2023 is another year of connection for Black Birders Week as BlackAFinSTEM encourages Black birders to Fly Full Circle to reflect on the past, honor the present, and spread their wings to look toward the future. Look for a variety of activities from May 28th through June 3rd to celebrate being bold, beautiful, and Black during Black Birders Week 2023. Follow @BlackAFInSTEM or check out the BlackAFinSTEM website to stay updated on events and activities.
#BlackBirdersWeek will feature panel discussions, bird walks, and giveaways among other engagements, both virtually and in person. The event week is organized in partnership with BirdNote, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Collective, and other organizations.
“Last year, we focused on celebrating lifelong journeys and connections made through birding,” said Nicole Jackson, one of this year’s planning team co-chairs and Columbus Audubon board member. “This year, #BlackBirdersWeek is taking you on a tour, focusing on themes like, how Black birders share their joy of birds through a variety of means of expression, history and culture, and citizen science. For all members of BlackAFinSTEM, birding has been an incredible journey in many different ways and we know this to be true for other Black birders throughout America and the diaspora. We would like to engage and share the stories of as many Black birders as we can, uplifting their connections to birds. This year we are Flying Full Circle!”