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D.C. Audubon Society ‘Will No Longer Carry The Name Of An Enslaver’

March 15, 2023

DCist

More than a year ago, another local Audubon group became the first in the country to announce it would change its name. The former Audubon Naturalist Society, an independent conservation group, is now Nature Forward.

Conservation groups drop Audubon name in ‘commitment to anti-racism’

March 14, 2023

BIRDGUIDES

Elsewhere in the US, the Chicago, Seattle and Madison chapters have also committed to changing their names, as has the unaffiliated Audubon Naturalist Society. The latter is now goes by Nature Forward.

I270, I495 Widening Hits Roadblock; Developer Ends Involvement

March 10, 2023

MyMCMedia

Several governmental officials and environmental groups, including Nature Forward, cheered Thursday’s announcement from Transurban that it “has decided not to proceed with the Maryland Express Lanes Project” that includes the widening of the I270 and I495.

Taking Nature Black Conference Calls for Environmental Justice

March 10, 2023

MyMCMedia

People of color need to speak out, collaborate and learn to navigate the system in order to bring environmental justice to their communities, Keynote Speaker Dr. Jalonne White-Newsome said at the fifth annual Taking Nature Black Conference.

Taking Nature Black Conference set for March 8-11

March 7, 2023

WEAA 88.9FM

Nature Forward’s Vince Robinson and Taking Nature Black Conference speaker Alex Smith join Gabe Ortis to discuss this week’s Taking Nature Black Conference.

African Americans and Their Role and Contributions to Nature

March 1, 2023

WHUR 96.3FM

It’s called The Take Nature Black Conference and it goes down next at the Silver Spring Civic Center.

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