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About BFF

Brown Folks Fishing is a community-based organization that is by and for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) anglers. We cultivate community for BIPOC in fishing and its industry. BFF is a space to build together and a movement to expand access. We do our work through storytelling, grassroots organizing, events, and community-building.

Our work is as much about stoke as it is about our survival. This means:

We seek to reimagine fishing as a gateway to conservation. We reimagine because the framework of conservation as it exists is deeply rooted in white supremacy, erasure, and colonialism. We reclaim and lift up the narratives that Black and Brown people have with deep roots in fishing, and connection to land, water, and community. By reclaiming these roots, we can shift the narrative around who is, can, and should be on the water; whose full selves can be brought to the water.

Brown Folks Fishing is a member of the Diversity Outdoors coalition. We are a nonprofit that is fiscally sponsored by the Oregon Wildlife Foundation. For BFF gear and swag, visit our shop.

The Angling for All Pledge is a framework to advance an intersectional vision across the fishing and related conservation community that is rooted in anti-racism, justice, equity, liberation, inclusion, resilience, and solidarity. 
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Our Story

We are a multidisciplinary team committed to expanding access & building community.

Brown Folks Fishing launched in Spring 2018 on Instagram. Since then, we have grown into an organization with a dedicated team of ambassadors that spans the entire United States.

Our initiatives:

  • Angling For All pledge 
  • scholarship fund to support new anglers in creating local projects at the intersection of fishing and conservation
  • gear libraries to increase access and alleviate barriers to entry
  • community-focused educational events and fish-alongs
  • storytelling, content creation, and communications services

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