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The group asked its members to consider the name change last month, even though the National Audubon Society announced last year it would keep its century-old name despite its racist origins. (The ...
Three Midwestern chapters of the National Audubon Society, a nonprofit bird conservation group, are dropping the “Audubon” branding over namesake John James Audubon’s racist views and ties ...
NYC Bird Alliance was originally named in honor of John James Audubon, an ornithologist and naturalist who shot, [1] painted, catalogued, and described the Birds of North America. Audubon was a slave owner and anti-abolitionist, and while the National Audubon Society decided to retain the name, multiple local organizations have opted to change it.
The National Audubon Society (Audubon; / ˈ ɔː d ə b ɒ n /) is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation of birds and their habitats. Located in the United States and incorporated in 1905, Audubon is one of the oldest of such organizations in the world. There are completely independent Audubon Societies in ...
The name change, which was formalized by a June 5 membership vote, follows similar moves by Audubon Society chapters in Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Oregon and other cities. ... The newly named NYC ...
[94] [95] Although National Audubon decided against a name change, many branches of the Society implemented their own changes. [96] [97] [98] Many chapters, including New York, Chicago, and Madison, commit to dropping Audubon from their name. Other chapters announced their own name changes; Seattle's branch was renamed Birds Connect Seattle ...
Audubon's life and contributions to science and art was the subject of the 2017 film Audubon. Since 2022, the National Audubon Society has been undergoing discussion about changing their name to distance themselves from Audubon's legacy of enslavement. Several local chapters, including Seattle, Chicago, Portland and New York City, have changed ...
All of this springs from the National Audubon Society’s own reckoning with the newfound truth. In 2023, its board debated a name change but voted to keep it as it is, causing some staff to ...