“Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction.”
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hello and Happy Monday to everyone! Hopefully you are staying warm in your area of the world! I spoke to friends and relatives in Florida where they woke up to a chilly 40-degree morning! It’s hard to be sympathetic to them when our “feels like” temps here were MINUS 30! Areas of North Dakota got down as low as -60!!!! No matter where you are and what feels cold to you, I hope you are staying warm!
It’s been a Monday! I have back-to-back meetings most of the day but wanted to share that the schedule for the summit has been finalized! We also want to remind people that you do need to sign up for each individual presentation you want to participate in. The schedule and the links to sign up are below.
It is also Martin Luther King Jr. Day and I chose the quote we opened this blog with because it reflects exactly why we have come together to put on this summit. To help educate advocates so that we can have a stronger voice this year as we continue our critical advocacy work for wild horses and burros everywhere!
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!
Be sure to check back tomorrow! We will have some exciting news to share about our legislation process!
Lastly, don’t forget – we will need EVERYONE to testify for both our resolution and our bill. We are hosting a Horse Talk THIS WEDNESDAY (1/22/25) to help you understand how to submit your testimony. As always, these events are FREE, but we do ask that you register in advance: https://secure.everyaction.com/c6_951Iv7kCr9Vg6JpVBxA2
I would like to give a huge Thank You to Heather with Save Our Wild Horses and Jen Caudill with the Wild Narrative Project for co-hosting the summit with us, and to all of our speakers who either reached out or accepted our invitation to participate! You can read the Bios of our speakers and find more information here: https://saveourwildhorses.net/2025-wild-horse-summit.html or here: https://chwha.org/2025-wild-horse-summit/
Stay warm and have a great week!
Our planning stage for the upcoming 2025 Wild Horse Summit: Putting the “A” in Advocacy – Arming yourself with Knowledge to Effectively Advocate in 2025 is complete! Below you will find the schedule for all 5 days (yes, we had to add a day because we had so many people want to be involved!) along with each speakers presentation title and the link to sign up for their presentation. You must sign up for each presentation you wish to watch. Once signed up you will receive a Thank You note from us for signing and the Zoom link to use for that speaker in the coming days. This information will also be emailed to you.
This is going to be a great event and we hope you can join us!
Let us know if you have any questions!
Here is the complete and updated schedule for the Summit:
(you should be able to just click on the link to sign up, if not, then copy & paste the link to view it)
Thursday January 30th
3:30pm Wayne McCrory – Wildlife Biologist, Canada
Canada’s Last Wild Horses: Science and Conservation
https://secure.everyaction.com/J9Fdr3PfGUafYgBNPTy6vg2
5:00pm Chris Kman – Chasing Horses Wild Horse Advocates
Make It An Issue: Building a Relationship With Your Legislators
https://secure.everyaction.com/KfGzwLrx8kS5ruzp3NXvcw2
6:30pm Holly Bice – Bice Policy Group
Advocating for Freedom: Driving Change Through Politics and Policy
https://secure.everyaction.com/fnJNbN0LAkK3H2gU45oh0A2
https://secure.everyaction.com/6d80iuPN8UG-zEgOW5dzGA2
Friday January 31st
11:00am Jen Britton & Christian Hunold – Drexel University
Making the Case for Protecting Wild Horses and Burros: A Social Sciences Perspective
https://secure.everyaction.com/RLJAAVf0eUahmmZNu88bqw2
12:30pm Scott Beckstead – The Wild Horse Refuge
Celebrating and Protecting Colorado’s Wild Mustangs
https://secure.everyaction.com/TmcKACcMVkmK28CcsnwoLg2
2:00pm Chad Hanson – Wyoming Mustang Institute
We’re More Alike Than Different: New Tools for Talking About Wild Horse Behavior
https://secure.everyaction.com/DF8kUaW5MESHHsnsqm4rsQ2
3:30pm Cynthia Smoot – Reporter & News Journalist
Talking to Legislators: Not as Scary as You Think
https://secure.everyaction.com/E8Fg2DArGE66SPrfEaMwZg2
5:00pm Viktoria Kirchoff – Bonrook: Wild Horse Sanctuary in Australia
Fondation Franz Weber’s Wild Horse Santuary in Australia
https://secure.everyaction.com/SM88VjPCnEaurKQM50gmgw2
6:00pm Marilyn Nuske – Brumbies of Australia
Legal issues faced in efforts to save Brumbies from cruelty, and extinction, in Victoria and New South Wales
https://secure.everyaction.com/f5iIjWSzXEyd6amjUco3IQ2
7:30pm Barbara Moore – Equine Collaborative International
What Did Wild Horse Annie Teach Us?
https://secure.everyaction.com/JvdRAEWpikiixKfARgqkDg2
Saturday February 1st
11:00am Cecile Zahorka – Photographer & Author
Between Wilderness and Tradition: Explore Free Horses in Europe
https://secure.everyaction.com/PRbA3tWSWECW2Dx57eV7dg2
12:30pm Theresa Barbour – Oregon Wild Horse Organization
Wild Horses, Federal Agencies, and Violations of the Existing Laws
https://secure.everyaction.com/bE7iSgFQJU-zDbeOHyPA0g2
2:00pm Nancy Cerroni – Pryor Mountain Wild Mustang Center
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: A Half-Century of Work for the Pryor Mountain Wild Horses
https://secure.everyaction.com/4FL6HCchm0W3jsVBc2XtZw2
3:30pm Jetara Sehart – Love Wild Horses
Rewilding Endangered Wild Horses Back to their Natural Habitats
https://secure.everyaction.com/LL4FyAFbEUOluHmvguCyng2
5:00pm Carol Walker – Living Images by Carol Walker
Stories & Social Media: Caring Moves People to Act
https://secure.everyaction.com/5wUwvA3IxE-ZCgFddUvDxw2
6:30pm Laurie Ford – Wild Horse Education & Kathy Jenkins – Oatman Burro Rehab and Sanctuary
Wild Burros: On the Front Line
https://secure.everyaction.com/mDamk8L9XUe4XlLlPjYTYA2
8:00pm – Craig Downer – Andean Tapir Fund / Ecologist
Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation of Wild Burros and Close Kin in North America
https://secure.everyaction.com/n3VJWHvnZUq-yLbqGFoYGA2
Sunday February 2nd
11:00am Jen Caudill – Wild Narrative Project
Demystifying Op-eds and Letters to the Editor: How to write and submit with confidence
https://secure.everyaction.com/n2XYTI9FEEGLvMXQoxcKag2
12:30pm Janine Dallow – Wild Horse Advocate
Attending Roundups & Introducing the Carter Wild Horses
https://secure.everyaction.com/5bvAcxkC_UWDDiuGhHuDVg2
2:00pm Ginger Fedak – Wild Horse and Burro Advocate
Fertility Control: Pros and Cons
https://secure.everyaction.com/8tiB42_clUeBbRXuQbAozg2
3:30pm Mary Koncel – Center for Animals and Public
Not the Garden of Eden: The USFS’s Management of the Devil’s Garden Wild Horses
https://secure.everyaction.com/Tw55hRjzfECobSsYldw0Kw2
5:00pm William Simpson & Michelle Gough – Wild Horse Fire Brigade
Ending the Range War – Nature Based WHB Management
https://secure.everyaction.com/pi_Cvb29E0GQf24rsTORWQ2
6:30pm Linda Greaves – Saving America’s Wild Horses
Saving America’s Wild Horses Conference Update
https://secure.everyaction.com/NT_gM2QeUk2EilQ3I7e6zQ2
8:00pm Britta Hesla – Wild Horse Plus Legislative Coalition
A New Path for Equine Welfare Legislation
https://secure.everyaction.com/i1AZ5pvxyUmwaeeoiNzAQg2
Monday February 3rd
11:00am Jon Eagle Sr – Sung Nagi Kici Okiju
Sung Nagi Ksapa: Wisdom of the Spirit of a Horse
https://secure.everyaction.com/fF3nxUEEpUilMahBrUOE_g2
12:30pm Chandra Rosenthal – PEER
Balancing the Scales: Understanding Livestock Grazing on BLM Lands
https://secure.everyaction.com/ktUaUMPMtEicjz92nWWKkw2
2:00pm Ginger Kathrens & Kerry Ferguson – The Cloud Foundation
Advocacy ABC’s with the Cloud Foundation
https://secure.everyaction.com/n6l5mscw_EuliF8aLEedvQ2
3:30pm Michael Standaert – North Dakota News Cooperative
How to Engage with the Media
https://secure.everyaction.com/6eLEhPgQ6k-As73Oaw2O-w2
5:00pm Heather Hellyer – Save Our Wild Horses
Our Wild Herds are Disappearing: Is It Too Late To Save Them?
https://secure.everyaction.com/cfJeaKmW80617x5pJ6Tgew2
6:00pm Erik Molvar – Western Watersheds Project
Federal approaches to lands and wildlife: What’s going wrong, and how can we fix it?
https://secure.everyaction.com/80_F_bkVFEazs8Xdkr9ljQ2
Protecting America’s Wild Horses: Unveiling the Flaws in the BLM’s Adoption Programs and the Promise of In-the-Wild Conservation
https://secure.everyaction.com/JLNE0sy3DU20Nkq5fUyXnw2
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