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A Facebook group called \\u201cShades of the Outdoors: A BIPOC Outdoor Enthusiast Community\\u201d has garnered about 100 members in just over one month. The group lends people of color a space to share their love of the outdoors, free of judgment or threat.

Brandan Freeman is the Michigander who founded the group, shared the realities of traveling the state as a Black man, and what it means to see people who look like you out on the trails.

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• Brandan Freeman, founder of Facebook group \\u201cShades of the Outdoors: A BIPOC Outdoor Enthusiast Community\\u201d
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