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Hoboken Bird Walk with birder and activist Jeffrey Train
May 9, 2023 @ 12:00 am
RESCHEDULED DUE TO WEATHER! Join us on SUNDAY, May 21 for a Hoboken Bird Walk with neighbor and birder Jeff Train. The tour will start @ 9:30am from the Museum and head up to Stevens Institute of Technology, running till 11:30. The tour will be limited to 20 people, binoculars will not be provided. Tickets are $10 and are available here. Children are free!
Jeffrey Train is the founder of Mr. Train’s Life Lessons for Better Birding & Beyond: a curriculum driven program seeking to inspire families and young naturalists to discover the wonder of birds. Mr. Train welcomes viewers into his world of wonder by introducing them to the birds inhabiting his neighborhood (Hoboken, NJ). Through lessons celebrating the mysteries of nature and the practices of positive psychology, Mr. Train empowers people to discover the joy and gratitude around their own neighborhood. Learn more from Mr. Train at: mrtrain.org or check out his adventures at Instagram here.
Jeffrey is also a cofounder of Freedom Birders, a movement that seeks to change the culture of bird watching in the United States by developing a racial justice curriculum and bird education project resourced by the lessons and inspiration of the Civil Rights Movement, the Freedom Riders, the Black Lives Matter Movement, the 1619 Project, and Black Birders Week 2020. Find out more at: freedombirders.org
Jeffrey was a guest on Hoboken Talks (S2E40) interviewed by Bob Foster. Check that out here!