Good for them and good for us as a community. Also, great job PDX! We
sure are lucky to be part of such an open and welcoming community. It's
never been a better time to be a birder!
"NYC Audubon <https://www.nycaudubon.org/> will drop Audubon from its name
over concerns that the racist legacy of the 19th-century naturalist and
illustrator John James Audubon has become a barrier to its efforts to
become more inclusive.
The conservation group, which is a chapter of the National Audubon Society,
made the decision Monday by a majority vote of its board of directors. The
vote was called after the national organization reached the opposite
decision last week
<https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/science/audubon-society-name-change.html>,
concluding that “the organization transcends one person’s name
<https://www.audubon.org/news/open-letter-ceo-audubons-name#:~:text=In%20March%202023%2C%20the%20Board,a%20conservation%20movement%20more%20broadly>
.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/nyregion/audubon-name-change-nyc.html#:~:text=NYC%20Audubon%20will%20drop%20Audubon,efforts%20to%20become%20more%20inclusive
.
