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
Honor… don’t extract, or pretend.
“No culture should be romanticized or denigrated: like all others, Indians should be understood and evaluated on their own terms”
― Anton Treuer, Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask
#indigenouspeoplesday
It`s common to judge a neighborhood`s safety based on visible litter, leading to harmful stereotypes about its residents.
However, the presence of trash often stems from systemic neglect and inconsistent waste management, disproportionately affecting marginalized communities.
Cleanliness should not dictate our perceptions of people, let alone whole neighborhoods and cultures.
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"At Disneyland, you`re always within 30 feet of a trash can.
This is deliberate. You never see litter on park grounds.
In our actual cities?
Not a trash can in sight. It`s a form of hostile architecture. We blame litter on the homeless instead of bad design.
Policy choices."
📣 JudahFromTexas
😻 When families have positive experiences at the vet, their pets thrive!
Change begins with us, and every step matters.
💚 Discover CARE`s Human and Animal Well-being Academy (HAW Academy) for REDI-focused courses that amplify BIPOC narratives.
🎓 Check out the HAW Academy through the link in our bio.
💐 Thanks to Maddie`s Fund @maddiesfund, Petsmart Charities @petsmartcharities, Titos Vodka for Dog People @vodkafordogpeople, and our CARE Centers @carecenters for their support!
Imagine if the promises this country made to Black and Indigenous people were also the promises that were kept.
How greatly would we benefit if land was given back and the vision of true reparations came to life?
What would our communities look like?
It’s impossible to know what a just future would look like. But one thing’s for certain: EVERYONE would benefit if our nation’s most exploited and vulnerable were taken care of.
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“Imagine if Reconstruction had actually honored the citizenship of four million freedpeople—provided the education, political autonomy, and economic wherewithal warranted by their and their ancestors’ hundreds of years of free labor. If, instead of continually re-fighting the Civil War, we had actually moved on to rebuilding a strong, viable South, a South where poor whites, too—for they had been left out as well—could gain access to proper education. Imagine”
📣 Carol Anderson, White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
🍂 October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, an event created in 1981 to highlight the increasing number of dogs and puppies entering shelters. 🐕🦺
Over the past three years, nearly a million more pets have entered the nation`s animal shelters and facilities. Last year, for the first time since 2016, more dogs than cats were euthanized.
🔺 The shelter and rescue populations in the U.S. have increased by 900,000 overall since January 2021. In 2023, more than 359,000 dogs were euthanized, marking a five-year peak. Meanwhile, 330,000 cats were euthanized last year.
🐾 Supporting Adopt a Shelter Dog Month can be done in various ways, with adoption being the best option. However, adoption isn`t the only way to support shelter dogs.
There are countless ways to support cherished shelter dogs and the dedicated staff who ensure their well-being, including adopting or fostering a shelter dog, volunteering at a shelter or rescue organization, making a donation to support their cause, participating in shelter events, and raising awareness about dogs in need of loving homes.
👨🏼💻 CARE`s REDI Training offers a transformative ecosystem crucial for animal well-being. Embracing a REDI approach empowers organizations to forge stronger partnerships with the community and decrease the influx of animals into shelters. By embracing REDI, we can diminish implicit biases in pet adoption and give loving dogs a happy home.
#CAREequity #AdoptAShelterDogMonth #REDI #ShelterDog #AdoptDontShop
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
By: Khangelani Mhlanga Growing up, I spent most school vacations at my mother’s rural village in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Herding cattle, milking cows, and tending to corn
James Evans, CEO of CAREFeatured Illustration By: Hugh Lofting It seems everyone wants to be likened to Dr. Dolittle, and why not? The ability to speak
