Avoiding activist burnout with poet James Strecker and Miyun Park of Compassion Over Killing
Today’s show will be about activist burnout, both within activism in general and animal rights activism in particular. Burnout seems to plague our movement and other social justice movements. It can be alienating and depressing to continually confront the horrors of the world, with little opportunity to witness immediate change. Sometimes activists don’t take the...
The Poetry of James Strecker
Today Animal Voices will be in studio with poet James Strecker. In addition to an interview with the poet, Strecker will be reading from his book, Beside the Hemlock Garden. This beautiful and poignant collection of work focuses on animal rights issues and beyond. From the back of the book: This is more than a book of...
