Episcopal Network for Animal Welfare announces the Orange Ribbon Campaign 2006 — Please cross-post widely.
January 7, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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http://enaw.org/orangeribbon.htm
Episcopal Network for Animal Welfare announces the Orange Ribbon Campaign 2006
ROUND LAKE, IL — Members of the Episcopal Network for Animal Welfare (ENAW) will wear orange ribbons beginning this month, and beyond, as an initiative to raise awareness of the needs of animals.
Orange is the color of protection, and of non-violence and peace. Orange vests and helmets protect workers and hunters. Orange school buses protect the children. Orange is alsoworn by Buddhist monks to symbolize their vow of harmlessness (ahimsa).
ENAW’s Orange Ribbon Campaign invites people to stand in solidarity with “the least of these,” to call for an end to violence against all God’s creatures in the striving after God’s Peaceable Kingdom on earth.
The Episcopal Network for Animal Welfare invites and encourages all who work in vocations of animal protection and advocacy, rehabilitation or healthcare, rescuers, shelter and sanctuary volunteers, and all who are concerned about any form of animal abuse, neglect or abandonment, to wear orange ribbons this month, and throughout the year, as an outward and visible sign of their vocation, as a symbol of common ground, and to raise public awareness.
The Mission of the Episcopal Network for Animal Welfare is to create an inclusive and mutually-supportive venue for Episcopal animal advocates with a variety of interests and gifts; and to offer our presence, passion, enthusiasm and resources to help equip the churches to give meaningful voice to every creature under Heaven, especially where neglect, cruelty, degradation and commercial exploitation are concerned.