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Tue Jul 26, 2022, 07:33 PM Jul 2022

Seattle Audubon Society dropping 'Audubon' from name

The Seattle chapter of the Audubon Society says it is dropping “Audubon” from its name because the man the organization is named after was a slave owner and opposed abolition.

KNKX reports that Seattle Audubon is one the largest chapters of the National Audubon Society, the nonprofit dedicated to protecting birds and their habitats, but Seattle Audubon is one of the largest in the country.

Earlier this month, the board voted to change the chapter’s name because the man the organization is named after – illustrator, painter and bird lover John James Audubon, author of the seminal work “The Birds of America” – owned enslaved people.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/seattle-audubon-society-dropping-audubon-from-name/ar-AAZZydX

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