Handling the Pain of Being an Animal Advocate

ANIMAL JUSTICE ACADEMY LUNCHTIME LIVE: Handling the Pain of Being an Animal Advocate with Kimberly Carroll When you’re an animal advocate, you’re bound to face a lot of emotional pain… Whether it's seeing the graphic images, anger at all the apathy, overwhelm from the million and one things you think you should be doing, or the loneliness of not even being understood by your close friends and family. In this workshop, our AJA Director Kimberly Carroll puts on her coach for changemakers hat and teaches us some tools for navigating the heaviness of doing animal protection work. We'll explore: avoiding burnout by having routines for processing pain how not to get traumatized by graphic imagery cathartic tools every activist should have the boundaries you need to put into place Come with pen and paper and ready to participate in this session!