👋Hi there, welcome to IAA’s October newsletter! This month, we feature news & updates from the following sections:
💡 Topics being discussed
📚 Latest research
❤️️️ Community profile
💼 Jobs
👩💻 IAA updates
🔥 Opportunities & funding
🎁 Resources
🎉 Upcoming events
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💡 Topics being discussed:
🔎 Investigations and Reports:
🥗 Plant-Based Food:
🍗 Cultivated Protein:
🌍 Animals and Climate:
💪 Animal Advocacy Org and Movement Updates:
Animal Rights Movement: Understanding When and Why It Started
Healthier Hens Y2 update including impact estimates, possible next steps
Tilapia Welfare Egypt: workshops on sustainable aquaculture in Egypt and Kafr el Sheikh, led by Ethical Seafood Research
Two Years of Shrimp Welfare Project: Insights and Impact from our Explore Phase
🎲 Other:
Europe’s animal welfare reforms are under threat and NGOs call for clarity on timeline to deliver Kept Animals and Slaughter Regulations
Why I Refuse to Take a Plea, by Wayne Hsuing about the Sonoma Rescue Trial
📚 Latest research:
Meat consumption and production in developing countries, an agenda for animal advocacy researchers
Moderate Versus Radical NGOs comparing messaging in animal advocacy
Party Politics for Animal Advocacy: Animal-focused minor political parties
Shrimp: The animals most commonly used and killed for food production
Stakeholder-engaged research in emerging markets: How do we unlock growth in Asian animal advocacy?
The effects of Veganuary on meal choices in workplace cafeterias
❤️️️ Community profile:
Broken Cuisine aims to bring Chinese tofu into Western cuisine. Their goal is to spark curiosity and demand for these tofus, replacing the need for animal-based ingredients.
Here’s a list of China’s 20+ tofus and how to buy Chinese tofus online
Writing: Cookbook Broken Cuisine, and America Doesn’t Know Tofu
💼 Jobs:
Board Members, Casa Vegana
15+ roles based in Germany, China, and South Africa, ProVeg International
Plus, new positions from Mercy for Animals, Fish Welfare Initiative, and more are listed on the Animal Advocacy Careers job board
Tälist recently launched new features on their job board to help match talent with Alternative Protein businesses. Candidates & orgs can register for an account.
🚀 Impactful Animal Advocacy (IAA) updates!
⭐️ Our Slack has over 1,400 members! Sign up to join the community.
🐷 IAA attended Asia Farm Animal Day in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Sofia hosted a networking session and was joined by fantastic volunteers Shreya & Jaipal🤩
😍 We have fiscal sponsorship! We are thankful to Humane America Animal Foundation for helping us accept donations that are tax-deductible in the U.S.
🔥 Opportunities & Funding
Climate Intervention Environmental Impact Fund, deadline November 1.
ProVeg Grants applications for the upcoming funding round are due December 1.
Scarlet Spark office hours for movement leaders. Upcoming topics include feedback & calibration skills (Oct 12) and performance assessment (Oct 24).
Stray Dog Institute is offering $100 AI Learning Incentives to farmed animal and vegan advocacy NGOs for artificial intelligence (AI) online service or training course.
Tarbell Fellowship for early-career journalists interested in covering emerging technologies, especially AI. Applications due November 5.
Thrive Africa Vegan School Lunch Joint Campaign will take place in 20+ cities across Africa on October 23–28. Organizations in Africa can register to participate.
Thrive Philanthropy invites grant proposals that aim to reduce and eliminate the consumption of animals. Deadline to apply is December 1.
🎁 Resources
🎧 Podcasts:
How I Learned to Love Shrimp:
Our Hen House:
Outrage + Optimism: Hungry For Alternatives, Andy Jarvis from the Bezos Earth Fund interviews Bruce Friedrich
Christians for Impact: Bruce Friedrich on How Alternative Proteins Will Save the Planet
Knowing Animals: Animals and Epistemic Injustice with Andrew Lopez
📹 Videos (use YouTube video summarizer to get key takeaways!)
Karthik Logic: Kate Lupango on Animal Empathy Philippines
EAGxBerlin: Chris Popa on Intercausal Impacts & the Power of Food System Change
Sentientism: Philosopher John Sanbonmatsu, author of The Omnivore's Deception
📖 Other:
Our World in Data launched a new page on animal welfare, which include 4 new articles:
Shamayim Jewish Animal Advocacy shared holiday tips for Yom Kippur & Sukkot.
Many new animal advocate profiles from Animal Advocacy Careers, including executive directors, philanthropy officer, and more.
🎉 Upcoming events
The Emotion-Persuasion Balance: Insights from Pax Fauna, October 25. Virtual.
Animal Advocacy Conference Asia, November 25–26. Virtual.
New Food Conference, November 25–26. Berlin & Virtual.
View more on the Connect for Animals’ event list
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