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BraveBirds Times Online
January 2007
Online newsletter of the Eastern Shore Sanctuary & Education Center
Aftershock
The Eastern Shore Sanctuary is pleased to announce the publication of
Aftershock: Confronting Trauma in a Violent World: A Guide for
Activists and Their Allies by sanctuary cofounder pattrice jones.
The book is a practical guide for activists who encounter unsettling
experiences in the course of their work. The book also explores the
culture of trauma that people have created through our violent
exploitation of the earth and other animals. It includes practical tips
for activists, friends and relatives of activists, organizations,
communities, and therapists as well as several thought-provoking
chapters that show how problems like war and global warming are rooted
in the traumatic rupture between people and the rest of the natural
world.
To learn more about the book, visit:
http://aftershock.pattricejones.info
The book is rooted in pattrice's experiences as an activist, including
the years that she has spent working with the birds at the Eastern
Shore Sanctuary. She asks sanctuary supporters to help her spread the
word about the book to other activists and also to ask their local
libraries and bookstores to carry it.
Strange Bird
Traffic's been pretty heavy here on Reading Ferry Road in rural
Maryland because a tropical kingbird was spotted nesting in a nearby
field. From what we hear, this is only the second time this bird has
been seen nesting this far north. It's interesting to watch the
bird-watchers riding slowly up the road, evidently unaware that the
fumes from their SUVs are responsible for the global warming
Not that we dislike bird-watchers. Most try to avoid disturbing birds
and many participate in conservation activities. And, their kind of
"hunting" is certainly preferable to the murderous rampages
But, still, we can't help but wonder how many of these bird watchers go
home and eat the wings of birds for dinner, never asking themselves
what -- exactly -- makes one kind of bird more worthy of respect than
another. Is it really so different than considering one race of person
inherently more valuable than another? Isn't the habit of venerating
"wild" birds while denigrating "domesticated" birds similar to the
mentality that led colonial Americans to assign negative stereotypes to
enslaved Africans and to have romantic ideas about Native Americans,
even as they displaced and destroyed the communities of the original
inhabitants of these lands?
Upcoming Events
Such questions will be asked at the upcoming United Poultry Concerns
Forum entitled "Inadmissible Comparisons," at which sanctuary cofounder
pattrice jones will be speaking. The annual UPC conferences are always
extremely thought-provoking and this year's event promises to be even
more so, with speakers from both within and without the animal advocacy
movement address the controversial question of comparisons between
human and animal exploitation and liberation. Other speakers include
UPC President Karen Davis, Anarchist Panther Ashanti Alston, feminist
and antiracist activist Andrea Smith, and authors Carol Adams, Charles
Patterson, and Roberta Kalechofsky.
The conference will be held in New York City on 24-25 March. For more
information, visit:
http://www.upc-online.org/Forums/120306forum.html
Crazy Days
It feels like spring almost every day, which is nice for the "broiler"
chickens but unsettling for the people who worry about climate change.
Last year at this time, we announced that our New Year's Resolution was
to do more about global warming. This year, our New Year's Resolution
is exactly the same.
We hope that all of our supporters also will vow to do more about
climate change in 2007.
For ideas, check out our web page on the subject:
http://www.bravebirds.org/heat.html
Sanctuary Update
There have been some changes at the sanctuary lately. Cofounder
pattrice jones still lives here all the time and takes care of the
birds most days. Cofounder Miriam Jones lives here for part of every
week and takes care of the birds on those days. She also covers the
sanctuary whenever pattrice goes away for speaking engagements,
sanctuary business or just to get "off the farm" for a few days.
(Miriam doesn't get nearly enough credit for her behind-the-scenes
work, by the way, or for the money that she pitches in whenever the
sanctuary bank account dips too low.) Helper Christopher Wood comes on
Saturdays to help out with heavy labor. We're hoping to raise the funds
to pay him to come more often because he's great with the birds and
very creative at solving maintenance problems. The birds are doing well
but the grounds look like they always do at this time of year: Too
muddy! We are all looking forward to real spring, when we can get the
foraging yards reseeded and make some other improvements to the
grounds.
Eastern Shore Sanctuary & Education Center
13981 Reading Ferry
Princess Anne, MD 21853 USA
410-651-4934
http://www.bravebirds.org
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<center><bold>BraveBirds Times Online
January 2007
</bold></center><bold>
</bold><center><italic>Online newsletter of the Eastern Shore
Sanctuary & Education Center
</italic><bold>Aftershock
</bold></center>The Eastern Shore Sanctuary is pleased to announce the
publication of <bold>Aftershock: Confronting Trauma in a Violent
World: A Guide for Activists and Their Allies </bold>by sanctuary
cofounder pattrice jones.
The book is a practical guide for activists who encounter unsettling
experiences in the course of their work. The book also explores the
culture of trauma that people have created through our violent
exploitation of the earth and other animals. It includes practical
tips for activists, friends and relatives of activists, organizations,
communities, and therapists as well as several thought-provoking
chapters that show how problems like war and global warming are rooted
in the traumatic rupture between people and the rest of the natural
world.
To learn more about the book, visit:
http://aftershock.pattricejones.info
The book is rooted in pattrice's experiences as an activist, including
the years that she has spent working with the birds at the Eastern
Shore Sanctuary. She asks sanctuary supporters to help her spread the
word about the book to other activists and also to ask their local
libraries and bookstores to carry it.
<center>
<bold>Strange Bird
</bold></center>Traffic's been pretty heavy here on Reading Ferry Road
in rural Maryland because a tropical kingbird was spotted nesting in a
nearby field. From what we hear, this is only the second time this
bird has been seen nesting this far north. It's interesting to watch
the bird-watchers riding slowly up the road, evidently unaware that
the fumes from their SUVs are responsible for the global warming
Not that we dislike bird-watchers. Most try to avoid disturbing birds
and many participate in conservation activities. And, their kind of
"hunting" is certainly preferable to the murderous rampages
But, still, we can't help but wonder how many of these bird watchers
go home and eat the wings of birds for dinner, never asking themselves
what -- exactly -- makes one kind of bird more worthy of respect than
another. Is it really so different than considering one race of person
inherently more valuable than another? Isn't the habit of venerating
"wild" birds while denigrating "domesticated" birds similar to the
mentality that led colonial Americans to assign negative stereotypes
to enslaved Africans and to have romantic ideas about Native
Americans, even as they displaced and destroyed the communities of the
original inhabitants of these lands?
<center><bold>Upcoming Events
</bold></center>Such questions will be asked at the upcoming United
Poultry Concerns Forum entitled "Inadmissible Comparisons," at which
sanctuary cofounder pattrice jones will be speaking. The annual UPC
conferences are always extremely thought-provoking and this year's
event promises to be even more so, with speakers from both within and
without the animal advocacy movement address the controversial
question of comparisons between human and animal exploitation and
liberation. Other speakers include UPC President Karen Davis,
Anarchist Panther Ashanti Alston, feminist and antiracist activist
Andrea Smith, and authors Carol Adams, Charles Patterson, and Roberta
Kalechofsky.
The conference will be held in New York City on 24-25 March. For more
information, visit:
http://www.upc-online.org/Forums/120306forum.html
<center><bold>Crazy Days
</bold></center><bold>
</bold>It feels like spring almost every day, which is nice for the
"broiler" chickens but unsettling for the people who worry about
climate change. Last year at this time, we announced that our New
Year's Resolution was to do more about global warming. This year, our
New Year's Resolution is exactly the same.
We hope that all of our supporters also will vow to do more about
climate change in 2007.
For ideas, check out our web page on the subject:
http://www.bravebirds.org/heat.html
<center><bold>Sanctuary Update
</bold></center>There have been some changes at the sanctuary lately.
Cofounder pattrice jones still lives here all the time and takes care
of the birds most days. Cofounder Miriam Jones lives here for part of
every week and takes care of the birds on those days. She also covers
the sanctuary whenever pattrice goes away for speaking engagements,
sanctuary business or just to get "off the farm" for a few days.
(Miriam doesn't get nearly enough credit for her behind-the-scenes
work, by the way, or for the money that she pitches in whenever the
sanctuary bank account dips too low.) Helper Christopher Wood comes on
Saturdays to help out with heavy labor. We're hoping to raise the
funds to pay him to come more often because he's great with the birds
and very creative at solving maintenance problems. The birds are doing
well but the grounds look like they always do at this time of year:
Too muddy! We are all looking forward to real spring, when we can get
the foraging yards reseeded and make some other improvements to the
grounds.
<center><bold>Eastern Shore Sanctuary & Education Center
</bold>13981 Reading Ferry
Princess Anne, MD 21853 USA
410-651-4934
http://www.bravebirds.org</center>
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