Celebrate Animal Rescue for Activist Appreciation Month 2024
At In Defense of Animals, we celebrate Activist Appreciation Month each February. We honored your animal rescue efforts this year with virtual events, blogs, self-care reels, activist spotlights and tributes, and an animal rescue highlights video!
We also hosted the following virtual events: World Peace Meditation with our Campaigns Director Lisa Levinson, Mindful Moments with vegan therapist Paul White, Censored Landscapes with activist photographer Isabella La Rocca González, and an interview with Tracy Murphy of Asha’s Farm Sanctuary. Watch the replays!
Virtual Events
Feb. 1, 9 a.m. PT: World Peace Meditation for Interfaith Harmony Week
Our Interfaith Vegan Coalition offered a guided meditation for people and animals suffering around the world from wars, famine, exploitation, and oppression during World Interfaith Harmony Week. Watch the replay below!
Feb. 8, 2 p.m. PT: Mindful Moments with Vegan Therapist Paul White, PhD, LMFT
"Mindful Moments: A Journey of Grounding and Presence," explored the power of mindfulness and grounding exercises to cultivate a state of calm, centeredness, and heightened awareness. Watch the replay below!
Feb. 15, 2 p.m. PT: Censored Landscapes with activist artist Isabella La Rocca González
Isabella discussed the role of rescued farmed animals in her long-term photographic project Censored Landscapes regarding the hidden reality of farming animals, due to be published as a book this year. Watch the replay below!
Feb. 22, 5 p.m. PT: Animal Activist Online Support Group
Our Campaigns Director Lisa Levinson and Vegan Therapist Jill Lauri facilitate this monthly support group for animal activists. Register here to join this ongoing conversation!
Feb. 29, 2 p.m. PT: Tracy Murphy Arrested for Rescuing Escaped Cows
Meet Tracy Murphy, the founder of Asha’s Farm Sanctuary, who was arrested for providing care to cows who wandered into her sanctuary. Please watch the replay below and sign our alert to drop the charges against Tracy.
Hot Tips
Hot Tips with Vegan Therapist Paul White
Grounding Exercises
Mindful Breathing
RAIN for Inner Peace
Active Listening
Download Dr. Paul White's Vegan Activist Mental Health Guide
Activist Spotlights
Vladyslav and Iryna Matviichuk, WeCare veterinarians, Ukraine
Saeed Al-Err, Sulala Society for Animal Care Founder, Gaza
Yael Gabay, Freedom for Animals Founder, Israel
Activist Tributes
Streven Wise, Nonhuman Rights Project Founder
Alan Dale, Vegan Buddhist Founder
Flaco, the escaped zoo owl
Rescue Stories
Watch this inspiring rescue of heritage horses called brumbies in New South Wales, Australia.
Watch this heartwarming rescue of 500 Muscovy Ducks in Louisiana, USA.
Mini-Grant
We awarded a mini-grant to an animal rescue group in Africa: Animal Rescue Samaritans Uganda.
Resources
Check out these specific resource pages for two popular activist topics!
Compassion Fatigue: Resources and strategies to prevent burnout
Self-Care: Alternative healing modalities to improve your health
Services
Connect with our counselors by phone, email, text, or online chat: www.idausa.org/activistsupport
Access our religion-specific Vegan Advocacy Kits to help you veganize your place of worship: www.interfaithvegancoalition.org
Join our monthly support group and find helpful webinars to practice sustainable activism: www.idausa.org/events
Support
Support Line: Free counseling, mediation, resources, and therapist referrals by phone, text, email, and online chat.
Call/text (800) 705-0425
Email activistsupport@idausa.org
Activist Resource List: Your one-stop shop for strategy and physical, emotional, and spiritual support. Includes a list of vegan therapists. Access our resources.
Monthly Support Groups: Register for our online events and watch replays of previous webinars here.
Access our Activist Appreciation Month resources from 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, and 2017, featuring activist self-care tips, stories, and more.
We want you to be sustainable activists! Tell us what support services you need at sustainableactivism@idausa.org. We value your ideas. Reach out to us today!
