CWA Blog Archive-Projecting Anti-Racism Highlights From Flash Foxy’s Stronger Together Episode With Abby Dione

Projecting Anti-Racism Highlights From Flash Foxy’s Stronger Together Episode With Abby Dione

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This is the first installment of the CWA's Projecting Anti-Racism series, intended to unpack important, complex messages coming out of the Black Lives Matter uprisings, with each post highlighting at least one resource and giving action recommendations for individuals and companies in the climbing industry. The stated end goal is for the industry to treat anti-racist work like a passionate climbing project requiring patience and perseverance. The article opens by framing the pandemic moment as an opportunity: as it became increasingly evident the climbing industry wasn't likely to return to normal, this could signal sadness and loss for some, but for others an opportunity to finally address and change very real and damaging aspects of the industry. Rather than feeling nostalgic about the old normal, the piece argues, we can rebuild the climbing industry as anti-racist and decolonized. It notes that COVID-19 slowed everyone down while the movement to ensure Black lives matter unfolded, and acknowledges that the recent push for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) within the climbing industry took a lot of labor. This inaugural post highlights the Flash Foxy Stronger Together episode with Abby Dione, using it as the featured resource for reflection and action. The throughline is that the pandemic-disrupted moment presented the climbing industry a genuine opportunity to rebuild itself as anti-racist and decolonized, and that doing so requires treating anti-racism as a long-term project demanding patience and perseverance, like a hard climbing project, supported by concrete resources and actions. By launching the Projecting Anti-Racism series with the Flash Foxy episode featuring Abby Dione, the CWA committed to sustained engagement with the complex messages of the Black Lives Matter uprisings, offering the industry both curated resources and actionable recommendations rather than one-off statements. The framing rejects nostalgia for the pre-pandemic normal in favor of using the moment of disruption to make lasting structural change. For the industry, this first installment establishes both the series' purpose, patient, persevering, resource-grounded anti-racist work, and its method, highlighting resources like the Abby Dione episode and translating them into steps individuals and companies can take, inviting the climbing community to approach dismantling racism with the same dedication it brings to hard climbing projects.

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This inaugural Projecting Anti-Racism installment frames the pandemic's disruption as a chance to rebuild the climbing industry as anti-racist and decolonized rather than return to normal. Highlighting Flash Foxy's Stronger Together episode with Abby Dione, it urges treating anti-racist work like a hard climbing project, patient and persevering, backed by resources and action.