The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement Learning Center
11/12/25 The Roundtable: Justice in Action for Animal Welfare
Includes a Live Web Event on 11/12/2025 at 3:00 PM (EST)
- Registration Closed
The animal welfare profession has made meaningful progress toward diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)—but real transformation requires going further. To create lasting change, we must look beyond DEI initiatives and examine the deeper systemic barriers that shape who has access to animal care, services, and leadership opportunities.
As a follow-up to our Justice in Action: Moving Beyond DEI in Animal Welfare webinar (October 21, 2025), this interactive roundtable invites participants to explore what justice in action looks like in practice. You’ll hear from peers and panelists who are embedding justice into their organizations’ everyday work—sharing candid insights, challenges, and strategies along the way.
Whether you lead an organization, manage teams, or work directly with communities, this discussion will provide a space to exchange ideas, spark collaboration, and co-create approaches to advancing justice across our field.
Participants will:
- Discuss what “justice in action” looks like in practice
- Explore examples of justice in action in the workplace
- Share strategies to incorporate justice in action into organizational culture
Panelists:
- Andrea Clara, Animal Care Team Lead, Oregon Humane Society
- Katie Jarl, VP of Government Relations, Animal Policy Group
- Jenny Rapinchuk, Animal Care Team Lead, Oregon Humane Society
Facilitated by
Jasmin Robinson, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives, The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement
Andrea Clara
Animal Care Team Lead
Oregon Humane Society
Andrea Clara started working at Oregon Humane Society in 2014 and is an Animal Care Team Lead. They are passionate about advocating forwith The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement. Andrea is a DEI Ambassador with The Association.
Katie Jarl
VP of Government Relations
Animal Policy Group
Katie Jarl is the Vice President of Government Relations at Animal Policy Group. For two decades, she has combined her love of animals with her experience working with government at the local, state, and federal levels. After spending 15 years in nonprofit animal welfare, Katie is excited to bring the pet industry and animal welfare together to advance meaningful solutions for animal shelters and rescues across the country.
Jenny Rapinchuk
Animal Care Team Lead
Oregon Humane Society
After getting her BA in Photography at Santa Fe University of Art and Design in 2017, Jenny Rapinchuk moved to Portland, OR, and she began working in animal welfare at the Oregon Humane Society as an Animal Care Technician. She is now an Animal Care lead and has been working with the organization for seven years. Andrea is a DEI Ambassador with The Association.
Jasmin Robinson
Director of DEI Initiatives
The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement
Jasmin M. Robinson is The Association's Director of DEI Initiatives. She is also the CEO and Founder of I.D.E.A.L. Education, LLC., and a consultant with MSM Global Consulting. She has over 10 years of experience leading efforts to foster and maintain inclusive work environments that welcome, embrace, empower, and celebrate people. She is actively pursuing a doctorate in Higher Education Leadership at Indiana State University.
