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AUTUMN BRYAN

writer / librarian / activist

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Hi, there! And welcome to my site. More important than my name or my face is my sincere passion for literature and learning, for people and planet, for wildlife conservation and human rights activism. People – the art they create – the whole tempestuous sea of them, are what keep me buoyant and brave enough to continue treading water. My name is Autumn Bryan. I work at the local library, the one in which my mother raised me, read to me, brought me to Storytime. It is where I collected books as a young child, where I fell in love with learning. Now, as the Children’s Specialist, I read to young children visiting the library and hope it means as much. 
I received my Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Florida Atlantic University. I achieved Honors in Creative Writing and Research Literature while focusing on Environmentalism. I am currently pursuing my Master’s in Library and Information Science at the University of South Florida. I work as an Archive Librarian for Compassion Crossing, a brilliant conservation organization, and in my spare time write poignant articles about climate change. I have published articles for WCAPS (Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security, and Conflict Transformation), and Compassion Crossing. 

https://www.fau.edu/artsandletters/english/news/ba-english-honors-alum-autumn-bryan-essay-on-spoonbills-in-compassion-crossing-/

Think Pink

“Raucous, bustling colonies of Roseate Spoonbills once flourished along the Florida coast and throughout its wetlands. Now, the painted, powder-pink birds are struggling inland, driven from their once robust ecosystem by the effects of climate change and man-made “restoration” efforts. More than a million wading birds once lived in the Everglades, however, plume hunters and the destruction of their diverse habitats have radically diminished their numbers. Over the last 20 years, since their initial recovery in the 1970s, the spoonbills have abandoned their longtime nesting grounds in the South. In the Florida Bay alone, their numbers have depleted from around 400 active nests in 2012 to 157 this past season – a fact diligently recorded by Jerry Lorenz, director of Audubon’s Florida Everglades Science Center. Sea levels are rising, becoming too deep for the spoonbills and driving the pink-feathered fowls out. To the North, where warmer winters and saltier soils have prompted the growth of mangroves, Roseate Spoonbills now nest. Just as the visceral effects caused by climate change have destroyed local habitats, they have also made the more northern, previously hostile environments thus more inhabitable for spoonbills…”

Pride for People and Planet

The Intersectionality of Climate Action and Queer/Trans Justice.

“Systems of injustice such as systemic racism, transphobia, discrimination, human rights violations and poverty perpetuate the disproportionate effects of climate change. Those facing challenges of homelessness lack adequate information surrounding climate change, often are exposed to extreme weather phenomena caused by climate change, and are not always offered accessibility to necessary housing.“

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