that time Mardi summited all forty-eight 4,000 footers in three-season and winter, often as the only Black person on the mountain. She has experienced great joy from communing with this landscape, but the overwhelmingly white hiking community that is so seeped in white supremacy and colonialism complicates her experiences. Recently, she has focused on creating more opportunities for Black folks to join her in appreciating this magnificent wilderness. Enjoying this land with her community has been a liberating balm that has strengthened her sense of identity as an outdoorswoman.
Mardi will be giving a brief talk on the film and conducting a Q&A after the showing.
A $20 donation to Outdoor Afro is suggested. This donation can be made here.
