Hello! We’ve had a busy couple weeks with the team coworking in San Francisco. Thank you to New Roots Institute for cohosting a pizza party with us — we loved seeing everyone in person!
And huge thank you to everyone who took our annual survey! We’re analyzing the data and will publish the results soon. It is so far helpful in our strategic planning for 2024.
This Thursday, we’ll be facilitating a Digital Platform Coordination call. If you have a platform in use or in development, please join us as we aim to coordinate efforts as a movement.
🤩 This weekend is the voting period for Project for Awesome, an annual video contest that has raised funds for animal advocacy charities in past years! Please take a few minutes between Feb 16–18 to vote for all of the videos for Fish Welfare Initiative, Good Food Institute, ProVeg International, The Humane League, and any other orgs you think are important❣️
Cheers!
Sofia & Team IAA
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🎁 Resources
🎉 Upcoming events
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💡 Topics being discussed:
Reports
3 more reports out of Charity Entrepreneurship’s Research Training Program:
EggTrack 2023 Report, Compassion in World Farming
Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) published 2 reports on the state of food systems worldwide. Additional resources:
Food Systems Dashboard to explore data
Indicator architecture with 5 thematic areas
Guidelines for Protecting and Promoting Insect and Decapod Welfare in Research 2024, The Insect Welfare Research Society
Processing the discourse over plant-based meat: Understanding nuance in the “ultra-processed food” debate to build acceptance & trust of plant-based meat
Ranking Mense per il Clima (italiano) analyzed all available menus of Italian university canteens/cafeterias. Essere Animali’s MenoPerPiù.
South Africa Plant-Based Friendly Fast-Food Franchise Ranking, ProVeg
🥗 Plant-Based Food
🍗 Cultivated Protein:
🌍 Animals and Climate:
💪 Animal Advocacy Org and Movement Updates:
🎲 Other:
📚 Latest research:
**This isn’t research, but we find the new Faunalytics Study Replication Guide helpful!
💼 Jobs:
Data Analyst, We Animals Media. Deadline is February 29
Director, Vegan Thesis. Deadline is February 29
Head of Marketing & Communications and Project Manager, Innovate Animal Ag
Managing Director - Colombia, Engagement and Campaigns Director, Operations Assistant, Sinergia Animal
Marketing and Communications Manager (Asia Pacific & Latin America) and other positions, Compassion in World Farming. Deadline is February 26
People & Operations Director, Faunalytics. Deadline is March 1
Plus, new positions from ProVeg, GFI, and more are listed on the Animal Advocacy Careers, Tälist, Alt Protein Careers job boards.
🔥 Opportunities & Funding
Alt Protein Project is accepting applications for student groups to join their 2024 cohort. Deadline is March 29.
Animal Alliance Asia announces ReRooted Asia Fund. Applications available to select countries for projects that focus on diet change. Deadline is March 17.
Animals and Equality Conference is accepting presentation abstracts. Deadline is May 1.
ASPCA’s Fund to End Factory Farming is accepting applications until March 5.
Free operational audits and back-office cleanup services for select farm animal protection nonprofits.
Helsinki Animal Law Conference 2024 announced their call for abstracts. Deadline is March 10.
Impact Accelerator Program, High Impact Professionals. Deadline is February 29.
Reducetarian Fellowship is accepting applications from undergraduate and graduate students based in NYC and DC. Deadline is March 1.
People & Culture Advisory Support (at no cost) offered by Culture Canopy to select organizations in the movement.
Submit speaker or content ideas for EAGxNordics by the end of February
Thrive Philanthropy is accepting applications for their Seed Grant and Thrive Grant programs. Deadline is March 1.
💰 Help direct funding to animal advocacy charities with Project for Awesome. It will only take a few minutes! Between Feb 16–18, please vote for all of the videos for Fish Welfare Initiative, Good Food Institute, ProVeg International, The Humane League, and any other orgs you think are important❣️
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🎁 Resources
🎧 Podcasts:
Asia for Animals (AfA) podcast: Navigating Responsible Imports with Animal Policy International
Animal Justice Academy: Why Animal Advocates Should Fight for Electoral Reform with Elizabeth May
Animal Law Podcast: The Biogas Nightmare
How I Learned to Love Shrimp: Tomasz Herok on working undercover in factory farms
Our Hen House:
Sentientism: Jonathan Leighton of OPIS (Organisation for the Prevention of Intense Suffering)
📹 Videos (use YouTube video summarizer to get key takeaways!)
Humane & Sustainable Food Lab at Stanford: Daphene Altema-Johnson, MBA, MPH, RDN, speaking on Meat Reduction Strategies Using Meatless Monday
📖 Other:
Infectious Generosity is a new book released by the Head of TED, Chris Anderson. An entire chapter is dedicated to the Giving What We Can pledge.
🎉 Upcoming events
A new pillar of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Guidelines, February 23.
Plant Futures Fest, February 24. Oakland, US.
Scarlet Spark Role Clarity Workshop, March 5.
EA Global London, May 31–June 2. London, UK.
View more on the Connect for Animals (CFA)’s event list.
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