BLACK LIVES MATTER: Birding While Black
KBC Archive of Pieces Published and Shared after the Racial Incident in Central Park in Spring 2020
Items in this list are not strictly in chronological order, but new additions are at the end of the list
Items in this list are not strictly in chronological order, but new additions are at the end of the list
The Realities of Being A Black Birdwatcher - THE racial incident in Central Park
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/27/us/birdwatching-black-christian-cooper/index.html?fbclid=IwAR3V53I9pf2QOpKy8gOPKXTIdRo-x4qvEKjGJskKgf9iyma5gVOaPscxEek
Chris Cooper Is My Brother. Here’s Why I Posted His Video. We grew up in a family of activists. I wanted everyone to see his calm bravery.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/opinion/chris-cooper-central-park.html?smid=em-share
NPR podcast on Birding While Black
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/birdwatching-while-black
Guide to Birding and Enjoying the Outdoors – from #blackbirderweek
https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5uKKapSmo/?igshid=176i2tud2a3zx
https://twitter.com/BlackAFinSTEM
https://www.instagram.com/blackafinstem/
A story about Corina Newsome, one of the co-founders of #BlackBirdersWeek - from The Philadelphia Inquirer
Corinna Newsome, co-founder of #BlackBirderWeek - a story from New Yorker Magazine
What's Next in Black Birding? - from PBS
A Moment of Reflections…and Determination - From National Audubon Society
Being Seen and Heard During Black Birder Week – Nicole Jackson, former Clevelander, environmental educator in Columbus
Free Binoculars for Black Birders
Black Birders Week: An Ode to Our Allies - from LA Audubon
Black People Bird: Our Strength and Stories - from LA Audubon
Nature as Resistance - by Rue Mapp, Founder of Outdoor Afro
Corinna Newsome, co-founder of #BlackBirderWeek - a story from New Yorker Magazine
A Conversation with Derrick Jackson, Hog Island Instructor re #BlackBirderWeek
The Importance of Inclusiveness and Diversity in Birding, Keynote presentation at Audubon Convention in Utah 2017, by Drew Lanham, PhD - author, ornithologist, and professor of ecology and conservation at Clemson University
Drew Lanham: Hope Is the Thing With Feathers - on youtube
Collinwood's Teenage Bird Nerds - on WKYC Channel 5
Birding for Everyone - A Conversation with former Clevelander, black birder and environmental educator Nicole Jackson and John Robinson, author of “Birding for Everyone: Encouraging People of Color to Become Birdwatchers" - on YouTube
A story on wildlife biologist Danielle Belleny, another one of the founders of #BlackBirdersWeek
#BlackBirdersWeek2021 will be up on twitter "soon" (per internet on 3/10/21 - it's scheduled for May 30 - June 5, 2021.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/27/us/birdwatching-black-christian-cooper/index.html?fbclid=IwAR3V53I9pf2QOpKy8gOPKXTIdRo-x4qvEKjGJskKgf9iyma5gVOaPscxEek
Chris Cooper Is My Brother. Here’s Why I Posted His Video. We grew up in a family of activists. I wanted everyone to see his calm bravery.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/opinion/chris-cooper-central-park.html?smid=em-share
NPR podcast on Birding While Black
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/birdwatching-while-black
Guide to Birding and Enjoying the Outdoors – from #blackbirderweek
https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5uKKapSmo/?igshid=176i2tud2a3zx
https://twitter.com/BlackAFinSTEM
https://www.instagram.com/blackafinstem/
A story about Corina Newsome, one of the co-founders of #BlackBirdersWeek - from The Philadelphia Inquirer
Corinna Newsome, co-founder of #BlackBirderWeek - a story from New Yorker Magazine
What's Next in Black Birding? - from PBS
A Moment of Reflections…and Determination - From National Audubon Society
Being Seen and Heard During Black Birder Week – Nicole Jackson, former Clevelander, environmental educator in Columbus
Free Binoculars for Black Birders
Black Birders Week: An Ode to Our Allies - from LA Audubon
Black People Bird: Our Strength and Stories - from LA Audubon
Nature as Resistance - by Rue Mapp, Founder of Outdoor Afro
Corinna Newsome, co-founder of #BlackBirderWeek - a story from New Yorker Magazine
A Conversation with Derrick Jackson, Hog Island Instructor re #BlackBirderWeek
The Importance of Inclusiveness and Diversity in Birding, Keynote presentation at Audubon Convention in Utah 2017, by Drew Lanham, PhD - author, ornithologist, and professor of ecology and conservation at Clemson University
Drew Lanham: Hope Is the Thing With Feathers - on youtube
Collinwood's Teenage Bird Nerds - on WKYC Channel 5
Birding for Everyone - A Conversation with former Clevelander, black birder and environmental educator Nicole Jackson and John Robinson, author of “Birding for Everyone: Encouraging People of Color to Become Birdwatchers" - on YouTube
A story on wildlife biologist Danielle Belleny, another one of the founders of #BlackBirdersWeek
#BlackBirdersWeek2021 will be up on twitter "soon" (per internet on 3/10/21 - it's scheduled for May 30 - June 5, 2021.