Podcast Episode 84 - Kassidi Jones: Antiracism in Animal Welfare

July 8, 2024

#84 - Kassidi Jones: Antiracism in Animal Welfare

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In this week’s interview episode, we’re joined by Kassidi Jones. Kassidi is a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate in African American Studies and English at Yale and the content creator behind the Instagram account @gingers_naps, which explores the relationship and history between Black Americans and animals.

In this episode, you’re going to hear Emily and Kassidi talk about:

Education is empowering
What on earth are ecopoetics?
Abolition in the 21st century
How we can do a better job of integrating multiple cultural views of animal care
How to find mentorship in anti-racist work

Links Mentioned in This Episode:

Kassidi’s Patreon

Gingers_Naps on Instagram

Ginger’s Naps Merch

Help the People And the Dogs: Allyship and Anti-Racism in Animal Advocacy

Reform, Defund, Abolish Readings

Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources

What the Heck Is Restorative Justice?

What is Restorative Justice?

The History of Restorative Justice

Transformative Justice

Reclaim Justice Movement

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Meet the Guest

Kassidi Jones

Kassidi Jones is a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate in African American Studies and English at Yale. She is also the content creator behind the Instagram account @gingers_naps, which explores the relationship and history between Black Americans and animals. After seeing the success of the account, she founded Ginger’s Naps, LLC, a corporation that offers DE&I consulting for pet businesses, content creation services, and merchandise. She currently resides in the Hartford area with the light of her life: her dog, Ginger.

Meet the Hosts

Allie Bender, CDBC, CPDT-KA, SBA

Allie Bender is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant, Certified Professional Dog Trainer- Knowledge Assessed, and a Shelter Behavior Affiliate. She has been in the animal welfare industry since 2006 and professionally training since 2012. She is the founder and co-owner of Pet Harmony, co-author of Canine Enrichment for the Real World, and a national speaker.

While in the animal sheltering industry, Allie realized that her passion lied in helping pets with maladaptive behaviors. Specifically, she wanted to help prevent animals with rehabilitatable problems from being euthanized. She loves working with dogs and cats displaying stranger danger, resource guarding, and leash reactivity. Her favorite thing about working with pets and their people is seeing relationships grow and seeing harmonious households develop.

Emily Strong, CDBC, SBA

Emily Strong is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant and Shelter Behavior Affiliate. She has been in the animal welfare industry since 1990 and has been a behavior consultant since 2008. She is the co-owner of Pet Harmony, co-author of Canine Enrichment for the Real World, and a national speaker.

Emily started working with animals at a young age and struggled with the notion that you have to hurt, scare, or intimidate animals to help them. When she discovered the behavior sciences and learned that it wasn’t necessary to do so– that we can care for emotional, mental, and physical health simultaneously– she plunged headfirst into animal behavior. Emily loves helping current and prospective behavior professionals and working with pet parents through our in-depth services. She enjoys working with all species.

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