OUTDOOR
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Outdoor Education Center

Results from the 2000 Census suggest that by the year 2050, ethnic minorities and multi-racial groups will comprise 47% of the United States population. This serves to remind us of how urgent it is to advance the principles of preservation, protection, enhancement, and sustainability of America’s open spaces to all people.

Beckwourth’s Outdoor Education Center (OEC) was founded in 1998 and has benefited over 1000 Metro Denver urban youth. Eighty-nine percent of OEC youth reside in single-parent households. This FREE program offers year-round trips to national parks, state parks, wilderness areas, and cultural/scientific institutions. All food, transportation and outdoor equipment are provided. Not a camp, the OEC is a nationally recognized life-changing mentoring and leadership development program for youth ages 8-18.

OEC program goals include:

• leadership development of urban youth through long-term mentoring by positive adult and peer role models
• empowering urban youth to become productive members of society
• empowering urban youth to give back to their communities
• expanding educational opportunities to urban youth
• encouraging the pursuit of academic achievement
• increasing the number of urban youth who choose careers in the science and natural resource fields
• social and character development

Rising Star

OEC Youth Leader Jahsi Nkululeko
19 year-old sophomore at Tuskegee University, Alabama; Architecture Major
OEC Participant at age 12
2004-Present: OEC Program Assistant
Career Goal: Architect

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