Another 6.1 miles on the boots and the only way to describe our final #GoddessHike of 2022 is "We had a time!!!" * * HIKE STATS: 📍Location: Ancestral homelands of the Lenape (Cheesequake State Park, NJ) 🚦Difficulty: Easy 🌡Weather Conditions: Cloudy & 58°...we ALMOST beat the rain! 🥾Distance Hiked: 6.1 Miles * * Next Hike: Sunday, January 27 | 8:45a | Location: TBA * * #campingnoire #hikingnoire #GoddessHikes #njhikes #blackwomenwhohike #fallhikes #cheesequakestatepark #representationmatters #mothernature #womenhelpingwomen #blackinnature #diversifyoutdoors #blackgirlmagic #adventureawaits #blackpeoplewhohike #nowomanleftbehind #blacktreehuggers #blackfacesgreenspaces #treehuggers #weoutchea (at Cheesequake State Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClfcISlu7V3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
#BlackBirdersWeek is continuing to inspire new generations of birders and nature-lovers. This week is increasing visibility of Black birders recreating or conducting fieldwork in the outdoors. The birds that visit and reside in the National Marine Sanctuary System connect our country's ocean, Great Lakes, and coasts.
For Black Birders Week, join us on an interactive tour of birds in your sanctuary system by visiting: https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/news/may18/birds-across-the-nmss.html
Our community had been given this narrative that Black people didn’t go outdoors. However, after entering the hiking community, I realized that belief couldn’t be further from the truth. Read the article about what I learned about Black History in the outdoors on my blog by clicking the link in my bio. . . #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #blackhikers #blackoutdoors #blackinnature #equity #outdooreducation #diversity #equalaccess #outdoors #nature #writers #Writing #writingcommunity (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co73uSQuMpn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
As a kid, Jasmin Graham was endlessly curious about the ocean. Her constant questioning eventually led her to a career in marine science stu
As a kid, Jasmin Graham was endlessly curious about the ocean. Her constant questioning eventually led her to a career in marine science studying sharks and rays. But until relatively recently, she had never met another Black woman in her field.
That all changed last year when she met a group of Black women studying sharks through the Twitter hashtag #BlackInNature. Finding a community was so powerful that the women decided to start a group.
Jasmin, along with Amani Webber-Schultz, Carlee Jackson, and Jaida Elcock, launched Minorities in Shark Sciences, or MISS for short, last year on Juneteenth. Their goal: create a community for women of color interested in studying sharks.
On today's show, host Maddie Sofia talks with Jasmin about starting MISS and how it's uplifting women of color through hands-on workshops and community building.To see pictures of MISS's first workshop check out their website.This episode was produced by Berly McCoy and Brit Hanson, edited by Viet Le, and fact-checked by Berly McCoy.
Jabiru. The tallest, flying bird found in South America and Central America! My 1st encounter was with a pair high up in a tree, building a nest and photographing them in flight. Although I was excited to see them, because it was a target bird for me, I wasn't really happy with the photos from my 1st encounter. I had a vision of photographing one in a grassy wetland, without any distracting objects in the background. Well, on my 2nd encounter, I got my wish. Now I'm happy! 🙂 #bird_captures #your_best_birds #eye_spy_birds #birds_fanatic #blackbirdersweek #planetbirds #cañonegrowildliferefuge #CostaRica2021 #birdselite #bestshotz_birds #birds_illife #total_birds #best_birds_of_world #raw_birds #birds_perfection #jabiru #bestbirdshots #pocket_birds #blackinnature #nuts_about_birds #birdvibrance #bird_brilliance #birds_adored #best_birds_of_ig #BlackBirdersWeek2021 (at Caño Negro, Alajuela, Costa Rica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPsrBfSAm92/?utm_medium=tumblr
The social media campaign #BlackBirdersWeek hopes to show the world the many black birders and nature lovers of color.
A black child grins widely while holding a falcon bigger than his head. A black ecologist stands in waders beside a beaver pond. He’s studying how to help wildlife thrive. A black evolutionary biologist holds a wriggling bat. She’s working in Belize, studying the processes that led to the diversity of life on Earth.
These photos and hundreds more bird facts, questions and experiences are flooding social media. They are part of #BlackBirdersWeek. It’s a movement that is working to promote black birders and nature fans. The social media campaign runs May 31 through June 5. There are Question & Answer sessions with black birders. There’s a Facebook livestream discussion of birding while black. It also offers prompts for sharing photos of birds and being outside in nature on Twitter and Instagram.
#BlackBirdersWeek comes during nationwide protests. People are protesting the deaths of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor and many other black people at the hands of the police. To the founders of #BlackBirdersWeek, the protests increase the importance and urgency of their campaign.
The founders are a group of black individuals who work in science or related fields. They got together on Twitter, and use the account @BlackAFinSTEM. They began planning #BlackBirdersWeek after May 25. That’s the day that George Floyd was killed. On the same day, Christian Cooper was birding — looking for birds in New York City’s Central Park. Cooper — who is black — saw a white woman with a dog. The dog was not on a leash. Park rules require dogs be leashed.
When Cooper asked the woman to leash her dog, she refused. Soon, she yelled that she was calling the police. She was going “to tell them there’s an African-American man threatening my life.” A confrontation with the police could have been very dangerous for Cooper.
Other black birders found Cooper’s experience very familiar. “What happened to him could have happened to any of us,” says Danielle Belleny. She is a wildlife biologist in San Antonio, Texas. She is also a cofounder of #BlackBirdersWeek.
I heard it’s Black Botanists Week and I want to get in on the action. My name is Mountain Mic and I’m new to being a plant dad (because I don’t want the responsibility of a pet and/or child). I’m a hiker and avid traveler (I own a Hiking+Travel business). Say hey back 🙋🏽♂️ . . . . . #blackplantlove #plantinteractions #bipocinnature #botanizingwhileblack #botany101 #blackbrilliance #idhikethat #blackproud #botany #nature #blackinnature #blackeveryday #diversityoutdoors #ncstateparks #blackhikersweek #togetheroutside #motherafrica #getoutandhike #wehiketoo #blackpower✊🏾 #sweatydirtyhappy #optoutdoors #blackispower #blackgirlshike #hikingwhileblack #botany101 #blackpeoplehike #seekmorewilderness #iloveblackwomen #blackpeoplewhohike https://www.instagram.com/p/CCUyePAJF-y/?igshid=mqe10bwc47ue
