
Who Needs to See Brown and Bonded?
Written by James Rogers I watched Brown and Bonded as
97% of Animal Welfare holds an implicit bias against individuals from low socioeconomic status, and over 65% hold implicit bias toward Latin X and African Americans.
The work we do at CARE, Human and Animal Well-Being, addresses the bias within Animal Welfare in service to the field and marginalized people and their pets.
HUMAN AND ANIMAL WELL-BEING [HAW] is a unique, three stage, method of community support and advocacy that centers the well-being of people, in contrast to Animal Welfare’s traditional animal only focus. Few organizations work in the same way as CARE. As illustrated below, we start with building trust with community members before attempting to implement programming.
The communities we support need your help more than ever. Please give what you can now, we need you.
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“I took my grief from my pet and turned it into action.
But what I now know is that it was also ok if I sat with that and mourned the loss of my pet and been sad because it was a very sad time.
I want people to know you’re not alone in what you felt for your pet and what they meant in your life and that matters and you should give yourself extra care when you lose a pet.” Keyia Yalsin, Fishies and Fishnet
Keyia is referring to our opening presentation at The Gathering called “When Love Has Four Legs: Navigating Pet Loss” given my Dr. Michele Whitney and Dr. Mekel Harris where we looked at pet grief with African Americans and the inequities.
Keyia owns and runs Fishes and Fishnet. Fishies is an up-cycled pet treat that is made from Fish scraps from their restaurant called Fishnet (also seen on The Great Food Truck Race on The Food Network, Season 24. You can taste their amazing food now if you locate their food truck in Baltimore. Follow @eatfishnet for more details.
UPDATE. Keyia, will be opening a new restaurant soon! Stay tuned for details.
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Hatred IS Limited.
Love is not.
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For those of you that don’t know, Sterling isn’t just a cat person. He is a dog lover too! He is still doing the work despite every obstacle. And he is still celebrating everyone else finding the joy in his people.
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“When veterinary services are concentrated far from the people who need them, is the problem simply that people are not accessing veterinary care?
When veterinary services are concentrated far from the people who need them, is the problem simply that people are not accessing veterinary care?
Or is the problem that veterinary care is not accessing people? That distinction matters.”
Thank you James Rodgers for this thorough and thoughtful review. To read the full blog, click on the bio link.
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Unlimited Potential is Youth Development Organization in Baltimore. Their Flagship program sends 3rd Graders to attend Loyola University where they learn entrepreneurship skills.
At the school there is a storefront set up where they practice these skills they learned inside their community.
Haneef, what are you looking forward to at The Gathering?
“Creativity… amazing ideas on how to give to their community.
Always good to learn something new and take it back to your community and see if it works.”
In 2021, Unlimited Potential emerged as a beacon of hope, born from the remarkable journey of its founder, Haneef Hardy. Haneef’s story is not just one of overcoming adversity, but of transforming hardship into boundless opportunity.
Their website is unlimited-potential.org or follow them @unlimitedpotential___
Today there are hosting a Back to School Drive with As I Plant the Seed 12-4 at Robert C Marshall rec center.
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– Coretta Scott King

Written by James Rogers I watched Brown and Bonded as

By Thaddeus Johnson and Natasha Johnson Photo from Vanessa Marseille

Partnership not Punishment How Moratoriums and Bans on neighborhood breeders