by bonniejean alford (educator, former pet mommy, PhD Student and world citizen) When my four-legged daughter, Angel, passed away in 2017, I was devastated. I still am. And I have every right to be. The Loss of a Child is Real When a person loses a child, grief shadows all aspects of life – so much so that a name for this type of loss doesn’t even exist in popular culture.

I had seen him before. I never expected anything to happen. We were from different crowds. We hung out with different people. Sure, I knew some of his friends, but not well enough to get close to

by bonniejean alford (Professor, PhD Student, and World Citizen) My dearly departed dog, Angel, would communicate her needs to me every day. Yes, I said communicate. I didn’t say it was always easy to understand her communication, but she did speak to me. The Art of Communication Communication involves the transfer of information with meaning back and forth between two or more individuals.

By Kanika Stallworth (Animal Lover, Graduate Student, World Citizen) Animal rights are being violated, it’s been centuries now. Animal testing to make a new drug, indeed, is a controversial topic, but supporters have arguments that for the sake of service one needs to sacrifice one’s life. Controversial as it compromises the breach of living organisms’ treatment ethics, jeopardizes science and scientific methods, and no one can take eyes off it as an environmental issue.