Read in UConn Today about the new podcast miniseries, "Walk with Me- A Podcast Series to Elevate BIPOC Voices in the Outdoors," launched by Sociology and Urban and Community Studies double major Neva Taylor '22. In " Walk with me," Taylor explores why many outdoor spaces such as parks and hiking trails seem unwelcoming to people of color. 

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Greenspaces, national parks, and other outdoor spaces often lag in diversity when it comes to visitors; this is important because when you see people who look like you, it makes you feel safer in a space, says Neva Taylor ’22 (CLAS), a double major in urban and community studies and sociology who is also the Communications Administrator with the UConn Extension CT Trail Census and host of the “On the Trail” podcast.

Inspired by this summer’s protests against anti-Black racism – and incidents where Black people enjoying the outdoors were threatened, as in a viral video from a Central Park confrontation – Taylor created “Walk With Me,” a miniseries within the “On the Trail” podcast exploring the experiences of people of color with nature and outdoor spaces."