A Louisville group dedicated to encouraging outdoor events and camping in the Black community will have its second annual camping event this weekend.

I sat down with Brittiney Griffin, founder of Black Azz Camping, to talk about the event and her group’s mission.

This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

Michelle Tyrene Johnson: You're here because you founded Black Azz Camping, which is spelled A-Z-Z. Tell us about that.

Brittiney Griffin: So Black Azz Camping, with two Zs, is basically getting Black people out in nature and outdoor recreation and creating that safe space and that environment for us to not only feel safe, but feel heard and seen, and not have to code switch. You know, we could just literally just be us. So I invite people to the space, whether it's cam

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