Open Forum

We are so excited to bring you Black Mammalogists Week 2024, coming up this week (Sep 15-21st). Expect tons of giveaways, workshops, games, expert-led panels, and other interactive content - all virtual and open to anyone of any age or background. Our lineup of speakers and workshop leaders is AMAZING and includes Black authors, artists, filmmakers, scientists, and naturalists- including several SCB members. Thank you to National Geographic Society who is our major sponsor this year! 

Black Mammalogists Week takes place on twitter (@BlkMammalogists), Instagram/Threads (@BlackMammalogistsWeek), Blue Sky (@BlackMammalogists), and YouTube. Along with lots of content to tap into on these platforms, our schedule for our main livestreamed, interactive events is below:

• Monday 16 September:
  • 11am PT/2pm ET: Mammal Track ID Workshop with Alexis Harvey and Dr. Brandon Dale from Hunters of Color. [https://tinyurl.com/BMW2024MammalTracks]
  • 3pm PT/6pm ET: Conservation Tech Speed Dating featuring Tech 4 Conservation, Conservify/Field Kit, Wildlife Acoustics, WildTrax, and FreakLabs. [https://tinyurl.com/BMW2024ConservationTech]
• Tuesday 17 September:
  •  9am PT/12pm ET: Interactive Fireside Chat with Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Author of Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals. [https://tinyurl.com/BMW2024AlexisPaulineGumbs]
  • 4pm PT/7pm ET: Mammal Drawing Class with award winning artist Dominique Ramsey. [https://tinyurl.com/BMW2024MammalDrawing]
• Wednesday 18 September:
  • 11am PT/2pm ET: Human-Wildlife Coexistence Panel with Dr. Zoliswa Nhleko, Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant, and Kudzai Shaun Mpakairi. [https://tinyurl.com/BMW2024Coexistence]
• Thursday 19 September:
  • 9am PT/12pm ET: African Wildlife Filmmakers Showcase with Kiki Cheptoo Ng'ok, Clement Kiragu, Antony Mwangi Njoroge, and Erica Rugabandana. [https://tinyurl.com/BMW2024WildlifeFilmmakers]
  • 1pm PT/4pm ET: Diversifying Wildlife Media/Science Communication Panel with Aalayna Green, Tyus Williams, Chelsea Connor, and Anwar Abdul-Qawi. [https://tinyurl.com/BMW2024ScienceCommunication]
• Friday 20 September:
  • 10am PT/1pm ET: Resilient Mammals in a Changing World with Dr. Mukami Ruoro-Oundo, Dr. Kwasi Wrensford, Cesar Estien, and Jahiya Clark. [https://tinyurl.com/BMW2024ResilientMammals]

PLEASE share widely with colleagues, friends, students, kids, and family. We are so excited to share this with you all!

Dr. Christine Wilkinson, Co-Founder of Black Mammalogists Week