Rooted in Trust: Vet-Care Access Through Community-Led Solutions
This session is ideal for animal welfare professionals, veterinary teams, and outreach leaders interested in building equitable, culturally responsive programs that meet the real needs of underserved communities.
Through community surveys, focus groups, and intentional time spent in neighborhoods, Arizona Animal Welfare League learned directly from residents about the barriers they face in accessing veterinary care. They built trust by partnering with both trusted messengers—such as promotoras—and trusted community-based organizations that families already rely on.
These relationships informed the development of a culturally responsive curriculum that will train promotoras and help shape offsite clinics designed to reflect the community’s needs, interests, and values.
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/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
All calls are recorded and uploaded to the Community Conversations page on Maddie’s Pet Forum https://forum.maddiesfund.org/communityconversations
Win Ca$h for Attending!
Each month, Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 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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