DAILY NEWS PEOPLE : JACKIE JOSEPH.Joseph is a busy activist and volunteer within her community. Twenty-five years ago, she helped co-found Actors and Others for Animals, where she is executive vice president. Actors and Others for Animals educates the public on responsible pet ownership, promoting the spaying spaying: see castration. and neutering neu·ter adj. 1. Grammar a. Neither masculine nor feminine in gender. b. Neither active nor passive; intransitive. Used of verbs. 2. a. of dogs and cats, providing money for emergency medical care and bringing to light animal cruelty. The organization was successful in eliminating use of decompression chambers decompression chamber n. A compartment in which atmospheric pressure can be gradually raised or lowered, used especially in readjusting divers or underwater workers to normal atmospheric pressure or in treating decompression sickness. to euthanize euthanize see euthanatize. animals at shelters. Joseph also is on the board of directors for the California Displaced Homemakers Network, an organization that gives support and information to recently divorced homemakers and provides services to get them back on their feet. The organization also provides information pamphlets for legislation, ``to make sure California affords opportunities to the population of displaced homemakers,'' Joseph said. With the LADIES (Life After Divorce Is Eventually Sane), Joseph created, in 1982, a group for women formerly married to celebrities. Often, women who have been through high-profile divorces have no one to talk to. LADIES provides support and skills to enable these women to become self-sufficient. AGE: 63. RESIDENCE: Toluca Lake. BORN AND RAISED IN: Born in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or and moved to Toluca Lake when she married in 1960. OCCUPATION: Actress. For the last decade, she also has been a consultant for Gender Equity, guiding displaced homemakers to resources for emotional help and skill training. MARITAL STATUS marital status, n the legal standing of a person in regard to his or her marriage state. : Divorced. CHILDREN: Two children, John and Jennifer. HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED: ``The first real heavy-duty involvement was with Actors and Others for Animals, and that was being in the right place at the right time, working with Doris Day Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff (born April 3, 1924)[1] is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate known as Doris Day. A vivacious blonde with a wholesome image, Day was one of the most prolific actresses of the 1950s and 1960s. on ``The Doris Day Show.'' Also, as a result of my own divorce, that led me to LADIES.'' WHY DO YOU VOLUNTEER: ``If you know that you have the capacity to effect change, you just report to duty. It is not so much a chore but a privilege to know that you've made a difference. Plus, once you work with animals you can't walk away.'' BIGGEST DILEMMA: ``Personally achieving enough time to honor commitments. And, as for a societal dilemma, one of my major quests is media responsibility.'' MOST DIFFICULT DAILY TASK: ``Monster paper work.'' FAVORITE DAILY TASK: ``Gardening and watering the plants.'' BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: ``The loss of gender equity programs in education and in the private sector.'' GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: ``Through my union work on the board of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) is a performers' union that represents a wide variety of talent, including actors in radio and television, as well as radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers and recording artists (both royalty , the Screen Actors Guild and Girls Inc., we've helped girls understand and be advocates for appropriate images for woman and girls on television so that they can be cognitive and activists. If (women and girls) don't see themselves on television, it is not because they don't exist, it is because the media is making a mistake.'' GOALS FOR THE FUTURE: ``Career-wise, more acting jobs that respect and reflect more women in my age group as they really are - interesting, involved, active and caring seniors who are still fun and silly. Traveling would be pretty good.'' WHO RELIES ON YOU THE MOST AND WHO YOU RELY ON: ``On both counts, my pets. We really serve each other with consistency, nonjudgmental non·judg·men·tal adj. Refraining from judgment, especially one based on personal ethical standards. Adj. 1. nonjudgmental affection and laughs. I am there for them and they're there for me.'' ROLE MODELS: ``Volunteers are role models. And people who have had adversity and have become successful are role models.'' HOW DO YOU DEFINE SUCCESS?: ``One who appreciates what they have and says many thank yous. Seeing the tub half full and seeing simple pleasures, that is having it all.'' FAVORITE VALLEY HANGOUTS: ``I love wandering the neighborhoods of Toluca Lake; it is a lucky place to amble amble a slower, non-racing version of pace gait in horses. broken amble has many characteristics of the amble but there are four beats to the gait with each foot contacting the ground independently. Called also single-foot. . It is a very soothing surrounding with wonderful people.'' FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: ``Recently I got to sing again with the musical theater guild. (She also enjoys) gardening, learning the computer and reading anything by Carolyn See.'' HOBBIES: ``I ran a weekly column for the neighborhood called the Tolucan for about 20 years and sharing sweet peas seeds and loofah loofah: see gourd. loofah or luffa Any of six species of annual climbing vines, also called vegetable sponge or sponge gourd, that make up the genus Luffa in the gourd family, native to the Old World tropics. sponges.'' WHAT WOULD BE A PERFECT DAY FOR YOU?: ``A gorgeous day knowing my kids are content, working in gardening, then taking a walk by the ocean.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Jackie Joseph, a co-founder of Actors and Others for Animals, created LADIES, a group for women formerly married to celebrities. She's a director for the California Displaced Homemakers Network. Michael Owen
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