Photo of Nadia Alexis by Cullen Brown; IMAGE BY Grace Han FOR THRILLIST You never forget your first. For Jenna Curtis, who works on the eBird app from Cornell Lab of Ornithology, it was a small gray and white Dark-eyed Junco, spotted in her backyard while home sick in eighth grade. “It was the first time I’d ever noticed birds in our yard, and they were the most beautiful birds I’d ever seen,” she remembers. “I convinced my dad to buy a bird.
Texas Black teen graduates from college at 15, will pursue MBA
Exclusive: “I feel really empowered because if I can graduate college at 15, I feel like I can take on the world
Ian Taylor Schlitz isn’t your typical 15-year-old.
The Keller, Texas native lives at home with his parents, like a normal teen, but what makes him different from the vast majority of his peers is that he has just graduated from the University of North Texas. Schlitz is now headed into his graduate studies to obtain a Master of Business Administration.
His journey to graduating high school and undergrad early started when Schlitz’ parents pulled him out of public school and began homeschool at the age of 7. It was a move his dad,
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The COVID-19 pandemic underlined the benefit of nearby green spaces, where children and families can safely breathe fresh air and freely engage with nature and wildlife. But a lack of public parks and healthy tree canopy in low-wealth and communities of color prevent many families from enjoying time outside. And it s not just accessibility to local green space or even the nation s majestic national parks that serves as a barrier to getting outside.
For many Black, Indigenous, people of color and people with varying abilities, recreating outside may involve facing microaggressions, harassment, and in many cases, acts of violence. Whether these instances occur in our national parks or local outdoor green spaces, people face unique challenges and barriers that vary by identity group. To address disparities and chart a path forward, the National Wildlife Federation has launched a multi-year Creating Safe Spaces initiative to hear from champions for greater and safer acc
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