Maine Animal Coalition: Get Involved: Calendar of Events - Sowing Seeds Humane Education Workshop
Get Involved: Calendar of Events: Sowing Seeds Humane Education Workshop
Sowing Seeds Humane Education Workshop
Saturday, November 15, 2008, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
South Portland, Maine
Presented by: The Institute for Humane Education (IHE)
Hosted by: The Linkage Project
Through the support of the Maine Animal Coalition (MAC), a limited number of registration spots are available for $45.00 ($50.00 off of the regular $95.00 registration fee)!
Advance discounted registration is open to friends of MAC through Wednesday, May 14. Discounted registrations open to general public on Friday, May 16.
Registration fee includes lunch and a copy of Zoe Weil's book "The Power & Promise of Humane Education." Parking available at no cost.
Venue: Youth Alternatives, 50 Lydia Lane, 2nd floor - Timber Room, South Portland
Sponsors:
Maine Animal Coalition
Since 1989, Maine Animal Coalition has worked to promote compassion towards all animals and to instill this compassion as a guiding principle in the State of Maine. MAC believes in educating the public about animal suffering and exploitation in hopes that this knowledge will fundamentally change society's approach to animals. MAC also believes in leading by example, and, therefore, strives to provide the information necessary to live a life that minimizes animal suffering.
The Linkage Project
The Linkage Project is working to increase community awareness of the strong link between animal cruelty and human violence and training human and animal welfare workers and law enforcement officers from across the state to work together to stop violence against people and pets.
www.linkageproject.org
Workshop Description: The Sowing Seeds Humane Education Workshop is an exciting, interactive workshop and will teach you how to offer empowering, effective, and transformative humane education programs and to communicate about important global issues in a positive and inspiring manner. Sowing Seeds is designed for educators, activists and advocates of social justice, environmental preservation, animal protection, and all those wishing to work for positive social change. Humane education examines the challenges facing our planet, from human oppression and animal exploitation to materialism and ecological degradation.
Facilitator Biography: In addition to creating IHE's M.Ed. and certificate programs and leading IHE's Sowing Seeds workshops, Zoe Weil is the author of The Power and Promise of Humane Education (2004) for educators, Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times (2003) for parents, and Most Good, Least Harm: The Simple Principle for a Better World and a Meaningful Life (forthcoming). She has also written books for young people, including Claude and Medea: The Hellburn Dogs (2007) about 12-year-old activists inspired by an eccentric substitute teacher who's really a humane educator, and So, You Love Animals: An Action-Packed, Fun-Filled Book to Help Kids Help Animals (1994). She has written numerous articles on humane education and humane living and has appeared frequently on radio and television. Zoe speaks regularly at universities, conferences, schools, churches, and in communities around the United States and Canada. She has also served as a consultant on humane education to people and organizations around the world. Zoe received a Master's in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School (1988) and a Master's in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania (1983).
To Register: Please download, complete and submit the registration form to IHE.
Registration Form
Cancellations: $20 administrative charge before October 3. No refunds after October 3; you may make arrangements to send someone in your place if you contact us.
Inquires: Amy Morley, (207) 667-1025, amy@humaneeducation.org
