S2 Ep3: Finding Our Way with United We Climb (ft Marie Uri and Yasmin Lazarus) – Climbing Walls and Checking Privilege

Finding Our Way - Diverse Outdoor Voices

In this one we sit down with climbers Marie Uri and Yasmin Lazarus from United We Climb. Their group is committed to creating new opportunities and experiences designed specifically for – and with – people who are currently underserved and underrepresented in climbing and the outdoors. This includes paraclimbers, neurodiverse people and people of colour. United We Climb also work with climbing businesses to help them recognise and remove barriers to inclusive access.

• Marie and Yasmin on their first experiences of climbing
• Being the only black woman on a club meet and being stared at
• Experiences of beta-spraying at the crag
• United We Climb, a JEDI organisation: justice, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Empowering the climbing industry to be more representative and to make climbing more accessible
• A partnership needs to be more that just one project, it must be sustainable
• Research being conducted by United We Climb to develop training for climbing walls
• Building networks and why community groups are necessary
• If you want to have more diversity, don't wait for the diversity to come to you. Go to them
• Simple actions that promote inclusivity
• The Disability Price Tag
• Checking your privilege
• What’s next for United We Climb

Show notes and full transcript available at https://www.thebmc.co.uk/finding-our-way-podcast-united-we-climb

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