In part 2 of this roundtable discussion, Candace, Daniela, Dexter, Angel, Jason and I dive deep into several important topics. We talk about why BIPOC only spaces are important for us to continue to breakdown historical narratives of cross cultural tension within BIPOC communities that is a design of white supremacy and Bird Joy can help break these cycles of in-culture discrimination. BIPOC peoples are of the land, of the water, of the trees and the animals and when we talk about reclaiming these spaces outside, it is more than just creating safe spaces, it is bringing us back to our ancestral rights to be with the land and however we choose to show up in it, white folk must be okay with it. It is no longer whiteness that dictates how this land is used and what it looks like. Shout out to our mentors of color who set us on our individual and collective paths to Occupy Birding and Normalize Bird Joy. 

**Candace Williams is credited with the term "Occupy Birding" which is used at the end of this episode.

**Dexter Patterson is credited with the term "Bird Joy" which is used multiple times in this episode and the last one. 

Candace Williams of Chicago BIPOC Birding Network (unofficial) Chicago IL

IG: https://www.instagram.com/chi_in_the_city/

Daniela Herrera of Chicago BIPOC Birding Network (unofficial) Chicago IL 

IG: https://www.instagram.com/latina.birder/?hl=en

Angel Ramirez of Oxnard Birder's Club, Oxnard CA 

IG : https://www.instagram.com/oxnardbirdersclub/?hl=en

Dexter Patterson of BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin, Madison WI

IG: https://www.instagram.com/bipocbirdingclubofwi/?hl=en

Website: https://www.bipocbirdingclub.org

Jason Hall of In Color Birding Club, Philadelphia PA

IG: https://www.instagram.com/incolorbirdingclub/?hl=en

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