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"Melanin In Motion" Teaches BIPOC Kids Snowboarding In Minneapolis
The organization does training for many outdoor activities. Taylor says snowboarding is particularly attractive.
January 9, 2023
It seems simple. "You can learn to snowboard on a small hill," said Anthony Taylor, the co-founder of the nonprofit Melanin in Motion, which offers inexpensive introductory snowboard and ski lessons.
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"So here we are at Theodore Wirth Park, in the middle of the city," said Taylor. "Right in the same neighborhood as the highest concentration of African American, Hmong, Latinx and Indigenous kids in the state probably. And we're five minutes from someone's house. You can learn to snowboard five minutes from your house."
The organization does training for many outdoor activities. Taylor says snowboarding is particularly attractive.
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