Pattrice jones explained

pattrice jones
Birth Date: [1]
Birth Place:Baltimore, Maryland
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Towson University
University of Michigan[2]
Organization:VINE Sanctuary
Known For:Ecofeminism
Animal rights
Veganism
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pattrice jones is an American ecofeminist writer, educator, and activist.[3] [4] She is the co-founder of VINE Sanctuary in Springfield, Vermont, an LGBTQ-run farmed-animal sanctuary.[5] [6]

Activism

jones has been an activist for social change since the 1970s.[7] She stopped eating meat when she was 15, the same year that she came out as a lesbian. She later became vegan, as she felt cows and hens were being sexually exploited for their milk and eggs.

In the year 2000, jones and her partner Miriam Jones founded Eastern Shore Sanctuary in rural Maryland. The sanctuary was relocated to Vermont in 2009, and later renamed to VINE ("Veganism Is the Next Evolution") Sanctuary.

Around 2002–2003, jones was attributed to be the main organizer of the Global Hunger Alliance (GHA), an international network of several activist organizations that was coordinated in preparation for the 2002 World Food Summit. The GHA networked with 90 other "supportive" organizations from around the world, including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and Uncaged Campaigns.

In 2012, jones became involved in a battle over the lives of Bill and Lou, two oxen at Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont. After one of the oxen, Lou, became injured, the school decided to slaughter both and serve them as food in the dining hall.[8] Students and animal rights advocates protested, and jones offered the oxen a home at VINE Sanctuary. The college ultimately euthanized Lou. The controversy made national headlines.[9] Jones wrote about the events in her book, The Oxen at the Intersection.

Writing and lecturing

jones writes and lectures about animal rights from an intersectional approach, connecting speciesism with racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia.[10]

See also

Selected publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: about pattrice jones. pattrice jones. June 13, 2016.
  2. Web site: Violence and Trauma Laboratory. University of Michigan. June 13, 2016.
  3. Web site: pattrice jones, The Oxen at the Intersection. Responsible Eating And Living (REAL). June 13, 2016. August 12, 2014.
  4. Web site: Duncan Strauss. pattrice jones, cofounder of VINE Sanctuary. Talking Animals with Duncan Strauss. June 13, 2016. August 26, 2015.
  5. Web site: About VINE Sanctuary. VINE Sanctuary. 27 November 2010 . June 13, 2016.
  6. Web site: pattrice jones: What Can Mad Cows & Queer Ducks Teach Us About Intersectionality?. YouTube. June 13, 2016. April 22, 2016.
  7. Web site: pattrice jones - International Animal Rights Conference. International Animal Rights Conference. June 13, 2016. 2013.
  8. Web site: Bidgood. Jess. Oxen's Fate Is Embattled as the Abattoir Awaits. The New York Times. June 14, 2016. October 28, 2012.
  9. Web site: Bidgood. Jess. A Casualty Amid Battle to Save College Oxen. The New York Times. June 13, 2016. November 12, 2012.
  10. Web site: Jamie. Queering the Politics of Animal Rights with VINE Sanctuary. Autostraddle. June 13, 2016. September 11, 2013.

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