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Audubon Society Keeps Name Despite Slavery Ties, Dividing Birders
The national bird conservation group said it would “reckon with the racist legacy of John James Audubon,” a naturalist and illustrator who was an enslaver, but voted to keep the…
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Opinion: A local Audubon Society has already changed its name
Although the National Audubon Society failed to change its name, Nature Forward, a.k.a. the Audubon Naturalist Society in Montgomery County, for which I volunteer, has already “moved forward.
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D.C. Audubon Society ‘Will No Longer Carry The Name Of An Enslaver’
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…
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Conservation groups drop Audubon name in ‘commitment to anti-racism’
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…
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Members Remove ‘Audubon’ From Chevy Chase Group Named For Enslaver
A Chevy Chase-based conservation group wanted to remove any association with John James Audubon, an ornithologist and supporter of slavery.
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Local Audubon Group Picks New Name, Seeking Distance From Racist Namesake
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Audubon Naturalist Society Officially Changes Its Name to Nature Forward
Nature Forward is the new name of The Audubon Naturalist Society.