Brooklyn to Alaska: life lessons from rugged wilderness for urban youth
October 19, 2020
In a year when travel is nearly impossible, the Brooklyn to Alaska project, a Brooklyn-based nonprofit dedicated to exposing Brooklyn youth to Alaska’s wilderness, managed to make it work. Founded in 2007, Brooklyn to Alaska has grown from a trip with five boys, to multiple two-week excursions for Brooklyn youth. At its heart, the project’s mission is to “bring brave