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Black Birders Week Keynote with Michelle Banks. "Behold the Land": Black Ecopoetic Traditions

Reflect on the cultural and historical significance of nature to the lived experience of Black folks in the United States and consider some of the many ways they honor and reclaim ancestral connections to the land. 

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Friday - 5/29/26

6:00pm - Black Birders Week Keynote with Michelle Banks. "Behold the Land": Black Ecopoetic Traditions (sale period expired)

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“Behold the Land”: Black Ecopoetic Traditions explores the work of Black artists and writers who engage with ancestral and environmental memory. The program takes its title from W. E. B. Du Bois’s 1946 address “Behold the Land,” and highlights images and words by Dawoud Bey, Lucille Clifton, J. Drew Lanham, Sheila Pree Bright, Lauret Savoy, and others, we will reflect on the cultural and historical significance of nature to the lived experience of Black folks in the United States and consider some of the many ways they honor and reclaim ancestral connections to the land. 

Date: May 29, 2026 | Time: 6 – 9 p.m. | Price: Free