Avoiding Burnout, and Other Good Reading

Like many others, working to help dogs and cats or all animals or make the world a better place is tough on us. Please remember to take a break for awhile--do something nice for yourself, allow yourself time to heal. Otherwise we are "broken" and can't help animals at all.

Some good books to help us out:

1. Organizing for Social Change--Midwest Academy Manual for Activists by Kim Bobo, Jackie Kendall and Steve Max

2. Doing Democracy--the MAP Model for Organizing Social movements by Bill Moyer

3. The Activists Handbook by Randy Shaw

4. Slapp Lawsuits--Getting Sued for Speaking Out by George Pring and Penelope Canan

Here is an article on burnout that may help:

PAWPRINTS,
http://www.all-creatures.org/aip/nl-11aug2003-paw.html
FOOTPRINTS & ANIMAL CHATTER: Avoiding Burnout - From Animals in Print

Or: http://www.all-creatures.org/aip/nl-11aug2003-paw.html

Posted on SHARE Yahoo group Nov. 10, 2004