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✅ Celebrate Black joy in nature
✅ Observe the birds around you (Be sure to tag us in your photos!)
✅ Reflect on how you’ll carry this work forward

#BlackBirdersWeek2025 #GroundedInCommunity

The outdoors needs YOUR hue...flood the trails with culture, the skies with soul, and let birds bear witness to our brilliance.

#blacksky #environmentaljustice #birds #birding #ornithology #scicomm #sciart #culture #art #conservation #BlackBirdersWeek2025 #GroundedInCommunity

“Birds, Bonds, and Belonging” aims to cultivate spaces where Black birders see themselves reflected in the birds we admire, the plants in our yards, the companions at our side, and the growing tapestry of our collective story. This subtheme celebrates how birding is more than a hobby; for us, it's a bridge between our people and the land. Today, we highlight how birding can nurture connections to each other, the natural world, and our deep-rooted legacy and relationship to the land. Here, belonging isn't questioned; it's intentionally cultivated.

It’s Day 5 of #BlackBirdersWeek and we’re honoring “Birds, Bonds, & Belonging.” Today we celebrate how birding can nurture connections to each other, the natural world, and our deeply rooted legacy and relationship with the land.
#BlackBirdersWeek2025 #GroundedInCommunity #blacksky #birds #birding

Text Reads: “Right to Rest” challenges the historical and ongoing policing of Black bodies in nature. It asserts that relaxation, observation, and connection with the natural world are not privileges, but fundamental rights. Today, we honor the restorative power of birding as a meditative, healing practice that allows Black communities to reclaim our relationship with the land on our terms. Slowing down is sacred, and in community, we protect its power to renew us.

Today we welcome Day 4 of #BlackBirdersWeek! We claim our “Right to Rest" because peace in nature is not a privilege, but our birthright. Breathe deep, bird freely, and renew your spirit in community.
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Black AF In STEM

🏆Giveaways: Nocs Provisions & Bird Collective (Enter for a chance to win on our website (www.blackafinstem.com -- under "2025 Giveaways"). Winners will be announced at the end of week.)

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Text reads: Reflect & Share: We'd love to hear about someone who helped you appreciate birds and nature. Who comes to mind?

Reflect & Share: We'd love to hear about someone who helped you appreciate birds and nature. Who comes to mind?

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#BlackBirdersWeek2025 #GroundedInCommunity

Although I haven’t been involved in the most recent years planning, I am so proud of the current committee. Thank you for continuing the mission and continuing to put on such great programming (despite us celebrating the birds that eat my lizards😭)! #BlackinNature #GroundedinCommunity

What does #community mean to you... in the world of birding?

Is it the bonds of family? The strength of unity? The power of a shared history—or something deeper?

We want to hear your voice! Share what makes our community soar. 🖤✊🏿

#BlackBirdersWeek #GroundedInCommunity

Exciting updates are coming your way every week as we count down to Black Birders Week! Stay tuned for sneak peeks at events, activities, and ways to get stay engaged and get involved. You won’t want to miss what we have in store!
#BlackBirdersWeek #BlackInNature #GroundedInCommunity #SparrowFamily