Join us on Thursday, November 2, 2023, for a special group with our guest Barbara J. King. During our time together, Barbara will discuss intersectional grief, we’ll move into contemplative practice, and then open time for sharing. We aim to establish an online sanctuary, fostering an environment where we can openly share without the worry of judgment. It’s a space where we can naturally sense compassion.
A few other things:
- Although this gathering is centered around veganism and animal rights, feel free to express yourself on other topics. I encourage everyone to share whatever resonates with them at the moment. It’s perfectly acceptable if you choose not to share anything at all.
- I’ll mention this during our conversation, but it’s important to clarify that this is not a platform for guiding, coaching, or advising one another. Instead, it’s a space dedicated to allowing each participant to be seen, heard, and supported.
- We do not record any of the group sessions for the sake of privacy and security.
- This is a space I truly believe in being somewhere that everyone should have access to, hence this is not an event you need to pay for. However, any donations to support the spaces Alaina is trying to create would be greatly appreciated.
Barbara J. King is an emerita professor of anthropology at William & Mary and a freelance science writer and public speaker. The author of seven books, including How Animals Grieve, Personalities on the Plate, and Animals’ Best Friends: Putting Compassion to Work for Animals in Captivity and the Wild, Barbara focuses on animal emotion and cognition, and the ethics of our relationships with other animals. Her book How Animals Grieve has been translated into 7 languages and her TED talk on animal love and grief has now received over 3.5 million views. Barbara’s work has appeared at NPR, Scientific American, Aeon, and Undark, and she regularly reviews books for NPR, Science Magazine, and the TLS in London. She lives in Virginia with her husband and rescued cats- finally succumbing to the inevitable, she is currently writing a book about cats! Visit her website & TED Talk.