Ramble Against Racism 2021/22/23

When Black Lives Matter protests started taking place in the UK in 2020, I wanted to join one. But there weren’t any in my area, they were all in cities. I felt that there should be a show of support from rural communities, and that it was time to start a conversation about racial equality in a space where such conversations don’t often happen, in my experience.

So I started the Ramble Against Racism, where I walk through the rural parishes of Devon, spreading awareness of anti-racism and having conversations with people along the way.

I've now walked every parish of Mid, East, North and West Devon, as well as Teignbridge. When I walked the South Hams, I did that over two-weeks straight, backpacking and camping the whole way - an amazing experience!

I now only have Torridge left to go and I expect to finish this in early 2023.

On my rambles, I carry a big 'Ramble Against Racism' banner and I hope to:

• raise more awareness of racial inequality
• encourage people to learn more about the topic, and provide ideas for resources
• help people to think about what they can do to tackle racism
• raise money for Black2Nature (which aims to get more young Visible Minority Ethnic people engaged with nature)
• meet and speak to as many people as possible along the way!

I leave a poster in each town/village that gives suggestions for what we can do to actively fight racism. 

Follow @middevonwalker on twitter or @tsarasmith on Instagram for the latest updates and lots of photos!