Hunters Of Color

CULTIVATE EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OUTDOORS THROUGH CONSERVATION AND HUNTING.

MENTORSHIP PROGRAM: AS A BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC)-LED ORGANIZATION, WE ARE AWARE OF THE UNIQUE BARRIERS TO ENTRY THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR FACE IN HUNTING. THIS ALLOWS US TO CREATE CULTURALLY SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING THAT YOU WON'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE. OUR MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IS COMMUNITY-BASED AND DRIVEN BY ANTI-RACISM AND HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE. OUR GOAL IS TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AT BY DESIGNING RACIALLY LITERATE AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE CURRICULA AND EVENTS.HUNTERS OF COLOR BROUGHT 167 PARTICIPANTS INTO OUR MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IN FOUR STATES.

CONSERVATION: CONSERVATION IS AT THE HEART OF ALL WE DO. OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS INCLUDE RIVER CLEAN-UPS, HABITAT RESTORATION, AND EDUCATION OF INDIGENOUS FORESTRY PRACTICES. YOU CAN'T CARE ABOUT SOMETHING YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT; BY RECONNECTING BIPOC TO THE OUTDOORS THROUGH HUNTING, WE CREATE PASSIONATE CONSERVATIONISTS.

EDUCATION: WE EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF HUNTING AS IT PERTAINS TO CONSERVATION, THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY, AND THE HISTORY OF RACE AND HUNTING. WE ALSO DISMANTLE STEREOTYPES ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A HUNTER THROUGH AUTHENTIC REPRESENTATION. WE EDUCATE OUR BIPOC COMMUNITIES BY TEACHING THEM HOW TO HUNT. WE INSTILL IN THEM THE COURAGE TO RECLAIM THEIR ANCESTRAL TRADITIONS AND EMPOWER THEIR SELF-SUSTENANCE BY EQUIPPING THEM WITH THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO PROCURE SUSTAINABLE MEAT.