Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 23 hours ago
As we continue our mission to address the most critical topics within animal welfare, we have some exciting updates and opportunities to share with you.
· Announcement Maddie’s Fund grant winners from the June and July Community Conversations giveaway and Maddie’s Pet Forum
· Introductions our newly formed steering committee, featuring fresh faces and renewed energy to drive our initiatives forward.
· Discussion of the purpose of the community conversations, and where we will put our focus for the remainder of the year.
Collaborate with all of you to brainstorm and co-create the focus areas that matter most to our community for the upcoming year.
Co-hosts
Shonyae Johnson, Director of Virtual Programming, Humane Rescue Alliance
Nadia Oseguera-Ramon, California Program Manager, UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program
Dr. Raye Taylor, CEO/CMO, Taylor Veterinary Services; Vice President, Minnesota Board of Veterinary Medicine
Chapters
00:00 Welcome
00:50 Question of the Day
03:23 June/July Grant Winners
10:35 National Updates
12:20 Presentation
To access the full agenda and resources from this call or to ask questions of our speakers, visit
https://maddies.fund/communityconversations8524
About Community Conversations, hosted by Maddie’s Fund:
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, animal sheltering transformed overnight. Foster-based sheltering, home-based employees and volunteers, along with collaboration galvanized our communities. The pandemic, along with social injustice, has motivated our industry to look at how we partner with our communities and confront our own biases. Shelter and rescue staff across the country began talking on a weekly basis, offering support and innovative ideas to do things differently. To learn more about these calls, visit forum.maddiesfund.org/communityconversations.
As we continue our mission to address the most critical topics within animal welfare, we have some exciting updates and opportunities to share with you.
· Announcement Maddie’s Fund grant winners from the June and July Community Conversations giveaway and Maddie’s Pet Forum
· Introductions our newly formed steering committee, featuring fresh faces and renewed energy to drive our initiatives forward.
· Discussion of the purpose of the community conversations, and where we will put our focus for the remainder of the year.
Collaborate with all of you to brainstorm and co-create the focus areas that matter most to our community for the upcoming year.
Co-hosts
Shonyae Johnson, Director of Virtual Programming, Humane Rescue Alliance
Nadia Oseguera-Ramon, California Program Manager, UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program
Dr. Raye Taylor, CEO/CMO, Taylor Veterinary Services; Vice President, Minnesota Board of Veterinary Medicine
Chapters
00:00 Welcome
00:50 Question of the Day
03:23 June/July Grant Winners
10:35 National Updates
12:20 Presentation
To access the full agenda and resources from this call or to ask questions of our speakers, visit
https://maddies.fund/communityconversations8524
About Community Conversations, hosted by Maddie’s Fund:
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, animal sheltering transformed overnight. Foster-based sheltering, home-based employees and volunteers, along with collaboration galvanized our communities. The pandemic, along with social injustice, has motivated our industry to look at how we partner with our communities and confront our own biases. Shelter and rescue staff across the country began talking on a weekly basis, offering support and innovative ideas to do things differently. To learn more about these calls, visit forum.maddiesfund.org/communityconversations.
