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Upcoming Coffee & Connect Sessions:
Measuring Welfare and Empathy
October 4th, 2023
Let's talk research! Join Lauren Powell and Karen Verderame as they introduce an all-new assessment poised to transform the field of humane education with data collection. Penn Vet Shelter Medicine and Community Engagement is conducting a study to test the reliability and validity of two new scales. These scales were developed to measure student knowledge regarding animal welfare and empathy towards animals and to investigate the impact of humane education programs on student attitudes and empathy towards animals. We would like to invite the APHE community to collaborate to test these scales. Together, we can assess the profound impacts of the tireless work being done in the field of humane education!
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HISTORY OF COFFEE AND CONNECT
Our popular Coffee & Connect webinars were introduced in 2020 resulting from an immediate need for our members to connect and share summer camp planning during the 2020 COVID pandemic beginnings. Due to the success of this monthly program (formerly Coffee & Camp), the program has evolved to monthly webinars featuring experts in the field of Humane Education. Each Coffee & Connect features spotlights topics relevant to educators in the field.
Coffee & Connect is offered the 1st Wednesday of each month, at 1pm ET. Registration is free for members and requires pre-registration. Non-members may register for a $5 fee.
Past Coffee & Connect topics
September 6, 2023 - Summer Camp Debrief Roundtables
May 3, 2023 - Pre-Summer Camp Roundtables
March 1, 2023 - "Find the Funds" with Lindsay Layendecker of the Jacksonville Humane Society
February 1, 2023 - "Sharing a Creative Mess to Help Shelter Pets by Inspiring Kindness and the Don’t Pet Mindset/Love from a Distance" with Jeanne Frye-Mason
January 4, 2023 - "The One Thing You Still Need" with Tressa Yonekawa Bundren
December 2022 - Humane Education Roundtables
November 2, 2022 - "Therapy Dogs in the High School Setting" with Jessica Maricevic of Empathic Paws
October 12, 2022 - "Barnyard Buddies: Building Relationships Between Children and Formerly Farmed Animals" with Anna Boarini of VINE Sanctuary
September 7, 2022 - "Wolf Eradication and Management Policy as Critical Pedagogy" with Karen Winter
March 9, 2022 - "Connections Create Conservationists; the Work of Animal Ambassadors" with Haylee Blake from Helen Woodward Animal Center
February 2, 2022 - "How Much Is a Whale Really Worth?" with Beth Besom of the Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans
January 12, 2022 - "Educating Youth with Farm Sanctuary Programming" with Maddie Krasno of Farm Sanctuary
November 3, 2021 - "Sharing is Caring: Virtual Roundtables" with the APHE board
October 6, 2021 - "Fostering Compassion for Fishes" with Jonathan Balcombe and Kim Korona
September 1, 2021 - "Ready, S-E-T, Go: Building a Culture of SEL" with Katie Frazier and Nicole Lovecchio
May 5, 2021 - " Summer Camp: It's All Fun and Games" with Kim Ferris-Church
March 3, 2021 - "Cool to Be Kind:" Evaluation of a Classroom-Based Humane Education Intervention
February 3, 2021 - HE Volunteers
January 6, 2021 - Preparing Volunteers and Their Dogs to Represent Your Organization
December 2, 2020 - Teaching Animal Protection, Embracing Social Justice
November 4, 2020 - New Partnerships/Schools/Funding
October 7, 2020 - Fall Programming with East Bay SPCA
September 2, 2020 - Camp Review/School Going Forward
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