In order to best achieve our mission as an organization committed to racial equity and the environment, we cannot continue to condone bearing a name that celebrates a slaveholder who embraced white supremacist systems. Here are some FAQs to further explain how and why this decision was made.
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After a great deal of discussion, Portland Audubon’s board voted in January to move away from the name Audubon. In order to best achieve our mission as an organization committed to racial equity and the environment, we cannot continue to condone bearing a name that celebrates a slaveholder who embraced white supremacist systems.
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This year, campers will be welcomed to Portland Audubon’s SWIFTS Nature Camp. SWIFTS is an acronym that encompasses much of what makes camp here so unique: Science, Wildlife, Imagination, Friendship, and Taking a Stand.
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Over the summer, we met many new faces – half of the Bird Days of Summer crew were attending a Portland Audubon event for the first time, with many giving birding a first try, too! Creating approachable spaces to explore the birds and nature around us is what Bird Days of Summer was intended to do.
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Over the last few years, coinciding with a time of racial reckoning, the birding community has been rethinking its relationship with the John James Audubon name. That the name Audubon celebrates a slaveholder who held white supremacist views goes against that ethic and commitment. That’s why Portland Audubon supports a name change that would echo across all Audubon chapters.
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The last few years have been challenging for many of us, especially kids. Summer camp gave children a chance to reconnect with others and the outdoors in a safe, supportive, educational, and exploratory way.
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Thanks to the many donors who helped us successfully fund this part of the capital campaign, we’re working on a complete overhaul of signage across the Portland Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary, including new indoor hands-on exhibits, outdoor wayfinding, and interpretive displays that teach people about native plants and wildlife, conservation, and history of the land.
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A well-treed urban landscape is not only beneficial for wildlife, it also provides a diverse set of co-benefits that are important for the human communities to thrive in an urban environment. For these reasons, trees have served as a pillar of Portland Audubon’s urban conservation policy advocacy.
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The Bird Days of Summer is a series of beginner-friendly programs for anyone curious about birds and nature. We combine community-building, exploration, and fun to create safe spaces for people to get to know each other, as well as the birds.
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Portland Audubon Education is dedicated to creating opportunities for all people to connect to nature in ways that are meaningful for them. Summer camp is a vital element of this platform, offering children the opportunity to explore, learn, and delight in nature for weeks at a time, while providing essential child care to families. This year we committed to expand access to camp by piloting a sliding scale payment model.
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