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HEART’s services are specially designed to provide a combined focus on social justice, animal welfare and environmental ethics. Our direct services to educators and students, as well as our city and state level advocacy efforts, enable us to significantly impact the way young people think about their responsibility to one another, animals and the natural world.

By linking our age-appropriate instructional program to our service-based learning program, we give students the tools to make positive changes. As the only full-service provider of humane education in the New York City and Chicago areas, we are able to reach thousands of students each year with our programs. Our services are offered at no cost to schools and other non-profit agencies.

Our Programs

• Create better students, compassionate citizens and contributors to the greater community
• Foster a sense of responsibility for children to act upon their personal beliefs
• Cultivate empathy for animals, and as a result, decrease animal abuse in our society
• Encourage students to strive for a sustainable society while protecting natural resources and the environment
• Offer an effective way to reduce and prevent violence in school and at home

Upcoming Events & News

Sign up for HEART’s 2010 P-Course
HEART, in conjunction with the UFT Humane Education Committee, will offer a 30-hour After School Professional Development (ASPDP) P-course for grades K – 5 teachers on six Saturdays in the Fall 2010 semester beginning Sept 25 and ending Dec 4, 2010. Click here for details.

2009 Annual Report
HEART’s 2009 annual report is available for viewing.  Click here to see the latest news on HEART’s programs.

The Ethic Project to Combine with HEART in Chicago
HEART announces the addition of The Ethic Project to our program offering in Chicago. The Ethic Project is a violence prevention and intervention initiative first established in early 2009. The Ethic Project’s focus is on project based activities which empower students by helping them understand they can create positive change in the world.

Fall 2009 Newsletter
Click here to read our latest newsletter and meet our teachers.

New York State Democratic Committee Humane Education Resolution
On May 31, 2009, the NYS Democratic Committee adopted a resolution urging compliance with the state humane education law, recognizing HEART for its service in teaching humane education. Click here to read the resolution.