The Texas Climbers Coalition has received $2,500 in grant money from Access Fund’s inaugural JEDI grant. We’re honored to be one of four recipients this year.

The CR Bloom Project, which works under the Black Outside umbrella, uses outdoor exposure as healing spaces for youth of incarcerated parents in San Antonio. They have never had the opportunity to run an outdoor climbing event. We will be using the grant money to facilitate such an opportunity by partnering with two local guiding services to provide a safe outdoor guided climbing experience.

Everyone should have equitable access to the outdoors, and the same goes for climbing. We believe that everyone should have the same opportunity to fall in love with these spaces and feel welcome in them. If 33 new children can experience, for the first time, outdoor climbing in a free crag in the middle of their city, then we are taking one small step to do our part to support JEDI practices in Texas.