We’re excited to host three events to help animals and animal activists in your area. Please join us for a creative arts retreat held at two New York animal sanctuaries to promote self-care and prevent burnout, a Kaparos Vigil in Brooklyn, and an activist healing retreat in the heart of New York City. 

Saturday-Sunday, October 5-6: Find Your Voice, Live Your Heart: Narrative Healing Arts Retreat

Monday, October 7: Mass Kaporos Vigil with Outreach

Saturday, October 12: Activist Healing Retreat: Help Animals Without Depleting Yourself

Find Your Voice, Live Your Heart: Narrative Healing Arts Retreat

Dive into your creative self during the Find Your Voice, Live Your Heart: Narrative Healing Arts Retreat on October 5 - 6 at two New York animal sanctuaries! In Defense of Animals and Compassion Arts team up to offer a retreat for animal advocates, caretakers, and rescuers. Discover narrative tools for healing and for cultivating empathy about animals during a true storytelling workshop led by TMI Project and sponsored by Compassion Arts. Receive essential techniques to help animals without depleting yourself. Attend one or both days with sanctuary tours, vegan meals, music, and more! Registration is required by October 3.

Discover more here: www.idausa.org/healingartsretreat

What: Find Your Voice, Live Your Heart: Narrative Healing Arts Retreat

When: Saturday, October 5 from 9:00 am – 8:00 pm and Sunday, October 6 from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Where: Saturday at Woodstock Farm Sanctuary, 2 Rescue RoadHigh Falls, NY, 12440 and Sunday at Catskill Animal Sanctuary, 316 Old Stage RoadSaugerties, NY, 12477

Register: www.idausa.org/healingartsretreat

Ask questions and arrange carpools on the Facebook event page.

Mass Kaporos Vigil with Outreach

Join us, Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos, Jewish Veg, and other activist organizations for a mass Kaporos vigil with outreach on the streets of Brooklyn. Each year, over 60,000 chickens are barbarically killed as animal sacrifices in an attempt to atone for the sins of people who audaciously purchase their lives for this barbaric annual ritual that takes place during the High Holy Holidays. Let’s stand in solidarity against the brutal suffering of chickens and advocate for a compassionate Kaporos, using coins instead of live animals. During the vigil, we will give the frightened, stressed birds water to ease their suffering.

Are you Jewish and interested in performing outreach to the Ultra Orthodox community during our Kaporos actions? If so, please register with Jewish Veg.

What: Mass Kaporos Vigil with Outreach

When: Monday, October 7 from 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Where: Near King’s Highway in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York (access the exact meeting location on the Facebook event page)

Contact Lisa Levinson at lisa@idausa.org or 215-620-2130 with questions.

Find location details and other Kaporos events on the Facebook event page.

Activist Healing Retreat: Help Animals Without Depleting Yourself

Spend half a day to nurture your whole self! In Defense of Animals and Vegans of New York invite you to an Activist Healing Retreat: Help Animals Without Depleting Yourself on Saturday, October 12 in New York City. Author, activist, and psychotherapist April Lang shares experiential tools to help when you feel overwhelmed. Join in a yoga class, support circle, and healing ritual to support your wellbeing.

Receive support here: www.idausa.org/nycretreat

What: Activist Healing Retreat: Help Animals Without Depleting Yourself

When: Saturday, October 12 from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Where: Reflections Center for Conscious Living and Yoga, 225-227 E 24th St, New York, New York 10010

Register: www.idausa.org/nycretreat

Ask questions and invite your friends on the Facebook event page.