By Claire Howe For some time now, I have worked side-by-side with some of the most inspiring, committed, and passionate activists I have ever known… who just happen to be teenagers. In 2014, through my work as a humane educator at H.E.A.R.T, I began facilitating animal rights clubs at Franklin

By Liz Walch My service-learning students at the Academy for Global Citizenship are great at coming up with BIG ideas. And they not only have BIG ideas, they have a lot of them. “Let’s invent and build a machine to clean all the trash out of the ocean!” “Let’s have

By Liz Walch A few minutes before this photo was taken, roughly 35 people were seated in the rows of white chairs, ready to see whatever it was I had displayed on the screen behind me. But no, I had different plans for them! “Ok everyone! How about we all

By Kristina Hulvershorn If you have planted the seeds of concern and compassion through humane education, there will likely come a time where students are ready to take action with that knowledge. I have learned several lessons (through many successes and failures) which I try to remember as I walk the

This past April, HEART program managers, Kristina Hulvershorn and Mickey Kudia, presented at the Association of Professional Humane Educators’ National Humane Education Conference in Seattle, Washington. The presentation titled, Enhancing Social and Emotional Learning through Humane Education, taught attendees from across the country practical steps for incorporating social and emotional

By Bob Schwalb Prior to my career in humane education, my advocacy work was mostly centered around animals. I cared about human rights and environmental preservation, but animal issues resonated with me more. So that’s where I devoted most of my time and resources. However, it became clear to me