Although nature is an ancestral healing place for many communities, these spaces can be unwelcoming, unsafe, or triggering for people of color. By collaborating with community members, our research teams' aim was to help reclaim natural spaces and mitigate growing health disparities.
From Hood to Woods: Participate in the Study
Join San Francisco State University in a community-engaged research project to reclaim nature in the Bay Area. Eligibility requirements are: you must be aged 18-26 years old, self-identify as Latinx, Black, African American, and/or Filipinx, and available on weekends.
The Reclaiming Nature Community Advisory Team
During 2021-2025, we ran our program, the Reclaiming Nature project. Our end goal was reclaiming our indigenous connections to nature to heal in the era of COVID and Racism. We hoped to recruit community organizations to partner with to increase access to green spaces and take our communities to the pristine Redwoods outdoors. Our work was done with an Advisory Team of young adults, and we partnered with Roadmap To Peace and Save the Redwoods League to help with these efforts.