Maddie’s Fund hosts a weekly 50-minute 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.
June 17 Topic: Healing Justice for Trauma Experienced in the Workplace
If you have ever struggled with work-life balance and the impact of work stressors or you are in a position to create organizational changes, this is the session for you! Hear from two BIPOC women who have worked in high volume shelters/clinics about the impact of burnout and how they have healed. The workshop will focus on the importance of centering healing justice, a collective healing framework, that will ultimately benefit individuals, teams and organizations as a whole. We will define the types of burnout one might experience and provide examples, specifically those that we experienced and overcame throughout our careers in animal welfare. We will go over strategies we found useful to prevent burnout as individuals, and we’ll share recommendations for using a healing justice framework in which teams can support each other and work together to prevent and address burnout. Additionally, we provide recommendations to promote wellbeing and support healing amongst teams that helped us in our journey. Understanding the signs and causes of burnout, as well as working together to prevent it and overcome it, is incredibly important in ensuring a balance in our lives to be able to show up to work in a way that is thoughtful and intentional.
Guest Speakers:
- @Nadia Oseguera, CA State Program Manager at UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program
- @Ivy Ruiz, Outreach Specialist at UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program
Who Should Join?
Executive directors, animal well-being leaders, shelter workers, pet support professionals, volunteers, rescue organizations and anyone who shares the common goal of preserving the human-animal bond.
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.
Register Today
Join us each Monday at 11am PT/2pm ET to receive support and learn about innovative ideas other organizations across the country are seeing success with. If you registered prior to May 2024 or are new to these meetings, please use this link to register:
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
Please note: All views expressed on these calls are not necessarily endorsed by Maddie’s Fund.
