Celia Yang’s sound of belonging recounts a return to her Chinese village home during the pandemic and the familiar comforts of birdsong and rain near a new protected national wetland park in the middle of a growing city. (4:50)

Joseph Gazing Wolf’s sound of belonging is the near silent humming of the buffalo. (5:04)

Taína Diaz-Reyes’ sound of belonging is the thunderous symphony of a monsoon in the Sonoran Desert. (7:55)

Carmen Lucich’s sound of belonging is the familiar bustle of cooking and conversation in the community kitchen at Heron Shadow Farm in Graton, California. (2:06)

Melissa Nelson’s sound of belonging is the chorus of great horned owls in northern California. (3:04)

Eddie’s sound of belonging is the chirp of cicadas during the summer in Arizona. (6:49)

Alma Telibecirevic’s sound of belonging is the spectacle of tens of thousands of cranes descending upon southern Arizona, gracing the land and sky with their presence.(3:02)