Webinars
Join Life of Riley at Spring Point for New Perspectives: Human-Animal Connection and Advocacy, a free webinar series designed to strengthen our collaborative efforts to end puppy mills and other forms of animal cruelty.
Webinars
Life of Riley’s partners are dedicated to making the world a better and more caring place for animals. But they need your support to create a future where animals are free from harm and in loving homes.
We recognize that puppy mill rescues and advocacy groups are already skilled in the direct rescue and care of animals, as well as in passing legislation, pursuing litigation and the prosecution of animal crimes, and other legal techniques to protect the welfare of breeding dogs. This webinar series aims to complement existing skills, resources, and knowledge by introducing new perspectives, research and advocacy tools from other social justice movements, and discussing how learnings from different sectors might inform efforts to end puppy mills and other forms of animal cruelty.
Upcoming Webinars
From Horror to Hope: An Anti-Puppy Mill Advocate’s Eye-Opening Journey Inside of USDA Kennels
Thursday, September 26th, 2-3 PM ET
Speakers:
- Mindi Callison, Founder and Executive Director of Bailing out Benji
- Alexis Bell, Research Analyst Bailing out Benji
Mindi and Alexis have devoted their lives to ending puppy mill cruelty and Bailing Out Benji is widely known as a powerful and tireless advocate for the dogs on these facilities. Through their examination of inspection records and images from licensed dog breeding facilities, they have uncovered and exposed cruelty and played critical roles in shutting down bad facilities and passing animal protection legislation. Earlier this year, members of Bailing Out Benji were given intimate access inside USDA kennels in the Midwest: they were allowed to see every inch of these facilities, touch everything (including dogs!) and had all their questions answered by the kennel owners.
Join Mindi and Alexis for a conversation about their experience and hear why animal advocates can be hopeful about changes that are happening within the industry.
Recent Webinars
Breeding dogs for Profit in Urban Communities: Socioeconomic Causes and the Community-led Solutions
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Speaker:
From Braveheart Pets Inc.:
- Tim Freeman, Founder and CEO
Invisible Advocates: How the Social Justice Movement Influences Animal Advocacy
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Speakers:
From Companions and Animals for Reform & Equity (CARE):
- Akisha Townsend Eaton, Chief of Policy, Environmental Justice Division
- Aline Silva, Senior Director of Environmental Justice & Policy and Housing Specialist
Community-based Animal Protection
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Speakers:
From Humane Action Pittsburgh (HAP)
- Natalie Ahwesh, Executive Director
- Shannon Dickerson, Director of Operations
- Dr. Darrell Payne, Plastics Collaborative Program Manager
Access to Care Includes Access to Dignity: The Positive Impact of Racial Equity Diversity and Inclusion (or REDI) Training on Vets, Shelters and People”
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Speakers:
From Companions and Animals for Reform & Equity (CARE)
- Dr. Azalia Boyd, Chief Veterinary Medical Officer, Urban CAC Program & Chairperson, CARE Veterinary Advisory Committee
- Alina M. Luna, Ph.D., Dean, Circle of Learning & Leadership
- Dr. Raye Taylor, Senior Veterinary Medical Officer, Rural Community Animal CARE
- James Evans, Founder & CEO
Collaborative Social Change and Justice: Moving from a Single-Issue Advocacy to Consistent Anti-Oppression
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Download Zane McNeill’s recommended readings & videos
This training introduced participants to the tenets of consistent-anti-oppression so that they could learn to identify the ways in which single-issue advocacy upholds power structures which underlie all forms of human and non-human animal oppression and how to more effectively support social justice movements.
Presenter: Zane McNeill (he/they) is a scholar-activist and editor of Vegan Entanglements: Dismantling Racial and Carceral Capitalism and Queer and Trans Voices Achieving Liberation Through Consistent Anti-Oppression. They are also the co-manager of Rights for Animal Rights Activists (RARA), founder of Roots DEI Consulting and Policy, and has curated courses on collaborative advocacy, labor rights within animal protection, and DEIJ for Sentient Media’s writing collective.