Brittany Leavitt is the co-founder of Brown Girls Climb, a lifelong educator and someone who loves the outdoors. We talk with her about what it means to be shifting careers to be the full-tome CEO of Brown Girls Climb and how she first came to the outdoors. Hint: Her career day outfit in Elementary School says a lot!
Brittany has always connected to the outdoors, from the mountains in upstate New York, to the ocean sides of Massachusetts, to city life in Washington DC (currently in Brooklyn, NY). For the last eight years, Brittany has led and taught others how to enjoy the outdoors safely while also clearing pathways for the PGM (People of Global Majority) in the community—working as a leader with organizations such as Outdoor Afro, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, and REI. In 2018 Brittany was recognized as one of Blue Ridges Mountain Magazine’s 30 under 30 and American Alpine Club-DC section’s “one to watch.”
Hope you enjoy this conversation talking about everything from climbing Kilimanjaro to creating brave spaces within climbing gyms as much as we did!
LINKS:
Brittany on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/bleavitt8/
Brittany’s Personal Website
Brown Girls Climb
https://www.browngirlsclimb.com/
Outdoor Afro
Color the Crag
GP81
Brown Ascenders
https://www.thebrownascenders.org/
Sending in Color
PGM One
Chelsea Griffie
https://www.outsidebusinessjournal.com/issues/homage/changemakers/chelsea-griffie/
Rosemary Saal
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswlms
https://sierraclub.typepad.com/explore/2013/03/qa-rosemary-saal-climber-denali.htmll
Phil Henderson
https://www.instagram.com/phil_henderson/
Article for REI about finding your own summit
https://www.rei.com/blog/hike/summiting-at-17000-feet-my-climb-of-kilimanjaro-with-outdoor-afro
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