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The Compassion Consortium sponsors or suggests a book, film or compassionate practice for you to consider that relates to our mission. Please join us to discuss and exchange thoughts regarding the topic being explored and its meaning to you. When possible, we will be joined by the book’s author, the film maker, or someone who is an expert in the compassionate practice being discussed.

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Join us on March 16, 2025 for our next Sunday Service. We'll share our commitment to interspecies spirituality through reflection, meditation, music, fellowship, and a special conversation with Tams Nicholson.

Tams Nicholson, OFS, is a compassionate leader with a proven record of success in start-ups and revitalizing organizations, advocacy, empowering successful volunteer and employee teams, nurturing youth, mentoring, and designing successful community change strategies.


After spending a decade in the for-profit sector, she was inspired by a life-changing experience and left the corporate world to dedicate the rest of her career to lifting others up in the non-profit sector. Since then, she has held non-profit leadership roles in the vegan animal rights movement, disaster services, and drug prevention. 
 

She is a professed 3rd order Franciscan and holds certifications in somatic attachment therapy, instructional technology, teaching, prevention, advocacy, and disaster services. Ms. Nicholson adopted an ethical vegan lifestyle in 2008.

Are you feeling compassion fatigue?

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Animal Chaplain Alaina Sigler is offering a much-needed service for those involved in animal advocacy.  Whether you are a shelter worker, founder of an animal rescue, veterinarian or vet technician, or perhaps an activist for wild animals, it’s important to have a safe place where you can find support for the challenges you experience in your work.  It’s also a place where you can provide that support to other animal activists.

 

The Emotional Support Group for Animal Activists meets the second Monday of every month at 5:00 PM Pacific / 6:00 PM Mountain / 7 PM Central / 8 PM Eastern

The Compassion Consortium, in conjunction with Vegan Meditation, is offering a bi-weekly online peaceful half-hour of vegan-oriented meditation and mindful sharing.

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We’ll meditate together in silence, 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 for 45 minutes every first and third Monday of each month. 


https://www.meetup.com/compassionconsortium/

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Animal Companion Loss Grief Support Group

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This is a space for anyone who has lost an animal companion – whether it was yesterday or many years ago – and still feels the grips of grief. This is a safe space for sharing that grief with people who understand and can relate to the feelings. In our society, the grief that comes from an animal companion loss can be diminished and dismissed. Please know, though, that the grief is real, raw, and beautiful and that it is so big because of the big and small ways they were integrated into our daily lives and our habits.


I welcome you to join us, to gently explore all the feelings – grief, sadness, anger, guilt, shame, fear, numbness, relief, loneliness, acceptance, and so much more. In this group we will support one another by our presence and with our words.  

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Please join a few minutes early to ensure no technical issues.
 

YOU MAY BRING

  1. A picture that you may want to share of your beloved companion animal

  2. Anything that is weighing on your heart in relationship to your loss

  3. A journal and a pen to jot down any insights or awarenesses

  4. Anything else to create a cozy atmosphere! Whether it's a warm drink, a stuffed animal, blankets, or comforting scents.​


This group will start at 6:30 PM EST and run to 7:30 PM EST on Zoom.

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