“Every migration season billions of birds travel remembered flyways, “stopping over” to rest and replenish along the way. Their ritual of transition provides us with an opportunity to watch, listen, and notice the changes happening in our communities. From the construction of prisons in the Everglades, to Naval testing in the Salish Sea, threats to avian survival are deeply entangled with those to our own.
This is an invitation to sit with your awareness of migration, borders, and mobility at various scales. We’ll review avian migration concepts; engage with texts that emerge through lived experiences of confinement, restriction, and the denial of access; and respond to prompts designed to support you in reflecting however feels best—writing, drawing, bibliomancy, birding, stretching. I’ll offer suggestions, but how you spend the time is a gift that’s completely up to you.”
Saturday, March 28 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (snacks provided, please bring a notebook and something to write with, and feel free to bring a yoga mat or blanket)
Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve – 350 E. Galleria Dr, Henderson, NV 89011 (parking is on-site and free)
Presented by Black Mountain Institute, Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, Nevada Humanities, and the Red Rock Audubon Society.
Attendance is free, but registration is required. Space is limited. Registration closes March 23rd. If the workshop fills, we will start a waiting list.
About the instructor: Born in Appalachia and raised on military installations, Saretta Morgan‘s work engages the ecologies and forms of connectivity that manifest alongside processes of U.S. militarization. Saretta is the author of the chapbooks Feeling Upon Arrival (Ugly Duckling, 2018), and room for a counter Interior (Portable Press @ Yo-Yo Labs, 2017), as well as the full-length collection, Alt-Nature (Coffee House Press, 2024), which received a 2024 Southwest Book Award and was a finalist for the Publishing Triangle’s Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry.
Questions? Email blackmountaininstitute@unlv.edu