Introducing “Miss Liberty … A Taste of Freedom”

Victoria Moran and Rev. William Melton are pleased to introduce you to our feature film in development Miss Liberty … A Taste of Freedom, in conjunction with our nonprofit partner the Compassion Consortium. See the Website below for details re: development, story, audience, characters, people behind the project, and what needs to happen now:

www.misslibertythemovie.com

Setting the Scene:

A dairy cow escapes from a slaughterhouse in a Midwestern town and takes refuge in the yard of Bob Sanders, a computer tech owed money by the plant. He seizes the cow as collateral and calls his lawyer, Mike Johnson. Because the abattoir has a history of sketchy practices, Mike contacts Patricia Levinson, (aka Cow Patty), his law school classmate who is now a well-known animal rights lawyer in New York, to lead Bob’s defense. Jason Levinson, Patricia’s ex-husband, also an attorney, shows up to represent “the Association” and undermine the case. Patty is dealing both with facing her ex in court and with pressure from the firm where she works. Bob must contend not only with having a cow on his patio, but with his recent divorce and split custody of the two children who become great friends of the bovine refugee.

The Audience:

Miss Liberty is entertainment for families. It’s not a juvenile movie: there are no talking animals and the plot is sufficiently sophisticated to mesmerize adults. It could be––and will be––a date movie, too, but we see the core audience as parents and kids, i.e., the divorced dad who has his children for the weekend and thinks, “We can go to McDonald’s and then to see this movie with a cow in it.” This is not someone who would look for a vegan or animal rights flick, but they’ll see this one.

As you might expect, we are excited to share with you this new film project as it develops … and are we are equally excited about the prospects about Miss Liberty for spreading our message of compassion for all living beings.

We will be holding a fundraising event in March, and if desired you may donate to this film project via the Website.

Rev. William

Welcome to 2024 and Thank You

This is just a note to thank all of the CC Members for supporting and participating in the Compassion Consortium this last year.

Also, I would like to describe some of the planned CC activities during 2024:

· We will continue our Sunday monthly services, including our Spiritual Guests and other spiritual and compassionate elements for each month. We have a strong and interesting schedule for our Spiritual Guests during 2024, starting with Dr. Sailesh Rao, the Founder and Executive Director of Climate Healers, a non-profit dedicated towards healing the Earth’s climate. Dr. Rao is the Executive Producer of several well-known documentaries, The Human Experiment, Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, What The Health, A Prayer for Compassion, They’re Trying to Kill Us, The End of Medicine, The Land of Ahimsa, and The Pinky Promise. He serves on the Universal Meals Advisory Council of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and on the Board of Directors of the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. See Interfaith & Interspecies Sunday Services | Compassion Consortium |.

· We will be scheduling a Film/Book night quarterly, starting with our next book/film talk night—"Veganuary's 10th Anniversary: Their Story of How It Caught On"—on January 24, at 7:30 PM Eastern time. We'll view Veganuary’s 22-minute documentary, as our guests from Veganuary explore its impact and expansion around the world since launching in 2013. There will be a Q&A following the documentary. Future Film/Book nights will be scheduled and announced. See Upcoming Events | CompassionConsortium.

· We will continue to present our monthly Engaged Practice sessions on the 2nd Tuesdays monthly.

· We are in the second year of the CC Animal Chaplaincy Training Program, and we have almost 60 cohorts participating in our second-year program. Also, we have added a new program: Act 2.0 Advanced Certification Animal Theology, Interspecies Practices, & Chaplaincy – for those desiring a digger deep into animals and religion.

· During the first part of the year, we will invite our Members and Subscribers to provide us with your input and thoughts as to what you would like to see in the CC services, programs, and activities going forward.

· We will continue to collaborate with like-minded spiritual and compassionate animal-centric organizations, such as the Interfaith Vegan Coalition and the Animal Interfaith Alliance. To that end, I have been appointed as a Director of the Board of Directors of the AIA.

· And lastly, I will occasionally post blogs that might be interesting -- or sometimes humorous – to you. I always try to keep these to a minimum to avoid filling up your inboxes.

So, again, we are so appreciative of your participation and contributions to the Compassionate Consortium. We look forward to continuing our relationship with you – and please always feel free to provide any input or ideas that you have that will help us improve your Compassion Consortium experience.

Rev. William

"A Damn Good Brain": Pigeons Possess Problem-Solving Skills "Similar to AI"!

Pigeons are smarter than you think.

A new study reveals that pigeons are highly intelligent problem-solvers. The way they make decisions is similar to the learning process of artificial intelligence (AI) models. See below:

Pigeons Possess Problem-Solving Skills Similar To AI (plantbasednews.org)

Why is this important? It is because it confirms that our adopted pigeon Thunder the Wunder Pigeon is truly an intellectual AI savant. Thunder is blind in one eye and can’t fly, so he has been living with us for about 5 years. But now we have a totally respect for the level for Thunder’s intellect.

Note, and this is important: the researchers claim that the pigeons in the study were not harmed. Plant Based News does not condone the use of animals in research.

So, see Thunder and Rupert while we enjoy some light reading.

Rev. William