In this episode of All My Children Wear Fur Coats, we had the privilege of speaking to Katie Campbell, Director of Collaboration and Outreach at RedRover. Katie joins us today to speak about the purple leash project. The Purple Leash project is a program that helps create more pet-friendly domestic violence shelters so survivors and pets can stay together and heal.
Katie is a lifelong animal lover; she grew up in a small town in North Carolina where her mother was president of the local humane society. Later in her life she worked in human services helping people experiencing homelessness or domestic violence. During her time working in human services, Katie realized there was a connection between domestic violence cases and animal abuse. At this point she found RedRover and decided to combine her passions of helping others and saving animals. 7 years later, she remains passionate about the work she does and continues to develop exciting new programs in the hopes of uplifting her community.
