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Black Freedom Outfitters Black Freedom Outfitters, an adventure outfit that curates one of a kind experiences that both center the geographies, histories, and experiences of Black

Meet the Riders: Get Low Country Bike Tour 2022, Tybee Island to Sapelo Island•••Marley ( )I'm currently 14 years old an...
11/08/2022

Meet the Riders: Get Low Country Bike Tour 2022, Tybee Island to Sapelo Island
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Marley ( )

I'm currently 14 years old and attend Washington HIgh School in Atlanta, Ga. I was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and lived in Chicago prior to moving to Atlanta w my family.

I'm an adventurer and i love to travel with my family. At 10 years old i complete my first bike tour ever. It was a scouting route for a Black Freedom Outfitters Bike Tour called MajorKey, from Key Largo to Key West. I'm a member of the Bike Ride Across Georgia (BRAG) Dream Team and have completed 4 BRAG tours, the longest being 454 miles from Elajay, Ga to Darian, Ga.

I love the challenges that come with bike touring and the pace that allows me to take in my surroundings. Biking is a healthy and fun way to explore the world.
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Meet the Riders: Get Low Country Bike Tour 2022, Tybee Island to Sapelo Island•••Monica( Not sure what calls me to be ou...
10/08/2022

Meet the Riders: Get Low Country Bike Tour 2022, Tybee Island to Sapelo Island
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Monica(

Not sure what calls me to be outdoors but it definitely feels right and familiar. Maybe it's the hope to nap and frolic with Totoro - paired with something ancestral. My Great Grandma was a cyclist - they say, well past age 80 she would cruise around on 10 speed bike. I never got to ride with her but stories like that definitely play a role. I'm usually warm, curious, and down for a sweet (covid conscious) adventure. I bike as a commuter most often but do my best to make it as chill/steadying of a ride as possible.
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Meet the Riders: Get Low Country Bike Tour 2022, Tybee Island to Sapelo Island•••Roc ( )Being in my body and the outdoor...
10/08/2022

Meet the Riders: Get Low Country Bike Tour 2022, Tybee Island to Sapelo Island
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Roc ( )

Being in my body and the outdoors is an assertion of Black q***r and trans life, it’s an assertion of finding my way and coming back home. Being with and of the land, the soil, sun, air, etc., is a way to be in relationship with and show reverence to my ancestors. In Touching the Earth, bell hooks said, “…When the Earth is sacred to us, our bodies can also be sacred to us.” I believe in what my ancestors both human and nonhuman new/know to be true— that healing the body is inextricably connected to the healing of the earth.

Roc is currently a doctoral candidate with a focus on historical and sociocultural aspects of sport and physical culture studies. Their dissertation project centers the narratives of Black q***r, trans and nonbinary (BQTN) bodyworkers in the United States South.
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Meet the Riders: Get Low Country Bike Tour 2022, Tybee Island to Sapelo Island•••Lauren, , yes, please: a bookhouse an...
09/08/2022

Meet the Riders: Get Low Country Bike Tour 2022, Tybee Island to Sapelo Island
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Lauren, ,

yes, please: a bookhouse and carespace is a physical a manifestation of our reverence for black women and gender expansive writers and readers who continue to show us the way forward. yes, please provides the physical container for the inherent worth of black women to be seen and felt, for the practice of receiving and giving care, and for holistic regeneration.

lauren jones (she/her) is learning to mother herself, her children and her community. She is motivated and grounded by her lived experiences and black women always in all ways. A black, bisexual, native Detroiter and the founder and steward of yes, please: a bookhouse and carespace located in Scottdale, GA, she is committed to pleasure, asking questions, and accessing our full bodied yes.

lauren resides in Atlanta with her two children, two dogs, her cat Stella and her husband.
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Meet the Riders: Get Low Country Bike Tour 2022, Tybee Island to Sapelo Island•••Erica aka Clutch , Wild seed traversin...
09/08/2022

Meet the Riders: Get Low Country Bike Tour 2022, Tybee Island to Sapelo Island
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Erica aka Clutch ,

Wild seed traversing through outdoor spaces that have been denied to people that look like me, hailing from concrete jungles.  My soul is fulfilled when I take up space in the outdoors embracing my most authentic self, wild and free.    
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A BFO note about Erica…
She has participated in each kind of BFO offering so far and is the first and only person to have done so. Let’s give her around of applause
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About the tour:

The BFO Black August offering will journey through the unbridled history: the rebellions, and freedoms that lie along the Black Georgia Coast (also known as the Low Country). We look forward to being in community and joyful resistance with you.

Tybee is a small 3.2-mile barrier island 18 miles from Savannah, Georgia. The revisionist history excludes the pain and suffering—brutal subjugation of black folk. Tybee Island holds the stories of Slave Jails: A quarantine station where our ancestors were poked and probed before families were torn apart and auctioned in Savannah. Wade-ins: The summers of 1960-1963 where young African Americans risked their lives to wade in the waters of the Tybee beach in defiance of Jim Crow laws. This unheralded part of our history led to the eventual desegregation of the former whites-only beaches 8 months before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In 1980, The Orange Crush Beach Parties were formed by students of Savannah State University. Over-policing of these joyful events served as a stark reminder that progress is never as close as it appears.

South of Tybee sits Sapelo Island, another barrier island that holds a unique story of its own. The island has been home to generations of the Gullah-Geechee people, direct descendants of enslaved West African people brought to the island in the 1700s and 1800s. Nine generations have tended to the land and kept the rich cultural traditions from the coastline of West Africa, such as making baskets, casting nets, and the unique music of the Sea Island Singers.
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Meet the Sojourners for The Get Low Country Bike Tour: Tybee Island to Sapelo Island•••Pic 1- Tour Lead, zahra () in Si...
08/08/2022

Meet the Sojourners for The Get Low Country Bike Tour: Tybee Island to Sapelo Island
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Pic 1- Tour Lead, zahra () in Sierra Leone Spring 2022

zahra be in the city yearning for the woods, water and the mountains. In recent history she discovered she aint really no city girl anymore and prefers more companionship with the wild. When in the city you will find her among the trees, flowers and watermelons.

For the last 12 years zahra has gone to the wild for healing, rejuvenation, adventure and learnings. For zahra, adventuring in the outdoors includes chasing waterfalls, playing in the dirt, bike touring, back country hiking, camping, long road trips through remote locations (think cross country using the national parks as guides and through canada), attempting to surf (once creating her own surf camp residency on Amelia Island, FL) kayaking with oyster farmers and and and.

The wild has been a place of exploration, a deep connection to self and the earth and it has served as a test of ability, will and tenderness. As co-owner of Black Freedom Outfitters, she is geeked to contribute to getting more Black folks adventuring in the outdoors and using nature as a resource for our healing and liberating ourselves.
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Pic 2-Tour Manager, tabia () in Isla Holbox, Mexico, Spring 2021

tabia is an Atlanta based photographer and avid nature boi. Venturing outside as often as possible to thrill seek, play in the dirt, and to be reminded of how little space we take up in this big big world.
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Pic 3- Sapelo Island host, Teena () on Sapelo Island Summer 2022

Teena is a grower, chef, and plant medicine maker from St.Mary's, Ga. She comes from a family that has always been deeply connected to the earth.

She is the founder and CEO of Mystic Roots LLC, a catering company and apothecary that specializes in eclectic
farm-to-table plant-based cuisine and high-quality handcrafted herbal medicines.

Teena welcomes the opportunity to share
her gifts of food as medicine with community.
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Camping 101 with zahraTuesday, July 26th 7p - 9pCentering Black folk’s rich history of outdoor exploration zahra alabanz...
21/07/2022

Camping 101 with zahra

Tuesday, July 26th 7p - 9p

Centering Black folk’s rich history of outdoor exploration zahra alabanza will support those who wish to join the growing community of Black Adventurists in learning basic camping skills during our Camping 101 session.

Come through and learn how to

- set up a tent

- pack for a bike camping tour

- build and tend a fire

- and feel more comfortable and confident outdoors

zahra alabanza (she/her/they) conjures enthusiasm for life by practicing pleasure and play, living simply and seeking joy. Being a parent, organizer, creator and adventurer are a few roles that allow them to explore the depths of her pleasure and joy. They curate experiences; decolonizes and deconstructs spaces; and utilizes outdoor adventure, land base work, and wellness rituals to contribute to enhancing the quality of life among Black folk. Their work centers Black women, children and q***r folks and meets at the intersection of justice, principled living, healing, quality of life, and Black liberation.

zahra_ala he co-founder of Red, Bike and Green-Atlanta and Black Freedom Outfitters

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camp 101 is offered free of charge to participants
RSVP at the link in bio at

B I K E T O U R Alert- link in bio•••the Get Low Country Bike Tour•••This Black August from August 18-21, 2022, we will ...
11/07/2022

B I K E T O U R Alert- link in bio
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the Get Low Country Bike Tour
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This Black August from August 18-21, 2022, we will journey through the unbridled history: the rebellions, and freedoms that lie along the Black Georgia Coast (also known as the Low Country). We look forward to being in community and joyful resistance with yall. Join us for a 4-day bike, camping tour from Tybee Island and Savannah to Sapelo Island.

We will explore Tybee Island to Savannah while learning more about our history on its land. We will bike, rolling at modified paces to accommodate the varying levels of riders, along multipurpose trails (when available) and flat paved roads lined with canopy trees laced in Spanish moss. The bike tour provides a unique space for riders to experience this rich history collectively and individually. Riders will have the option to contribute to the success of the tour by co-leading activities (routes, meal prep, nightly accommodations, discussions, and skill exchanges). You don’t want to miss what is sure to be an experience of a lifetime—a truly unforgettable experience of continuous love and resistance.
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LOGISTICS
Trip Dates: Thur. Aug. 18, 2022- Sun. Aug 21, 2022
Total Days: 4 days; 3 Nights Camping
Orientation: Thurs Aug. 18 at 2pm
Depart Tybee: Aug 19
Arrival Sapelo: Aug. 20
Head Home: Aug 21 or 22
Level of Support: Supported
Participants: 10, 3 Sojourners (Tour Leaders)
Meals: Vegetarian/Vegan
Sleeping: Camping in tents
Physical Difficulty: beginner level

Important Dates & Deadlines:
Registration Opens: July 11, 2022
IG Live: July 14, 2022
Deposit Due: July 22, 2022
Early Bird payment Due: July 29, 2022
Final Payment Due: August 5, 2022
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BIG gratitude to for being on board w your magic on Sapelo.

Thank you for the flyer and your magic.

Hella love always to the blueprint makers, BFO founders and . Paving the way for over a decade now.
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