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Resources from National Audubon
David J. Ringer, Chief Network Officer for the National Audubon Society, shared these resources with Audubon chapters around the county. We think they offer a helpful introduction not only for our ASNV board but for anyone who wants to better understand how the outdoors and specifically birding, is not equally safe and welcoming for everyone, especially for people of color.
Read, watch, and share these pieces about birding while Black:
What White Birders Can Learn From Amy Cooper About Their Own Racism by Hannah Waters
Corina Newsome and the Black Birders Movement from The New Yorker
Jason Ward’s essay on how the woods can be perilous for Black people
Journalist Brentin Mock’s interview on birding as a Black man
Buy copies of these books and have discussions with your chapter board:
Caroline Finney’s Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s How To Be an Antiracist
Dr. J Drew Lanham’s The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature