Fresno Animal Center Director Alma Torres — Cal4All Call 05/06/2025
Fresno Animal Center Director Alma Torres shares how Fresno is creating a culture of inclusion, outreach, and a people-first approach to community engagement, including reaching more adopters by offering bilingual support.
Community Cat Programs — Cal4All Call 04/01/2025
Claudia Otis (Founder and Executive Director, The Little Lion Foundation), kicks off a robust discussion of the rewards and challenges of starting and running a community cat program in collaboration with multiple language communities.
A Social Work Informed Approach to Addressing Barriers — Cal4All Call 03/18/2025
Learn how Monika Khuc, LMFT and Community Support Manager at WAGS Pet Adoption in Westminster, California, helped implement a social work-informed approach to address barriers faced by diverse communities.
Understanding Your Community Part 2 — Cal4All Call 03/04/2025
Melissa Gómez (SF SPCA Community Workforce Manager) and Elsa Ramos (Friends of Oakland Animal Services Bilingual Adoption Coordinator) share their journey of creating meaningful connections with Latine pet guardians.
Understanding Your Community Part 1 — Cal4All Call 02/18/2025
The first in a series of calls building a multicultural engagement community of practice, this call includes contributions from Debra Olmedo of Patitas y Palabras, an English-Spanish translation service focused on animal welfare.
Why DEI Still Matters in Animal Welfare — Cal4All Call 02/04/2025
Jasmin Robinson, AAWA/MSM Global Consulting, provides the why and how of DEI in animal welfare.
Stronger Together: Animal Welfare Resource Sharing in Response to LA Fires — Cal4All Call 01/21/2025
Access the resource list In this AllCall, we heard on-the-ground fire response and mutual aid updates from Los Angeles County. Over 200 animals placed in foster homes over the last week at LA Animal Services. More than 1000 animals to date reunited with guardians through combined efforts at Pasadena Humane. Field officers setting up feeding […]
Beyond the Pet Food Pantry, Jorge Delgado and Cel Jimenez, HSSC — Cal4All Call 12/03/2024
Jorge Delgado and Cel Jimenez (Humane Society of Sonoma County) present their talk “Beyond the Pet Food Pantry: Strategies to Build a Sustainable Pet Food Pantry and Advocated for Your Community”
Promising Systems to Support People and Pets, Rachel Rae Williams — Cal4All Call 11/19/2024
Rachel Rae Williams leads us in exploring how we can integrate successful public health models that center health equity into our work in order to design programming that prioritizes the well-being of people, pets, and the planet.
Healthy Pets Healthy People, a Mutual Aid Program at Alameda Animal Shelter — Cal4All Call 11/05/2024
Veterinary social worker Raquel Bernaldo, Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter (FAAS) Community Services Manager, and Deja Johnson, FAAS Community Services Lead discuss shifting to a mutual aid perspective and forming partnerships with people and community organizations in their Healthy Pets Healthy People program.
