(This article is reposted from https://www.dw.com/en/worldlink-making-the-great-outdoors-accessible-to-minorities/av-50052256 .)
Eilis O’Neill
August 16, 2019
Being among nature is known to be restorative. But while it might seem accessible to everyone, in the US the National Park Service found that — of the more than 300 million visitors a year to their parks — only about 25% weren’t white, despite minorities making up 40% of the population. That’s what an American woman named Chevon Powell has been working to change. Eilis O’Neill met up with her.
