Outdoor Afro

Outdoor Afro has become the nation's leading, cutting-edge organization that celebrates and inspires black connections and leadership in nature. We are a national not-for-profit organization with leadership networks in 32 states, including Washington, d.c. with more than 100 volunteer leaders, trained annually in nearly 60 cities around the country, our organization connects roughly 60,000 people annually to our network activities and campaign projects. Our signature making waves program deploys support annually for over 1500 youth and their caregivers to learn how to swim through swim scholarships issued to certified instructor partners to help address the historic crisis of youth drownings in the black community.each of these programs help to change the face of participation in the outdoors. Everyone is welcome to join our year-round network activities or become a partner to help us continue to grow our multigenerational nature and community work.