Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity Inc

Community Wisdom, Community Solutions.
CARE Centers are ‘centered’ in the community and led by community members. Proximate Leaders are SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS on the challenges facing their communities. Their solutions are often structured around insights only found through lived experiences. When given the opportunity to lead, Proximate Leaders are far more capable of finding sustainable solutions for their community of friends, love ones, and neighbors than any outreach effort from an outside organization. CARE is assisting these community leaders with the long awaited support they need through grants, legal assistance and augmentation of skills. Because of the generosity of donors like you, CARE is helping to start several New 501c3 Organizations or support existing ones. We know there is community wisdom and rather than work from the shelter down, CARE is working from the community Up. This methodology is Preventative and Sustainable.

CARE's Research and Development Team, in partnership with The University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UTK) College of Social Work, will be conducting a groundbreaking study to assess racial disparities in animal welfare organizations across the United States. The will result in a comprehensive report about how different policies and practices within the animal welfare industry in 4 communities contribute to disparate impacts felt by pet owners of different racial and ethnic groups. This report will help toinform discussions within the industryin their efforts to reduce disparities across racial and ethnic groups.

CARE seeks to analyze the economic impact of both the Animal Welfare and Pet Industry with the intention of measuring the field’s impact on BIPOC Americans. CARE is also interested in solutions like economic pathways into these industries for BIPOC Americans and their organizations.