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

https://www.britleavitt.com/
 

Brown Girls Climb

https://www.browngirlsclimb.com/
 

Outdoor Afro 

https://outdoorafro.org/
 

Color the Crag

https://colorthecrag.com/

GP81

https://www.gp-81.com/
 

Brown Ascenders

https://www.thebrownascenders.org/

Sending in Color

https://sendingincolor.com/

PGM One

https://www.pgmone.org/

Chelsea Griffie

https://www.outsidebusinessjournal.com/issues/homage/changemakers/chelsea-griffie/

https://sierraclub.typepad.com/explore/2012/05/rock-climber-chelsea-griffie-inspires-youth-to-get-outdoors.html

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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