Birds Connect Seattle values diversity in our work and services and strives to create a diverse Board of Directors, staff and volunteers, membership, and financial supporters that fully represent the rich variety of our community. Birds Connect Seattle recognizes that the future strength of our organization rests firmly on our commitment to engage, value, and respect the richness of  diverse communities. Birds Connect Seattle seeks to enhance the quality of life for all residents of King County as our mission states: Birds Connect Seattle advocates and organizes for cities where people and birds thrive. Birds Connect Seattle believes that no person should be excluded from participation on the basis of age, race, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, sex, gender identity or gender expression, class, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or religious belief, or for any other discriminatory reason.