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Black Birders Week, May 31, 2020 – June 5, 2020, was a monumental series of virtual events to celebrate Black birders and nature enthusiasts while highlighting the unique challenges that the Black community faces in outdoor activities.

#Becauseofblackbirdersweek, powerful voices have emerged in the videos, articles, and podcasts. Use this page as a reference to all of the following media links to help ensure that this was not just a week, but the start of a movement and real change in our birding community and beyond.

If you have another piece of content to add to this page, send me a link to it.

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Virtual birdwatching in the Aviary for Black Birders Week with #BlackWomenWhoBird @BlackAFInSTEM!

By Monterey Bay Aquarium

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Black Birders Week [Stuck in Vermont 614]

By StuckinVermont

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#BlackBirdersWeek with Tykee James

By the Franklin Institute

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Black birdwatchers push back against stereotypes, racism with #BlackBirdersWeek

By CBC News: The National

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#BlackBirdersWeek

By BirdLife South Africa

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In The Know: #BlackBirdersWeek conversation

By In The Know with Cat Bobino

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Bird-Watching While Black: A Wildlife Ecologist Shares His Tips | Short Film Showcase

By National Geographic

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Birding for Everyone: A Discussion with Tykee James, Nicole Jackson, and John C. Robinson

By American Birding Association

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Birding While Black: A Candid Conversation, Session 2

By National Audubon Society

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Birding While Black: A Candid Conversation, Session 2

By National Audubon Society

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Beanie Jean Shares What You Need To Know Before Getting Into Birding

By Refinery 29

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Birding While Black

By Inside Higher Ed

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Black birders take flight with help from Philly scientists

By The Philadelphia Inquirer

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‘Black Birders Week’ Promotes Diversity and Takes on Racism in the Outdoors

By National Audubon Society

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“How Am I Going to Be Perceived as a Black Man With Binoculars?”: J. Drew Lanham on Christian Cooper and Rules for the Black Birdwatcher

By Vanity Fair

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How to best be an ally in STEM

By The Varsity

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The Importance of Black Birders Week and Its Lasting Impact

By NC State University

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It’s Black Birders Week—Here’s Why Celebrating Black Scientists and Naturalists Matters

By Mental Floss

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Outdoors: Black birders gain strength from special week

By The Blade

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These Black nature lovers are busting stereotypes, one cool bird at a time

By CNN

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White Birders Must Be Aware That We Expose Black Birders to Racist Incidents

By The Wildlife Observer Network

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#BlackBirdersWeek and Its Impact with Corina Newsome & Tykee James

American Birding Podcast

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#BlackBirdersWeek Seeks To Make The Great Outdoors Open To All

By NPR Short Wave

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Episode 151: Black Birders Week is Forever

She Explores

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Equity in Birding with Tykee James

Hannah and Erik Go Birding

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Very Special Episode: BlackAFinSTEM with various Ologists

Ologies

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Twitter handles shown

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A. McLain: @MclainWildlife
Afrosuchia: @afrosuchia
Alex Troutman: @N8ture_AL
Alexi Grousis-Henderson: @AlHendiify
Alexus Roberts: @Alexuss_Symone
Amelia Demery: @acdemery
Anna Gifty: @itsafronomics
Armand Cann: @Devonian_One
Ashley/Doc McSippins: @SipnSciPod
Atiya Wells: @Backyard_Base
Black In The Ivory: @BlackInTheIvory
Chelsea Connor: @ChelseaHerps
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Deja Perkins: @naturallywild__
Doc McSippins: @SipNScipod
Earyn McGee: @Afro_Herper
J. Drew Lanham: @1blackbirder
JDMonroe: @JDMonroe210
Jeffrey Ward: @JeffreyMWard
Juita Martinez: @JuitaMartinez
Kassandra Ford: @KassTheFish
Kaylee Arnold: @Black_Ecologist
Lauren D. Pharr, M.Sc: @ldpharr
Monique Pipkin: @MoniquePipkin
OnWordforWildlife: @OnWord4Wildlife[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Ranger Bri: @Ranger_Bri
Rhiannon Kirton: @Rhiannon_Kirton
Shane Campbell-Staton, Ph.D.: @SCampbellstaton
Sheridan Alford: @beaniejean_
Sidney Woodruff: @WoodruffSidney
Stephanie Renee: @OsmosisReads
Symone Johnson Barkley: @ScientistSymone
Tykee James: @Tykee_James
Tyler Jones: @melliferocity
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