Art of Compassion Award
This April, PCRM established the Art of Compassion
Award. Its first recipient is humanitarian Nanci Alexander.
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| Alec Baldwin, Nanci Alexander, and Neal Barnard, M.D. |
Compassion is the most fundamental value in medicine as well
as in our day-to-day lives. If compassion were truly put to work—if
it were learned and practiced in every aspect of life—our
world would be very different indeed. PCRM's Art of Compassion
Award recognizes an individual who exemplifies compassion to
an extraordinary degree and works to extend this value as broadly
as possible.
The Art of Compassion Award medal carries the image of Hippocrates,
the Greek physician born in 460 B.C.E. Although he is best known
for the Hippocratic oath sworn by all new physicians and his
enduring words, "First, do no harm," he also had a broadly
compassionate outlook, one that included both humans and animals.
"The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body
of each is different," he wrote.
Nanci Alexander
Art of Compassion Award Recipient
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| Nanci Alexander |
Nanci Alexander has long been a leader and visionary working for
a more compassionate world. In 1989, she founded the Animal Rights
Foundation of Florida, and has volunteered as its president ever
since. With 4,000 members, ARFF educates and advocates on behalf
of animals abused for food, fashion, entertainment, and experimentation,
as well as for wildlife and companion animals. ARFF has put an
end to many petting zoos and cruel animal exhibits, opened a mobile
free spay/neuter clinic, and brought about the cancellation of
annual dove hunts held by the Boy Scouts. ARFF also took a leading
role in the successful battle to ban the use of gestation crates
for pigs in Florida, the first time a specific factory farming
practice was banned in the United States.
In 2003, Alexander opened Sublime, a gourmet vegan restaurant
in Fort Lauderdale, receiving rave reviews, including a four-star
rating from the Sun-Sentinel and a write-up in USA Today. With
its boutique featuring cruelty-free products and books, the restaurant
has become a mecca for health-conscious diners.
Recognized by other national and local animal organizations for
her work, Alexander also received the first-ever Cleveland Amory
Humanitarian Award. Her unwavering dedication, professionalism,
and boundless energy are an inspiration to activists across the
country.
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