Listen to the their story by Kevin Kniestedt on Sound Effects at KNKX
https://www.knkx.org/post/i-was-only-black-girl-there-two-big-city-women-find-solace-glimpses-nature
Rasheena Fountain and Tiffany Adams met at Antioch University in Seattle, where they were both working on their masters degrees.
Rasheena, who grew up on the west side of Chicago, and Tiffany, originally from downtown New York, quickly found they had a shared interest in nature.
Before long, they were helping each other: Tiffany encouraged Rasheena’s newfound love of birding, and Rasheena cheered Tiffany on in her studies.
That support was important, considering that birding is not the most obvious passion for a young African American woman from a big city. Even their families were a bit perplexed.
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