Every migration season billions of birds travel remembered flyways, “stopping over” to rest and replenish along the way. Their ritual of transition provides us with an opportunity to watch, listen, and notice the changes happening in our communities. From the construction of prisons in the Everglades, to Naval testing in the Salish Sea, threats to avian survival are deeply entangled with those to our own.
Join Nevada Humanities, Black Mountain Institute, Red Rock Audubon Society, and the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve on Saturday, March 28, 2026 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve for a poetry workshop with Saretta Morgan. This is an invitation to sit with your awareness of migration, borders, and mobility at various scales. We'll review avian migration concepts; engage with texts that emerge through lived experiences of confinement, restriction, and the denial of access; and respond to prompts designed to support you in reflecting however feels best—writing, drawing, bibliomancy, birding, stretching. Suggestions will be offered but how you spend the time is a gift that’s completely up to you.
Snacks will be provided. Please bring a notebook and something to write with, and feel free to bring a yoga mat or blanket. Parking is free and on-site.
Attendance is free, but registration is required. Space is limited. Registration closes March 23rd. If the workshop fills, we will start a waiting list.
This program is presented by Black Mountain Institute, Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, Nevada Humanities, and the Red Rock Audubon Society, and is supported with funding by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University.
