Interfaith. Interspiritual. Interspecies.
Our Spiritual Guest for May 19 will be Lisa Kemmerer
Our Spiritual Guest for May 19 will be the renowned animal rights activist, scholar, and philosopher Lisa Kemmerer.
Lisa Kemmerer is an American academic who has written on animal ethics and environmental ethics. She is the author or editor of nine books. In 2012 she researched wildlife conservation in Kenya and Peru
Learn more about Lisa.
Our Compassion in Action guest on May 19 will be Donny Moss
Donny Moss is a NYC-based animal rights activist who runs local campaigns and produces videos for TheirTurn.net.
Donny recently led approximately thirty animal rights activists disrupted business inside of Adidas’s flagship store in New York City as part of a global effort to compel the sportswear giant to stop using kangaroo skin in its soccer cleats.
Learn more about Donny.
Mindfulness Workshop at Omega.org
The Compassion Consortium will participate in a special Mindfulness Workshop at Omega.org together with Rev. Sarah Bowen, Judy Liu Ramsey and Amanda Ree on June 23-28, 2024.
The workshop features these topics:
• Attain insight into the spiritual lives of animals
• Discover mindfulness practices that create harmonious bonds, boost relaxation, and reduce negative emotions
• Practice interspecies coping strategies to tackle compassion fatigue
• Learn to use holistic modalities like Ayurveda and Chakras for animal-focused healing
• Experience shamanic journeying as a conscious connection to animal wisdom
• Reflect and grow from your stories of animal love and loss
• Try unique methods of communication, enhancing your ability to explore the world through an animal's perspective.
May Engaged Members Practice
Our next Compassion Consortium Engaged Member Practice will be held on May 14 at 7:30 pm. Rev Sarah will lead “Ocean Spirituality: Listening to the Sea."
Engaged Member Practice circles are exclusive to Engaged Members only.
Learn more about becoming an Engaged Member here.
The Compassion Consortium, in conjunction with Vegan Meditation, is offering a weekly online peaceful half-hour of vegan-oriented meditation and mindful sharing.
The Compassion Consortium, in conjunction with Vegan Meditation, is offering a weekly online peaceful half-hour of vegan-oriented meditation and mindful sharing.
We’ll meditate together in silence for 15 minutes, then share brief thoughts on a topic related to compassion, mindfulness or veganism. Our aim through this practice is to cultivate greater internal peace and presence, and to bring greater mindfulness and compassion to our interactions with the external world and all its inhabitants. David Simon, the Chair of the Compassion Consortium Advisory Board, will host each week.
We meet Monday evenings at 6pm Pacific / 7pm MT / 8pm CT / 9pm ET.
Check out the Main Street Vegan Podcast for more information on compassionate living.
We're happy to share that the Main Street Vegan Podcast with our own Victoria Moran is back by popular demand, featuring in-depth interviews with vegan luminaries and other folks who have information we wouldn't hear elsewhere. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
In addition, Victoria has launched a new livestream, The Main Street Vegan Salon, on UnchainedTV. This is a celebrity talk show recorded live in a studio in Manhattan's Theater District. You can find UnchainedTV, Jane Velez-Mitchell's animal rights streaming network, online, or get the free app for access to news, talk shows, movies, reality shows and more, all with a focus on animal rights and compassionate living.
about us
The Compassion Consortium is a non-sectarian center. We offer well-being resources, spiritual guidance, support, and community fellowship to Vegans, Vegetarians, animal rights activists, animal lovers, and all humans who care about and advocate for animals and the planet.
We recognize that many people do not see their deeply rooted compassion for all creatures reflected in houses of worship or spiritual centers; some people have even left faith traditions after seeing animals excluded from the level of mercy they deserve; in many cases, they're even denied the possession of a soul.
The Compassion Consortium is here to supplement this "missing piece" for persons who are part of another religious or spiritual community and those who are not affiliated ("nones") or identify as secular.
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