Nicole Jackson is an environmental educator, birder, and co-creator of Black Birders Week. She's also dedicated to connecting people to the environment and each other. As a girl, nature nurtured Nicole growing up on the east side of Cleveland, and much of her career is built around returning the favor.

Throughout our conversation, Nicole gifts us with nature lessons and shares how she's grown into herself as a natural leader and advocate for developing a lifelong relationship with nature.

Featured in this episode: Nicole Jackson

Hosted & Produced by Gale Straub

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Resources

• Nicole Jackson: Instagram & Twitter
• Articles Featuring Nicole
  • PBS: Nicole Jackson | Environmental Educator
  • Portland Audobon: Reflections from Black Birders Week
  • Newsbreak: Being Seen and Heard During Black Birders Week
• She Explores Episode: Black Birders Week is Forever
• National Parks Conservation Association
• Children & Nature Network
• Resources: Child Abuse
  • AACAP Child Abuse Resource Center
  • National Children's Advocacy Center: Resources
• Ravel Media

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