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The Urban Bird Project closed the 2024 Spring semester with a community event and platica hosted by our community partners Rosie Torres and Maestra Veronica Castillo Salas of Galeria E.V.A. Our talented student scholars presented on research projects which focused on the medicinal and cultural properties of native plants found in the Texas region, Indigenous healing through storytelling and Earth stewardship, microplastics exposure to birds and soil, avian photojournalism, and the Avian Restor(y)ation Digital Repository. Our featured guest Maria Turvin (Mazatl Cihuatl) opened up with a beautiful and healing song and shared some ecological Indigenous wisdom with the group. It was a humbling experience and Maestra Maria reminded us that we are all children of Mother Earth, inter-connected to one another through the living air, water, rocks, plants and other more-than-human kin. The group then moved outdoors to enjoy a delicious meal prepared by Maestra Vernoica, Rosie, and their kitchen crew which consisted of sopes and blue corn tlacoyos.
The Urban Bird Project would like to graciously extend our gratitude to everyone involved in making this semester and end of year 1 a memorable success! It has been such an honor and privilege to work and learn beside each and every one of you! ❤🦜🌼
