Kelly Overton (animal rights activist)
Kelly Overton | |
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Kelly Overton hiking the Mojave in July 2016. | |
Born | Liberal, Kansas |
Occupation | Activist / Author |
Kelly Overton is an author, activist and founder of Mojave Animal Protection (MAP).
Education
Kelly Overton received a BA in Human Services Management from the University of Massachusetts Boston, an MPH in International Health and Development from Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine in New Orleans, a graduate certificate in Conservation Biology from Columbia University's Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, and an MPA from Harvard University's John F Kennedy School of Government.
Publication
His writings on humanity's mistreatment of animals have appeared in the Washington Post, Boston Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer, Austin American-Statesman, Buffalo News, Baltimore Sun and CounterPunch.
Kelly Overton was a contributor with Tom Regan, Lee Hall and others to the 2008 Greenhaven Press Current Controversies text book The Rights of Animals ( ISBN 9780737741476) and co-wrote (with Peter Singer) the Preface to the 2010 edition of Outlawed In Europe (Archimedean Press). In 2016, Kelly Overton: Animals, Culture & Cruelty a collection of his writings was a best selling eBook.
Activism
In July 2016 Overton walked 200 miles from Joshua Tree, California to Las Vegas, Nevada to bring attention to the environmental protection needs of the Mojave Desert.
He curated Resistance As Art, an April 2017 exhibit of animal, environmental and ecological justice art works. The exhibit includes works by Sue Coe, Marina DeBris, Dana Ellyn, Jonathan Horowitz, Jenny Kendler, Andy Singer and Jess X. Snow.
In July 2018 Kelly Overton walked 100 miles between Palm Springs, California and Mexicali, Mexico to raise money for Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services and in protest of Trump administration family separation policy.
Sources
- When Animals Suffer, So Do We, Washington Post
- Activist art rises across the desert, Desert Magazine
- Clinic Brings Dog Days to Nicaragua, Tico Times
- Send A Signal, Adopt A Mutt, Philadelphia Inquirer
- Stop Animal Testing, Baltimore Sun
- Michael Vick Proves Only Semi-Tough. Boston Herald
- Class Notes - Autumn 2011. Harvard Kennedy School Magazine
- Strong Men Protect Creatures That Are Vulnerable Buffalo News
- The Casualties Of Green Scare Counterpunch
- Many Youngsters Learn Hunter Safety Oakland Tribune
- A White Man's Survival Guide for Post Patriarchal America GirlieGirl Army
- The Obamas and the Million-Mutt March Counterpunch
- Animal Rights and Obama - Can He Build An Ark?, Counterpunch
- Ain't That Ruff Enough? Los Angeles Times
- Chimpanzees Deserve Our Compassion Austin American-Statesman
- Puerto Rico Aims to Trap Roaming Monkeys USA Today
- If There Is A Chimp Heaven Counterpunch
- Man finishes Joshua Tree-to-Vegas Hike for Mojave Awareness Desert Sun
- Man's extreme desert hike raising awareness for the Mojave Desert Sun
- The Rights of Animals Greenhaven Press
- New Yorkers remain on call to rescue animals from Louisiana oil spill disaster New York Daily News
- Oil Spill Aid Veg News magazine
- Art Queen Exhibit Resistance As Art Opens Tomorrow KCDZ 107.7
- Mendocino's Missing Cannabis Czar Goes For A Walk In The Desert KZYX - Mendocino County's Public and Community Radio
- Hundreds of Mendocino County cultivators in backlog limbo The Press Democrat