Topic: The Impossible Dog Mom
“The Impossible Dog Mom” combines storytelling, speculative fiction, and American history to explain the many hoops that generations of Black folks have had to jump through in order to have companion animals in the 21st century. The story begins with Kassidi and Ginger in 2020, but takes listeners back to low income Black and Brown neighborhoods in the 1990s, Southern states in the early 1800s, and coastal West Africa pre-1620. Through a series of cynoracial (from the Greek root “cyno,” meaning “dog”) vignettes, this presentation gives foundational background information to facilitate what community, allyship, and decolonization can look like in the animal welfare world today.
About Community Conversations:
Maddie’s Fund hosts a weekly hour-long Zoom call for animal well-being professionals. These calls are a collaborative space to share exciting new programs and research, discuss uncomfortable topics, connect with peers in the industry, and more, all while sharing a common goal of preserving the human-animal bond.
This call, recurring each Monday unless otherwise posted, is for executive directors, animal well-being leaders, shelter workers, pet support professionals, volunteers, and rescue organizations.
The registration link is: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConvoRegistration2024
All calls are recorded and uploaded to the Community Conversations page on Maddie’s Pet Forum https://forum.maddiesfund.org/communityconversations
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Each month, Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $5,000 in grants. You can enter to win each time you attend a call or watch on-demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms shared in the chat during the calls.
Please note: All views expressed on these calls are not necessarily endorsed by Maddie’s Fund.
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