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5 Things to Consider When Creating a Workplace Flexibility Plan
According to the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM), trends are pointing toward a two-tiered workforce—employees whose positions are suited to remote work, and employees who must still be onsite to...
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Your Workplace Activism Playbook: Winning Moves for Employees and Managers
An article in the Winter 2021 issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review—“Business Disruption from the Inside Out: A playbook for Employee Activists and advice for leaders”—is causing a stir with our...
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Conference Catch-Up: Are Good Intentions Contributing to Systemic Racism?
This past summer, The Association’s Katherine Shenar, Dallas Animal Services’ Ed Jamison, and Steve Zeidman of Pethealth, Inc, started an important conversation about systemic racism in animal care and control...
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3 Ways to Help Elevate BIPOC Voices
In our latest podcast, guest host Jorge Ortega, Director, Guilford County Animal Services, hosts CARE President James Evans and Best Friends’ José Ocaño, Senior Director of People and Culture, in...
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DEI Roundtable: 4 Top Takeaways
Last Thursday, animal services and TNR leaders who are guiding their cities through difficult climates sat down to share challenges and insights. The Roundtable on Community Relations During a Time of...
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DEI: 4 Quick Tips to Get Your Org Started
As national uprising against racial inequity continues, employers across the United States are urgently looking to find ways to create cultures of inclusion. This often begins with the implementation of...
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Needed Now: Street Medicine Teams to Help Pets of the Indigent
It’s Thursday, so that means we’re rolling out another brilliant idea in our Innovation Bank of short, pre-recorded webinars. Today we’re highlighting the incredible work of Jon Geller, DVM, DABVP emeritus, and The Street...
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Are You Expecting Your BIPOC Employees To Educate You?
An open letter to white leadership in animal welfare As national uprising against racial inequity continues, employers across the United States are urgently looking to find ways to create cultures...
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5 Tips & Tools for Interacting with Increasingly Diverse Communities
We’ve been reviewing your feedback about The Spring Conference for Animal Welfare, and response to “Interacting with Increasingly Diverse Communities” was off the charts! Jace Huggins, Chief ACO at Front...
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Workplace Culture Agreements: 4 Quick Q&As
Your organization likely has a mission statement, vision statement and core values. And as a leader (or aspiring leader), you may have been involved in their creation, revision and/or implementation....
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If Your Adoption Policies Put Up Barriers, You’re Part Of The Problem
This three-part blog is the result of a conversation between The Association’s Katherine Shenar, Ed Jamison of Dallas Animal Services, and PetHealth’s Steve Zeidman. Each offers a unique view on...
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