Thanks to everyone who joined us for the opening reception of "Excavating Erasure: Jefferson Davis Jackson"! This new permanent exhibit at the Alabama Museum of Natural History celebrates his life and contributions. We also unveiled a portrait created by Alabama artist, John “Jahni” Moore!

We are having a #BlackInNHMs Community Conversation soon! Adé Ben-Salahuddin will speak about his experiences from working in the Peabody Museum’s Vertebrate Paleontology collection (as a college student). Join us on June 12: bit.ly/3K76jOW

We are having a Community Conversation on FEB 6! Our speaker, Dr. Maurice Baynard, is Vice President of the Community Learning Division at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. His talk will focus on democratizing science. Join us: bit.ly/3vx0kil

Please join us today for the Day 6 event, as we highlight the #BlackInNHMs community around the world. This Community Conversation is with our founder Adania (1 pm-2:30 pm EST): tinyurl.com/y4bzxzk8

Please join us today for Day 5 events in Diversity in Leadership! We are looking forward to the discussion with museum leaders at 6 pm to 7 pm EST: tinyurl.com/y4bzxzk8 Until then, share valuable tips/experiences that have helped you along the way and use the tag: #BlackinNHMs

Adania Flemming, PhD candidate in Univ. of Florida's Dept. of Biology and an ichthyologist at the Florida Museum, launched Black in Natural History Museums week to bring together & create visibility for Black museum professionals. About #BlackinNHMs + schedule: floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/thir...

Meet our co-secretary, Hadeel! Hadeel is a PhD student at the University of Michigan's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, as well as their Museum of Paleontology. Her research focuses on the paleobiology of reef-associated fishes. #BlackInNHMs

Meet our co-treasurer, Hank! Hank is a fish biologist and Professor at Tulane University. He is also the director of their Biodiversity Research Institute and curator of the Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection. It's the world’s largest collection of post-larval fishes. #BlackInNHMs

Rock some #BlackInNHMs swag! Represent #BlackInNHMs beyond our annual event and support our cause!!! Purchase a t-shirt via our CustomInk Fundraiser tinyurl.com/2p8uey4e ! New, softer T-shirts! And, don't forget to register for our events tinyurl.com/y4bzxzk8. RT

#BlackInNHMs Highlight: Robert Gilbert was a naturalist who served as an assistant & colleague to former MCZ Harvard curator William Brewster. Gilbert became a birder and ornithologist, spotting, photographing, and identifying birds. Learn more about him: bit.ly/3QK3oA6

We are officially 2 weeks away from our annual #BlackInNHMs Week! There's a bunch of exciting synchronous & asynchronous activities planned. Stay tuned this week for the in-depth details of each day. In the meantime, follow our page to make sure you don’t miss an update!