Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity (CARE), in the interest of Human and Animal Well-Being, prioritizes and amplifies BIPOC and other Marginalized Voices using Narratives, Research, and Community-Centered Investments.
Our Method For Change
A three percent increase in adoptions among people of color would give 2 MILLION pets a loving home.
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 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 leaders before attempting to implement programming.
Our work beings with establishing trusting relationships within marginalized and underserved communities
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We ask those closest to community challenges for their insights by way of Community Participatory Research [CPR]
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Insights gains from CPR studies guide CARE’s program design and resource distribution in partnership with community partners
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Community Animal CARE is shelter intervention program that support families with pets and Proximate Leaders
Everything we learn from our community partners and research is housed and shared within The Circle of Learning and Leadership
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Marginalized communities and People of Color suffer from negative stereotypes, our Narratives tell truer and beautiful story
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A Renewed Conversation about Pets and Housing Policy Expanding outside the very narrow topic of breed, weight, and size restrictions By: Lauren Loney In a span
Do the Right Thing: Embrace differences in adoption programs By: Brad Shear, CEO, Potter League for Animals 30 years ago, I started working at the front
Hidden Housing Discrimination: My Experience as a Black Queer Woman with a Pit Bull Service Animal By: Dr. Megan Covington Note: This blog post is intended
