Meena Alagappan: Teach Heart

Species Unite

elizabeth novogratz

Philosophy, Society & Culture

5.0 • 911 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

"There was a law on the books [in New York], even back in 1917, that required that every publicly funded elementary school needs to provide instruction in the humane treatment and protection of animals." - Meena Alagappan

Meena Alagappan runs an organization called, Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers, otherwise known as HEART. Heart is a full service, humane education provider in New York City, Chicago and Indianapolis.

I met Meena because we, Species Unite are doing a wolf education program, so I asked her for some help and for some resources. She was beyond generous with both, and in the process I learned a lot about the work that HEART is doing - and what they're doing is changing thousands upon thousands of students lives and should be required in every classroom in this country.

LINKS:

HEART: https://teachheart.org/

HEART Educator Resources: https://teachheart.org/library/

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0:00.0	Species Unite, Unite. and Every publicly funded elementary school needs to provide instruction in the humane treatment and protection of animals. Hi, I'm Elizabeth Novigrats. This is Species Unite. We have a favor to ask. If you like today's
0:41.6	episode and you have a spare minute could you please
0:45.0	rate and review Species Unite on Apple Podcast or wherever you listen to podcasts it
0:51.6	really helps people to find the show.
0:53.0	the show.
0:54.0	This conversation is with the show.
1:00.0	This conversation is with Mina Aligapan.
1:04.0	Mina runs an organization called Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers,
1:09.0	Otherwise known as Hart.
1:11.0	Hart is a full service humane education provider in New York City, Chicago, and Indianapolis.
1:17.0	I met Meena because we, Species Unite, are doing a wolf education program, so I asked her for some help and for some resources.
1:25.0	She was beyond generous with both and in the process I learned a lot about the
1:31.0	work at heart and what they're doing is changing thousands
1:34.6	upon thousands of students lives and should be required in every classroom in this
1:39.7	country. tree. Hi, Meena.
1:55.0	Hi Beth.
1:56.0	Thank you so much for doing this today.
1:58.0	Thank you for having me.
2:00.0	Let's start with you because you've been doing Hart for a long time,
2:02.0	but you did a lot before you got there.
2:04.2	What led you up to heart?
2:05.4	I started as a lawyer.
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