The Good Work of Rescue
Written by Janet Reich ElsbachMarch 12, 2021 After grad school, I spent some time living in a tiny town in rural Mississippi. I’d come there with my boyfriend to work in a program started by an order of Catholic nuns, an all-white group of sisters who had set up a clinic and community center to […]
The Endcap Holiday
Written by Janelle Erlichman Diamond Hanukkah is not Jewish Christmas. And we like it that way, we really do. In fact, in the rating of Jewish holidays Hanukkah is pretty far down the list but its proximity to Christmas for sure amps up its importance. Growing up in Frederick, Maryland—far from the Jewish epicenter I […]
Every day is a disability awareness day for me
Written by Christie Rogero I have a disability, so I’m aware of it 24/7/365. I can’t get out of bed without first putting on a prosthetic leg and negotiating a bunch of extra steps (see what I did there?) that many people don’t have to deal with when they’re getting ready to start their day. […]
Organizational Change in Memory of the Transgender Family We Lost
Courageously written by Rory Adams For me, Transgender Remembrance Day is a day for grief and mourning. My hope is that this day allows all of us to commit to making the world safer for people to express their individual identities and genders, without fear of violence, discrimination, harm, and murder. I have identified as […]
De-stigmatizing ‘Owner Surrender’
This is a picture of me and my dog Gilbert, taken in the late 1990s. I’ve been thinking a lot about Gilbert lately because his story reminds me how much animal welfare still needs to change when it comes to the ‘owner surrender’ process. I got Gilbert from a friend who found him tied up […]