by seattleaudubonadmin | Aug 19, 2021 | Blog, Equity & Justice, Science
Lincoln’s Sparrow / Jennifer McKeirnan by Anna Luisa Daigneault The moment is ripe to not only topple eponymous names, but to include more indigenous knowledge in the global conversation about birds. Anna Luisa Daigneault Program Director, Living Tongues...
by seattleaudubonclaire | Aug 16, 2021 | Blog, Equity & Justice, Press Releases
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch / Canva On July 8, 2021 the Seattle Audubon Society Board of Directors affirmed its support for “Birds Names for Birds” and joined the call to put an end to the practice of eponymous naming. When a bird is named after a person—think Wilson’s...
by seattleaudubonadmin | Mar 23, 2021 | Equity & Justice, Press Releases
Bar-tailed Godwit / William J. Pohley / Audubon Photography Awards Seattle Audubon condemns the growing wave of violence and hateful rhetoric against Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) individuals and communities. To our many AAPI community members: You are...
by seattleaudubonsociety | Feb 17, 2021 | Equity & Justice, Press Releases
Trumpeter Swans / Heather Roskelley / Audubon Photography Awards *Content Warning: sexual violence* Seattle Audubon was shocked, angered, and saddened to learn of sexual misconduct allegations, made courageously by Aisha White, against a prominent member of the...
by seattleaudubonsociety | Jan 30, 2021 | Blog, Equity & Justice
Equity and conservation are among the many reasons I support Seattle Audubon by Mary Bond I first fell in love with birds and found my passion for conservation in the spring of 1982 working as a field biologist in the Gila National Forest of New Mexico monitoring...
by seattleaudubonsociety | Nov 17, 2020 | Equity & Justice, Press Releases
Snow Geese / Mick Thompson / Eastside Audubon Society Seattle Audubon was saddened to learn about the culture of “intimidation and threats” experienced by people of color and women at the National Audubon Society, which was uncovered in an investigative report...
