Birding to Change the World: A Conversation with Author and Activist Trish O’Kane

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  • Registration will close on March 28, 2026 @ 9:30am.

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After Hurricane Katrina upended her life, journalist Trish O’Kane found healing in an unexpected place: the birds of Warner Park. When their habitat was threatened by development, she and her neighbors rallied to protect it—forming a powerful community of nature lovers along the way. O’Kane will reflect on birds, resilience, and the power of paying attention to the natural world in a conversation. 

Co-sponsored by the Chippewa Valley Book Festival. Onsite book sales provided by Dotters Books.

About the book: Trish O’Kane, the author of Birding to Change the World: A Memoir, is a writer and a senior lecturer in environmental justice at the University of Vermont, where avians are her teaching assistants. A former human rights journalist in Central America and the Deep South, she has written for the New York Times, Time, and the San Francisco Chronicle

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