People of Color Outdoors cultivates community by leading outside gatherings

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People of Color Outdoors cultivates community by leading outside gatherings

Portland group helps BIPOC communities strengthen their connection to nature.Pamela Slaughter led a group of a dozen hikers through the old growth forest at Oxbow Regional Park in Gresham last August, stopping alongside a large bush with red berries on it.“Do you notice the difference in the undergrowth?” she asked the group. “More huckleberries. ... Bears love these berries.”“Are they poisonous to us?” one hiker asked. ”No they’re yummy,” Slaug…