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Job Board
Pride VMC has compiled a comprehensive list of many of the currently available jobs in the Veterinary Community in the United States & Canada. Let’s go find you a job. Fetch!
PrideVMC Mission & Vision
The mission and purpose of PrideVMC is to create a better world for the LGBTQ+ veterinary community.
Our vision is an empowered LGBTQ+ veterinary community that embraces wellbeing by being their authentic selves.
Strategic Priorities
- Education and advocacy for LGBTQ+ inclusion and diversity.
- Student empowerment through leadership development and mentorship.
- Member recruitment, engagement and outreach.
Our foundational priority is strategic partnership because we know we can accomplish more together.
The mission of PrideVMC is to create a better world for the LGBTQ+ veterinary community.
Calendar
PRIDE VMC will list an entire range of events happening around the country. Please check our calendar page often for the latest events and happenings.
PRIDE VMC will list an entire range of events happening around the country. Please check our calendar page often for the latest events and happenings.
Membership
Membership in Pride VMC is open to anyone regardless of occupation, education, sex or sexual orientation. For the full voting rights and privileges assigned to various types of members, see our By-laws.
Your membership dues support our many programs for LGBT veterinarians, technicians, veterinary practices and students. Among other things, membership ALSO entitles you to:
- Access to the Members Only section of this website
- Access to our new Job site
- Inclusion in our online Membership Directory, which is confidential and available only to members in good standing
- Pride VMC’s Newsletter
- Placement of ad in the newsletter and/or on website
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Merchandise
Coming Soon! Check back in for merchandise featuring our new logo as well as a special edition SF Pride edition t-shirt!
News
PrideVMC Presents: Increasing DEI in Vet Med with Dr. Kemba Marshall & MRC
Are you interested in increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in veterinary medicine? Or perhaps you are looking for a position with a practice or organization that values DEI? If so that we encourage you to join us on Monday, February 8, 2021 at 6:00pm CT...
Honoring Native American Heritage Day
Pic cred: blog.nativehope.org Dear PrideVMC Members, Several years ago, I had the honor of attending the sunrise ceremony for indigenous peoples on Alcatraz Island. This was truly one of the most moving and cherished experiences that I have had of the thanksgiving...
Gratitude
A message from PrideVMC President Dr. Dane Whitaker. Pic cred: OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images As I sit to write this month’s member message, I am reflecting on the theme of gratitude. I had decided that this would be an appropriate theme for November when we...
Wisdom from PrideVMC 2020 Intersectionality Award Winner, Kaitlin Brown
Understanding intersectionality is imperative to being able to lead a group of diverse people. In the world of veterinary medicine we often see patients and clients in a lens that is very binary. Either the cat is hyperglycemic or it is not hyperglycemic. The client...
Not Every Disability is Visible: Tips for Making Your Business Inclusive for Employees with Disabilities
By Nancy Di Dia, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, BI USA In honor of Global Diversity Awareness Month and National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), PrideVMC shines a spotlight on PrideVMC Diamond Partner Boehringer Ingelheim. It may...
Wisdom from 2020 PrideVMC Diversity Bonus Award Winner Jessica Rutten
My scrubs may be blue, but my uniform is rainbow. When I’m in scrubs behind a clipboard, I am representing myself to my clients and colleagues not only as an advocate for pet health, but as a member and advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. Tolerance, inclusiveness, and...
DEI at VEGBy Angelina Morgan, CVPM – Regional Director, […]
Reinvention isn’t just for products, it’s about identity!By Jay Jacobs, Hill’s Pride Tribe Member My identity, […]
Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) Announced as PrideVMC Gold PartnerThe Pride Veterinary Medical Community (PrideVMC) is […]
All Black Lives: The Intersection Between Being Black and LGBTQ+As part of our continued celebration of Black History […]
PrideVMC Annual Impact Report 2020Mission and Purpose The mission of PrideVMC is to […]
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Thanks to Our Partners
PrideVMC is honored to serve as the founding educational partner with the American Veterinary Medical Association on the Brave Space Certificate Program.
Check out our Partnership levels for 2021:
Titanium $50,000 |Diamond $25,000 | Gold $15,000 | Silver $10,000 | Emerald $5000 | Ruby $2500 | Sapphire <$2500
For more information, contact us at info@pridevmc.org
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About Us
The purpose of PrideVMC is, through collaboration, create a better world for the LGBTQ+ veterinary community.
Strategic Priorities
- Education and advocacy for LGBTQ+ inclusion and diversity with special attention to antiracism and intersectionality.
- Student empowerment through leadership development and mentorship.
- Member recruitment, engagement, and outreach.
Vision
Our vision is an empowered LGBTQ+ veterinary community that embraces wellbeing by being their authentic selves.
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