GET OUTSIDE
Hikes, camping, paddling, fishing, climbing, family outings and time on the land.
OUTDOORS • COLLECTIVE PREPAREDNESS • ORGANIZING
COME
OUTSIDE.
Learn something useful. Find your people. Build the base.
Black Base Camp brings Black folks outside to build practical skills, collective confidence, deep relationships, and the capacity to act together.
WHY BLACK BASE CAMP?
THE OUTDOORS IS THE DOORWAY.
Getting Black folks outside is about more than recreation. We use outdoor experiences and practical preparedness to build confidence, relationships, collective responsibility, and leadership.
You don't have to be an outdoors person. You don't have to call yourself an activist. Come learn something useful. We'll build from there.
“I can do this.” → “We can do this.” → “We can change this.”
WHAT WE DO
FIELD DAYS.
Every gathering combines four things: a useful skill, a crew, a way to understand the terrain, and a concrete next step.
GET SKILLED
Navigation, first aid, preparedness, shelter, food, communication and practical field skills.
BUILD TRUST
Practice shared responsibility, interdependence, problem solving and care for the crew.
TAKE ACTION
Bring somebody back. Volunteer. Teach. Join a community effort. Organize something people need.
HOW BLACK BASE CAMP BUILDS POWER
THE STRATEGY IS SIMPLE.
This isn't a member ranking system. It's the path Black Base Camp creates: joyful entry points become skills, relationships, responsibility, leadership and collective action.
01COME OUTSIDEJoy + belonging
→
02LEARNUseful skills
→
03PRACTICEDo it together
→
04CONTRIBUTECarry responsibility
→
05ORGANIZEAct collectively
→
06LEADDevelop others
→
07MULTIPLYBuild more base
BUILD YOUR FIELD KIT
FIVE SKILL FAMILIES.
DOZENS OF WAYS TO GROW.
Skill patches mark what you've practiced—not how important you are. Learn the competencies, demonstrate them in the field, then help somebody else learn them too.
Tap a skill family to see what lives underneath it.
LEARN IT.→PRACTICE IT.→TEACH IT.
THERE'S ALWAYS A NEXT STEP
NO TITLES REQUIRED.
GO DEEPER
BLACK BASE CAMP
FIELD SCHOOL
A six-month experience for people ready to deepen their skills and organizing practice. The field is the classroom.
GET FIELD SCHOOL UPDATESSURVIVEHow do we keep each other alive?
ORIENTWhere are we? Where are we going?
BUILDA base is something you build.
DEFENDWhat happens when systems fail?
ORGANIZEWhat are we willing to change?
LEADCan you bring somebody else with you?
THE GEAR LIBRARY
GEAR SHOULD NEVER DETERMINE WHO GETS TO BELONG OUTSIDE.
Tents. Sleeping bags. Packs. Cooking equipment. Navigation tools. Shared resources make access collective.
JOIN THE BASE
NOT READY TO SLEEP OUTSIDE?
THAT'S FINE.
Get Field Notes with upcoming Field Days, outdoor adventures, practical trainings, community gatherings and ways to get involved.
No outdoor experience required. No gear required. Come as you are.