06-23: Black Birders - Embracing the Beauty Within
The American Birding Podcast
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🗓️ 9 June 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
As part of its celebration of the third Black Birders Week, please enjoy highlights from the ABA's two-part panel "Black Birders: Embracing the Beauty Within." The panel session co-hosts are Sheridan Alford and Chelsea Connor. They are joined in the first session by Alex Troutman, Sharon Scott, and Scott Edwards, and in the second session by Alex Troutman and Danielle Belleny. Panelists explores such topics as childhood experiences with birds, how to pass on generational knowledge of birds, and whether things have changed since the first Black Birders Week.
For the panels in their entirety as well as links and bios for all of the participants, please visit the ABA website. Thanks to the panelists and to Black AF in STEM for putting on yet another great edition of Black Birders Week.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Nikki Belmonte, the new executive director of the American Birding Association, and I'm so excited to be this organization's new leader. |
| 0:08.3 | I look forward to growing our community and inviting people from all walks of life to enjoy and protect wild birds. |
| 0:14.6 | Today I'm asking you to support our nesting season appeal and help us inspire our youth to discover the joy of birding and the beauty of nature. |
| 0:22.8 | You can donate online at aBA.org slash appeal or call us at 800 850-2473. |
| 0:30.7 | Thank you for your support. |
| 0:37.2 | Hello and welcome to the American Burning Podcast from the American Birding Association. |
| 0:41.1 | I am your host, Nate Swick. |
| 0:43.4 | Well, quasi-host this time. |
| 0:46.0 | I'll explain. |
| 0:47.1 | Last week was the third incarnation of Black Birders Week. |
| 0:51.1 | Another phenomenal showing from the Black AF and STEM folks who were no doubt excited |
| 0:54.6 | that this is the first year since the beginning of the effort that they could actually have |
| 0:58.0 | in-person events. And a few of those, birdwalks, panel discussions, and the like. But as has been |
| 1:04.1 | the case since the beginning, a lot of the action has been online. And this year, the ABA was excited |
| 1:08.7 | to be able to host one of those online forums. |
| 1:12.5 | A two-part panel called Embracing the Beauty Within. |
| 1:16.0 | Both parts can be found on the ABA website currently, but just, you know, an additional way to get that message out. |
| 1:22.7 | I'm turning this episode of the American Birding podcast over to Black Birders Week, |
| 1:27.7 | and we're going to share some of the highlights of those discussions right here in podcast form. |
| 1:33.8 | If you want to watch the whole thing, and I'd certainly encourage that, |
| 1:36.8 | the link is going to be in the show notes. Do check it out. |
| 1:40.6 | But I hope you at least get a good sense of what was going on by what we share here. |
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