July edition/Impactful Animal Advocacy Newsletter
Latest topics, research, events, jobs, opportunities, resources and funding
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If you haven’t seen the first edition where I introduce myself, please feel free to check it out here. It has a lot of useful resources.
Topics being discussed:
Building philanthropic equity in the animal protection movement - Equalia ONG.
Interview with Jo-Anne McArthur from We Animals Media on Vegan Hacktivist.
Legal Impact for Chickens recently filed our first lawsuit ever against Costco.
A Meta-Analysis Of Convincing People To Go Vegan - Things of Things.
How I Built A $1.2 Billion Vegan Start-Up Called Eat Just | Founder Effect.
Wild animal welfare in the far future by Saulius Šimčikas
Q: What are your thoughts on the ethics of backyard egg-laying hens?
Latest research:
AI ethics: the case for including animals by Peter Singer and Yip Fai Tse.
New study finds vegan diet dogs may live longer and you can also watch a recording of this event - Plant-based Diets for Dogs are Healthier: What the Research Says.
Changing Diets During the Covid-19 Pandemic report from the Vegan Society.
Global Animal Slaughter Statistics & Charts: 2022 Update from Faunalytics.
Asia Landscape Study by Good Growth, commissioned by Animal Advocacy Africa.
There's Growing Evidence That Insects Feel Pain, Just Like Us (from this research by Matilda Gibbons, Sajedeh Sarlak, Lars Chittka).
Which Animal Advocacy interventions that we think are likely to have the highest impact in African countries by Animal Advocacy Africa.
Plant-Based Meat Manufacturing Capacity Shortage in Europe 2020 - 2030 by Rainer Kravets.
Reducing aquatic noise as a wild animal welfare intervention by Saulius Šimčikas (Rethink Priorities).
Podcasts:
How the law can help save Asian elephants - Animal Law Podcast.
Bruce Friedrich [from GFI]: Why plant-based meat is a scalable solution to feed the world - Giving What We Can.
Vegan Activism and its place in our plant-based future w/Viva!’s founder Juliet Gellatley.
Three episodes on All About Animals Radio on Effective Animal Advocacy: with John Oberg, Dominic Dyer, and Andrea Polanco from Faunalytics.
Newsletters:
GFI newsletters for those interested in alt protein - this is their latest edition.
ACE newsletter from June - you can sign up here.
European Institute for Animal Law & Policy: latest edition here, subscribe here.
EA London Newsletter - is not just about animals but often has good animal advocacy jobs and other good EA resources. You can subscribe here. You can search for such newsletters for your local area here.
Jobs I’ve seen around (please apply yourself, and share with your friends by forwarding this newsletter!):
Staff Attorney, Animal Activist Legal Defense Project - Sturm College of Law, University of Denver.
Internships at MFA in Corporate Engagement in Canada and US.
Animal Outlook is hiring for Staff Attorney and Director of Operations.
Three jobs at Veganuary: Content creator, Internationalisation Manager, and Corporate Engagement Officer.
Research and Grants Manager at GFI UK and Policy Manager at GFI Israel.
Animal Ethics is requesting expressions of interest from Africa and Asia for paid and volunteer roles.
Volunteer grant advisors at Pollination Project - looking for animal rights and welfare advisors. A great way to get started in grantmaking.
For more jobs like this, please visit Animal Advocacy Career’s and 80,000 Hours job board.
If you’re looking for a job, consider leaving your details on this EA Forum thread: Who wants to be hired? (May-September 2022).
Other impactful opportunities:
Animal Advocacy Careers are running a group coaching session on Sat 23 Jul, 3:00pm-5:30pm BST. Sign up here.
Animal Advocacy Academy from Animal Alliance Asia - available in a number of Asian languages - starting on July 23.
End the Slaughter Age initiative - if you’re an EU citizen, you can support this initiative here.
Peace Advocacy Network Certified Vegan Activist Academy - the course begins Jan 8 2022 and you can apply by July 29th for early application.
A-LAW Animal Law Student Essay Competition - by September 1.
Effective Animal Advocacy Discussion Facebook Group - a great place to ask your questions and start discussions.
Leadership, Equity, and Action for our Food System (LEAFS) Fellowship - Chicago area only, apply by 31st July.
If you have a new food start-up, consider joining ProVeg Incubator.
Animal Advocacy Careers is running an impact assessment survey - consider submitting if you ever interacted with them.
Funding (for grantees and funders):
For grantees:
Farmed animal and food systems funding sources - public - this is a great spreadsheet with most funding opportunities available listed. I’ll list available/upcoming opportunities here:
Tiny Beam Fund - closes July 29
Lush Charity Pot grants - you can apply any time and you don’t have to be an NGO
Compassion in World Farming Asia grant - deadline Sept 30
What You Should Know About Fundraising for Nonprofits in Effective Animal Advocacy - Animal Advocacy Careers.
For funders:
Resources:
EA Handbook - for those new to the effective altruism concepts, many are connected to animal advocacy, such as Radical Empathy by Holden Karnofsky.
VeganActivism.org - the most comprehensive verified list of Vegan Activism organizations online for Vegans looking to jump into activism.
The Time in Pain framework by The Welfare Footprint project can help you get an idea about how much suffering an animal welfare intervention could prevent and help compare different interventions (e.g. for broiler chickens).
Did you know that Slack has a free premium subscription for non-profits? A great way to get all the features and save money.
Community profile feature:
Connect For Animals (CFA) is a network of people who want to create a better world for animals, starting by ending factory farming. On the website, you can find events, groups, and like-minded people—and learn how to be more effective at advocating for animals. Connect for Animals is run by Steven Rouk. The app will initially be focused on a number of US cities but will expand with time - you can sign up for the waiting list here to be notified when it expands to your city.
Upcoming events
Connects For Animals has a great website where you can view a nearly comprehensive list of animal advocacy and vegan events, including plenty of online events. You can filter for the events that would be most relevant to you.
CARE conference in Poland and online - 26th - 28th August.
International Animal Rights Gathering in Georgia (the country) - 9th - 12th September.
Upcoming EAGs (Effective Altruism Global) conferences, almost always have some animal welfare-focused participants and events.
EA Global: Washington, D.C. (23 - 25 September)
EAGxSingapore (3 - 4 September)
EAGxBerlin (16 - 18 September)
EAGxVirtual (21-23 October) - online EAGx!
Save the dates:
EAGxLatinAmerica (7 - 8 January 2023)
EAGxIndia (13 - 15 January 2023, provisional)
Super Early Bird Registration for Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit.
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