Black and Brown Climbing Resources

 

We want to share with our City Climb Community resources around Black and Brown Climbers. Additionally, to help spread the word of local businesses and organizations you can support within our community!

We will continue to update this page with resources for you all!

 
 

Check out a new climbing non-profit organization founded by pro-climber Kai Lightner. Climbing 4 Change.

The non-profit’s mission is to connect under deserved communities to organizations and/or individuals seeking to increase minority participation in the outdoor industry and climbing. They just started and are looking for donations at the moment to help fund all of their initiatives.

 

Black and Brown Climbing and Outdoor Organizations

  • Brown Girls Climbing (LINK)

    • They are the first all black and brown girls climbing team

  • Brown Girls Climb (LINK)

  • Outdoor Afro (LINK)

  • Brothers of Climbing (BOC) (LINK)

  • Melanin Base Camp (LINK)

  • The Black Outdoors (LINK)

  • Unlikely Hikers (LINK)

  • The Brown Ascenders (LINK)

Educational material focused on climbing

  • For The Love of Climbing Podcast : What We Know

  • Power Company Podcast: Diversity in Climbing with Brown Girls Climbing Leader Bethany Lebewitz, Monserrat Alvarez, and Sasha McGhee

  • Instagram Live Stronger Together with Abby Dione, owner of Coral Cliffs (climbing gym in Florida) (LINK)

  • Instagram Live Blackness is Not a Monolith by Brown Girls Climb (LINK)

General Educational Material

  • Financial Literacy in the Black Community (LINK)

Local Black and Brown Businesses to Support

Ricky D’s Rib Shack (LINK)

  • We recommend their wings with bbq sauce and sweet potato fries!

  • A great post climbing food and located right next door in Science Park

Rhythm Brewing Company (LINK)

Kennie’s Earl Kreative House (LINK)

  • Our neighbors! If you’ve climbed late on a Friday night, you have definitely heard them jamming out next door

Love Fed New Haven (LINK)

People Get Ready (LINK)

  • Bookstore highlighting authors of color, LGBTQ+ authors, Indigenous authors, and local authors.

Local Organizations Fighting Racial Injustices

Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness (LINK)

New Reach (LINK)

A Better Chance (ABC) Guilford (LINK)

ConnCat (LINK)

  • ConnCat is right across the street in Science Park from us! They have a great little cafe as well called Orchid Cafe with some delicious food.