Before we start, we want to share our monthly action for June with you:

💁 Post in #03-help-requests
This month, we’re encouraging advocates and organizations to post in #03-help-requests. Stuck on a problem, looking for talent, or need a resource? Ask! Post in June and you’re entered to win a prize. ⭐

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Slack channels covered:

🧡 Introductions
🙏 Help Requests
💼 Jobs
🤖 AI Tools
👋 Opportunities and Help Offered
🔥 Funding
🎁 Tools & Resources

🧡 Introductions

Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community.
It’s never too late to introduce yourself! Here are some recent intros:

• Hi, I’m Iván, a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer based in Lima, Peru.

• Hi, I’m Amanda Romero, Director of Veganuary Spain, based in Madrid, Spain and City Councillor at Madrid City Council.

• Hi, I'm Marcus Ajayi, a Research Analyst at Glued Insights based in Abuja, Nigeria, with a background in nutrition and food systems, interested in evidence-based approaches to farmed animal welfare in African food systems.

• Hi, I’m Jana Kalb, a veterinarian currently completing a PhD in animal welfare in Germany, specializing in science communication and digital learning tools.

• Hi, I’m Alex Johny, a poultry welfare researcher at the University of Bern, Switzerland, looking for new directions in science, policy, and research in animal welfare or alternative proteins.

• Hi, I’m Airi Yamada, Senior Corporate Consultant at AWCP based in Tokyo, supporting Japanese companies in transitioning to cage-free egg systems.

🙏 Help Requests

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Check out some of these successfully answered requests. You might find some inspiration for your help request this month! 👀

• Laura got several recommendations for people and organizations working on alternative proteins through decentralized, cooperative, and food-sovereignty-focused models.

• Danielle received some input on what makes a job application stand out amid hundreds of qualified candidates.

• Nirali was pointed to a tool that turns text into short, illustrated summary videos with an editable script.

❓ Can you assist with these unanswered requests?

• René is seeking ideas on how to assemble a database of AI–animal incidents in factory farms, particularly around precision livestock farming systems.

• Aigerim is looking for examples of strategies, theories of change, and roadmaps to inspire her cage-free initiative in Kazakhstan.

• Ana is looking for advice and benchmark metrics on running a Google Ad Grant program.

And don’t forget to post your own help request this month! 💁

💼 Jobs

One of our most popular channels is #06-job-postings! We have a feed that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• Junior and Mid-level Marketer, FarmKind. Remote. Apply by 14 June.

• SciTech Manager, Good Food Institute APAC. Remote, China, Beijing preferred. Apply by 28 June.

• Researcher, Animal Charity Evaluators. Remote. Apply by 30 June.

• Program Intern/Consultant, Food Policy Pathways. Remote, USA. Apply by 15 July.

• Program Officer, Arthropoda Foundation. Remote. Apply by 15 July.

• Director of Global Philanthropy, The Humane League. Remote, USA.

• Digital Product Lead, ARDE Global. Remote, CET-compatible timezone.

• Executive Assistant, NutritionFacts.org. Remote.

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🤖AI Tools

Join #s-ai-tools to discuss and share helpful AI tools!

• Max received some recommendations for free AI note-taking tools.

• Sofia shared a page detailing her use of AI for management and leadership tasks.

• Rakefet shared a NotebookLM chatbot built from Dr. Michael Greger’s NutritionFacts video collection, letting you search the whole channel via chat.

• Max was pointed to reliable sources for AI tips and advice due to the rapidly changing nature of the field.

• Dominik shared Unabyss, a tool that connects your apps like Gmail, Drive, or Slack to AI assistants like Claude via one-click MCP so they have your context.

👋 Opportunities and Help Offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• Ronan is volunteering AI and tech help to organizations looking to build workflows, choose the right tools, or improve their digital setup.

• Dan is offering pro bono help using AI tools like Claude Code to build apps, automate tasks, analyze datasets, or tackle research projects.

• Katie is offering informal finance sector support for campaigns looking to engage institutional investors like banks, pension funds, and asset managers.

• Vadivu is offering free leadership and wellbeing support to one Asia-focused farmed animal incubator, fellowship, or accelerator. Apply by 15 June.

🔥 Funding

Looking for fundraising advice? Join the conversation in #s-fundraising or explore our resource page!

• Zachary launched The Hatchery Fund, a microgrant programme for activists and local organizers running small experiments.

• Lauren shared a report from Stray Dog Institute on funding practices in the farmed animal movement, based on interviews with 34 fundraisers.

• Ayelette shared a resource on Community-Centric Fundraising, a model grounding fundraising in equity and social justice.

• Tiina is looking for advice and examples on paid TikTok advertising for fundraising.

• Akvilė is hosting a free Q&A call on year-end regular donor campaigns with people behind the best 2025 campaigns. Join on 16 June.

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• Richie shared a research piece on zero grazing in UK dairy farming, arguing it is not the food security fix that corporations claim.

• Sofia shared a guide on using AI for management and leadership tasks, covering use cases from feedback prep to meeting analysis.

• Manny shared TraceReach Studio, a privacy-first analytics app that maps real-world engagement to physical media like posters and stickers and their exact placement.

• René shared a Firefox add-on that adds access buttons next to any DOI on a webpage using your institutional access.

• Björn wrote a deep dive on how people navigate the meat paradox and what the evidence says about effective advocacy approaches.

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Slack channels covered:

🧡 Introductions
🙏 Help Requests
💼 Jobs
👩‍💻 Slack Updates
🥩 Alt Protein
👋 Opportunities and Help Offered
🔥 Funding
🎁 Tools & Resources

🧡 Introductions

Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community.
It’s never too late to introduce yourself! Here are some recent intros:

• Hi, I’m Mara Cruz, Fundraising Coordinator at Animal Law Focus from Mexico City.

• Hi, I’m Pawan Bruce Singh, a Research Assistant at Social Inclusion Project based in Singapore, currently launching a Post-Growth Singapore chapter focused on institutional and structural change away from animal products.

• Hi, I’m Selorm Sikanku, Corporate Campaigns Coordinator at Animal Welfare League based in Accra, Ghana.

• Hi, I’m Coral Outwater, a Minnesota GreenCorps Member at MPCA based in St. Paul, USA, pursuing a career in bioengineering for alternative proteins.

• Hi, I’m Juan Pique, Speaker and Consultant at Un Mundo Vegano based in Lima, Peru, helping plant-based companies improve their messaging through storytelling.

• Hi, I’m Martina Pepiciello, a comms specialist at the Foresight Institute based in Bologna, Italy, connected to the Italian Effective Altruism community.

🙏 Help Requests

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Check out some of these successfully answered requests!

• Otto was connected with food scientists willing to give feedback on his alt-protein sensory data startup.

• Hayley got several recommendations for podcasts from the animal welfare movement.

• Marine found a lecturer for ICARE’s upcoming online short course.

❓ Can you assist with these unanswered requests?

• David is seeking expert advice on whether the cost per liter of basal media and cell density are independent parameters in cultured meat production.

• Ayelette is seeking feedback on the most successful placement for fundraising asks on Instagram.

• Hack the Fork is looking for local leaders to organize their Hackathon in cities worldwide, focused on plant-based, fermentation-derived, and cultivated protein solutions.

💼 Jobs

One of our most popular channels is #06-job-postings! We have a feed that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• Communications Associate, Good Food Institute APAC. Remote, Asia Pacific, Singapore preferred. Apply by 10 May.

• Fellow, New Roots Institute. Remote, USA, Canada. Apply by 13 May.

• Associate Vice President, People, The Humane League. Remote, various countries. Apply by 15 May.

• Fellow, Anima International. Warsaw, Poland. Apply by 17 May.

• Welfare Assessment Manager, Fish Welfare Initiative. Eluru, India. Apply by 24 May.

• Development Coordinator, Animal Charity Evaluators. Remote, USA. Apply by 24 May.

• Program Associate, Fairer Fields. Remote, USA preferred.

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👩‍💻 Slack Updates

• New email series alert! 🚨

  We launched “Your Hi-Way to Helping Farmed Animals“, a free email series for people who care about farmed animals but aren’t sure what to do next. It walks you through four concrete ways to contribute and helps you find what fits your life right now.

• Heading to AVA Summit Canada? 🇨🇦

  Post in #e-ava-summit this month to connect with fellow attendees and keep the momentum going all summit season. Learn more here!

• Welcome our newest Pollinator! 🐝
  Irene joined our amazing team of pollinators this month!

Spotlight 🌟 Our Alternative Protein channel is a space for discussing advancements and opportunities in alternative protein sources like plant-based and lab-grown meats.

🥩Alt Protein

Join #c-alt-protein to connect with activists about this topic!

• The Good Food Institute and the Alt Protein Project Africa are inviting people who meet their criteria to join their African alternative protein community directory.

• Linda is looking for researchers in the cultivated meat or alternative protein space to feature on the Clean Meat Alliance's YouTube channel to increase awareness.

• Nick recommended a video from Bryant Research about consumer research on alt protein.

• Lilia shared AltProtein.Jobs' 2025 Alternative Protein Job Market Report, covering hiring trends and a 2026 outlook.

• David shared a deep dive into cultured chicken production, focusing on costs.

👋 Opportunities and Help Offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• Hive is now offering free 1:1 project consultations for anyone with an idea or active project needing direction on funding, hiring, or strategy.

• The Mission Motor has refined its free Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning services for animal advocacy organizations, now offering everything from quick MEL advice to full system support.

• Annika is looking for partner organizations and project ideas for Effective Thesis, matching students with high-impact orgs for 3-month research projects starting in July.

• Agustin is offering software development help across Android, iOS, and web to anyone who needs it.

• Tomek is offering finance and accounting support, including modelling, reporting, and grants for a few hours a week.

🔥 Funding

Looking for fundraising advice? Join the conversation in #s-fundraising or explore our resource page!

• Sofia shared a talk on early-stage fundraising she gave at the Sentient Futures incubator, including a Q&A summary.

• Liz shared research showing that framing donations as “gifts” consistently increases giving by 23-29%.

• Angel shared an article on how the four largest effective animal advocacy funds plan to deploy $120 million across scaling, testing, and movement infrastructure.

• Tim shared Goodstack Grants, a tool for finding and applying to grants with a free plan including basic grant matching.

• The Chew On This grant fund is accepting applications from filmmakers, with 6 selected to pitch live at the Hollywood Climate Summit in LA for up to $50,000 in funding. Apply by 16 May.

• Thrive Philanthropy is accepting grant applications until from organisations outside the USA, working on factory farming and plant-based food systems. Apply by 1 June.

• Join the next Hive Fundraising Community Call on 12 May at 12pm EST!

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• Hereward shared a new volunteer matching tool by Active for Animals and Vegan Outreach India for volunteer onboarding and tracking.

• Jenna shared updated slaughter statistics from Faunalytics, tracking global animal slaughter trends with new interactive per capita maps.

• Celine shared a new UK chapter of the CALF Legislative Advocacy Guide, helping advocates shape animal protection policy in the UK.

• Nazlı highlighted a career platform in Turkish exploring how to build a meaningful career, similar to 80,000 Hours.

• Sofia wrote a blog post on the management capacity gap in animal advocacy and what the movement can do to address it.

• Richie made the case for forming an AI learning circle to improve AI skills together with peers at a similar level.

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🧡 Introductions
🙏 Help Requests
💼 Jobs
👩‍💻 Slack Updates
📺 Content and Marketing
👋 Opportunities and Help Offered
🔥 Funding
🎁 Tools & Resources

🧡 Introductions

Our (Re-)Introductions Month has been buzzing! 🐝 We’ve seen a wave of incredible new and refreshed intros lately! Make sure to head over to #01-introductions to meet your fellow Hivers, find new collaborators, and share your own update if you haven't yet! 🧡

• Hi, I’m Iris Zhu, a Communication Manager at ProVeg China in Shanghai, focused on food systems and alternative proteins.

• Hi, I’m Hannah Dunkake, an event manager and graphic designer from Innsbruck, Austria.

• Hi, I’m Lea Rosine Djoussi Ndé, a Research Assistant at BetterSoil based in Ngaoundéré, Cameroon, and founder of Compassionate Choices Cameroon, the first farmed animal welfare campaign in the country.

• Hi, I’m Dom Altomari, and I’m working as a Content Specialist at Animal Advocacy Careers, based in Seattle, United States.

• Hi, I’m June Wen, a Recruitment Assistant at Impact Ops connecting talent with high-impact organisations in the EA and animal advocacy space, based in Thailand.

• Hi, I’m Aaron Ross, President of Fortify Negotiations, offering free negotiation training to farm animal welfare NGOs, based in Baltimore, United States. I’m also a founding member of The Humane League and Open Wing Alliance.

🙏 Help Requests

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Check out some of these successfully answered requests!

• Olivia received some recommendations for a speaking coach.

• Aditi was pointed to a cost-effective alternative to Google Workspace for her nonprofit.

• Jack received feedback on a speech he was developing to encourage people to sign up to donate to FarmKind.

❓ Can you assist with these unanswered requests?

• Lia is looking for someone with Donorbox experience to chat about how to analyse single and monthly donors and do deep dive analytics.

• Holly is looking for vegan or animal activist influencers to collaborate with on Direct Action Everywhere’s work.

• Brieanah is looking for resources and best practices on cause marketing.

💼 Jobs

One of our most popular channels is #06-job-postings! We have a feed that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• Philanthropy Manager or Director of Philanthropy, Mobius. Remote, USA. Apply by 12 April.

• Senior Corporate Campaigns Lead, Animal Welfare League. Remote. Apply by 13 April.

• Senior Growth and Communications Specialist, RC Forward. Remote. Apply by 19 April.

• Managing Director, The Humane League. Remote, UK. Apply by 19 April.

• Fellow, The School For Moral Ambition. Remote, EU, USA. Apply by 27 April.

• Director of Development, We Animals. Remote, Canada. Apply by 26 April.

• Chief of Staff, New Roots Institute. Remote, USA, Canada.

• Learning & Development Manager, The Humane League. Remote, various countries.

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👩‍💻 Slack Updates

• We’re excited to share that we’ve just launched the Hive Career Journey🎉
  This Slack workflow is designed to help you navigate your role in the farmed animal advocacy movement. The journey guides you through curated resources and practical prompts to help you reflect and explore a pathway that fits your skills and interests. You can choose between a self-paced version or a guided track with prompts delivered over time — whatever works best for you.
  If you’d like to join, just send a message to Nazlı, and she’ll get you set up.

• Shoutout to our Pollinators!🐝

  We want to highlight the amazing work our Pollinators Aayami, Chelsea, Maxwell, Nick, Shanil, and Yulu, have done!

  You’ve probably seen them around here, helping us draft Hive Highlights, moderating, onboarding, or super-connecting.🤝

Spotlight 🌟 Our Content and Marketing channel is a space for discussing all things marketing and media, sharing resources, exploring best practices, and learning from each other!

📺Content and Marketing

Join #s-content-and-marketing to connect with activists about this topic!

• Chelsea shared an article from Animal Think Tank, exploring how metaphors shape how people understand animal exploitation, and why our language choices in advocacy matter.

• Eva announced new additions to the We Animals Stock Site, including footage of fish and crustaceans.

• Anna wrote a post about why motivated outsiders bounce before reaching core ideas of effective altruism, and what a better first touchpoint looks like.

• Jack published a new talk, with a “donate” call to action as opposed to regular pro-animal talks.

👋 Opportunities and Help Offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• Shishir is offering web development help to campaigns and organisations needing to build or improve their online presence.

• Alysson shared that StudioV, his production studio in Porto Alegre, Brazil, is offering free access to animal advocacy projects in the Global South for podcasts, videos, and social media content.

• Lye is offering research support, preferably for projects in sustainable decision-making and pro-environmental behaviour.

• Sam shared Rendered, a platform connecting nonprofits with vetted professionals across strategy, tech, design, and more at affordable rates.

• David announced the opening of applications for the Kickstarting For Good incubator, a program aimed at social-impact entrepreneurs working to transform the food system towards a plant-forward future.

🔥 Funding

Looking for fundraising advice? Join the conversation in #s-fundraising or explore our resource page!

• Carol shared a fundraising guide built on her workshop at AVA Academy in Berlin, focused on moving toward more intentional fundraising across Europe.

• Vera highlighted different funding opportunities for organisations and individuals.

• Heather received some information on the Candid database.

• Ayelette highlighted that Animal Law Focus is looking for a volunteer fundraiser to support their work in Latin America. Apply by 19 April.

• Matt shared the ASPCA Fund to End Factory Farming, open to US and Canadian entities. Apply by 22 April.

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• Hubert shared a mapping tool tracking actor positions and arguments in the EU alternative proteins debate.

• Kyle shared a resource hub with free AI courses and tutorials for advocates.

• Pranav shared a research report on the animal advocacy movement’s history of successes and failures.

• Jan shared a collection of resources on Anima International’s “fair cop” approach to corporate campaigning.

• Richie was interviewed about AI and animal advocacy on Chris Bryant’s YouTube channel.

• Igna highlighted a free 4-day bootcamp in May from the Centre for Effective Altruism for operations and leadership professionals. Apply by 21 April.

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Slack channels covered:

🧡 Introductions
🙏 Help Requests
💼 Jobs
👩‍💻 Slack Updates
💡 Leadership
👋 Opportunities and Help Offered
🔥 Funding
🎁 Tools & Resources

🧡 Introductions

Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community.
It’s never too late to introduce yourself! Here are some recent intros:

• Hi, I’m Abid Khan, a software developer at Open Paws based in Bangalore, India.

• Hi, I'm Tatenda Mawema, a content volunteer at World Climate Relay based in Harare, Zimbabwe.

• Hi, I’m Estefanía Pareja, a communications and corporate engagement professional from Ecuador with over 16 years of experience in animal advocacy and social impact work.

• Hi, I’m Joren Vuylsteke, a PhD researcher at KU Leuven and board member of Harrison Collective, Belgium’s first animal welfare litigation NGO.

• Hi, I’m Shishir Tiwari, based in Indore, India. I’m a software engineer transitioning into full-time animal advocacy, specializing in operations and community building.

• Hi, I’m Samantha Wavell, a Data Analyst at Northwest Animal Rights Network based in Cypress, USA.

🙏 Help Requests

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Check out some of these successfully answered requests!

• Zachary was pointed to some directories for animal advocacy groups and related organizations.

• Jennifer got some leads for CRM experts with API integration and data migration experience for a short-term consultancy opportunity.

• Veeresh received some insights about in-ovo sexing as an alternative to male chick culling in India.

❓ Can you assist with these unanswered requests?

• Foodfacts is looking for a volunteer with SEO skills.

• Ben is asking for the best-performing ROI strategies for email list growth.

• Pierce is looking for partners across Southeast Asia to help scale Paro Institutes’ alternative protein course.

💼 Jobs

One of our most popular channels is #06-job-postings! We have a feed that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• Policy & Food Systems Specialist, Aquatic Life Institute. Remote. Apply by 8 March.

• Operations Lead, The Mission Motor. Remote. Apply by 11 March.

• Fundraising Manager, Plant Power Africa. Kenya. Apply by 14 March.

• Animal Photojournalism Fellow, We Animals. Remote. Apply by 16 March.

• Project Manager, Animal Welfare, Good Impressiones. Remote. Apply by 6 April.

• Director of Research and Data, New Roots Institute. Remote, North America.

• Researcher, NYU Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy. New York, USA.

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👩‍💻 Slack Updates

• It’s introductions + reintroductions month!👋 Find the right people to move your advocacy forward, today. Learn more and get started here.

• New Channel📚

  • #r-japan: Use it to connect and share news with advocates across Japan!

Spotlight 🌟 Our Leadership channel is a space for leadership challenges, questions, and tips!

💡Leadership

Join #s-leadership to connect with activists about this topic!

• Rakefet highlighted an article about management and leadership from Animal Advocacy Careers.

• Amruza launched Reveal Impact, a blog that aims to bridge the gap between leadership development theory and the day-to-day reality of leading.

• Chelsea shared an article about balancing transparency and timeliness in organizational decision-making.

• Vadiva wrote a document about the impact of one-to-one leadership development journeys with leaders from the movement in Asia.

• Sofia summarized an article about boards.

• Join multiple Scarlet Sparks’ events about “following through” throughout March!

👋 Opportunities and Help Offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• Katherine has launched a free 30-day donor stewardship challenge to help nonprofits in the animal sector improve their donor retention rates.

• A pilot network offers pro-bono technical expertise to animal protection groups for short-term projects like data cleaning, workflow automation, and technical consulting.

• Sofia opened a small number of 1:1 paid coaching slots, focused on leadership and management in early-stage organisations.

• Impactful Policy Careers is offering support with the application process for mission-aligned people for the European Union’s AD5 competition.

🔥 Funding

Looking for fundraising advice? Join the conversation in #s-fundraising or explore our resource page!

• Vera announced the launch of the Food Systems Stewards website, featuring a resource library with over 100 funding opportunities.

• Laurens shared a GPT tool to help organisations identify suitable grant funders based on their work, geography, and needs.

• Coefficient Giving is seeking proposals for technologies and prototypes that materially improve fish welfare during capture and slaughter.

• Vera shared six funding opportunities for organizations and individuals focused on plant-based food systems.

• Join the next Hive Fundraising Community Call on March 17th at 12:00 PM EST!

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• Applications are now open for Strategic Planning for Animal Activism, a 12-part course designed for animal advocacy and vegan organisations.

• Sofia shared a blogpost focused on concrete steps you can take to find more opportunities or jobs.

• Nicoll recommended the self-paced courses and readings about Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning from Clear Horizon Academy.

• Roxanne recommended Wispr Flow, a tool that excels at capturing spontaneous thoughts and casual rambling, even when speaking very quietly or in public.

• Rakefet highlighted Bruce Friedrich’s new book “Meat“ as a great, data-rich resource.

• Pierce shared useful resources for grounding alternative proteins in low and middle income countries.

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🧡 Introductions
🙏 Help Requests
💼 Jobs
👩‍💻 Slack Updates
🐟 Aquatic Animals
👋 Opportunities and Help Offered
🔥 Funding
🎁 Tools & Resources

🧡 Introductions

Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community.
It’s never too late to introduce yourself! Here are some recent intros:

• Hi, I’m Adam Holt, an Assistant Professor at the University of Miami, based in Miami, USA.

• Hi, I’m Gabriela Arevalo, from Cochabamba, Bolivia. I’m the Engagement Lead for Latin America at Screwworm Free Future.

• Hi, I'm Sruthi Venugopal, working as a Manager in Partnerships and Fundraising at an educational impact organization based in Bangalore, India.

• Hi, I’m Ben Romney, a senior software engineer in Salt Lake City, USA, specializing in accessible front-end development. I'm also one of the organizers for Effective Altruism Salt Lake City.

• Hi, I'm Em Quintana, I'm the Program Officer for Animal Empathy Philippines. I’m also a professional mermaid performer, using storytelling to speak up for animal welfare.

• Hi, I'm Elisabeth Klages, a consultant on the economic aspects of animal welfare and currently working with Eurogroup for Animals, based in Paris, France.

🙏 Help Requests

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Check out some of these successfully answered requests!

• Faith got some recommendations for graphic designers.

• Julia received extensive feedback on her petition for a student-led campaign.

• Mark was directed to a list of executive coaches who are familiar with the effective animal advocacy movement.

❓ Can you assist with these unanswered requests?

• Iris is putting together a global overview of legislative measures aimed at ending male chick culling and promoting sexing technologies and is looking for a compiled list of relevant laws or bills by country.

• Hereward is looking for a pro-bono lawyer or organisation that could help review the tools he builds for animal advocates to ensure they’re GDPR compliant.

• Fish Welfare Initiative is looking for farms, companies, or industry stakeholders who could be open to a short visit or conversation with a delegation of Chinese industry stakeholders, focused on learning from high-welfare farms and industry peers.

💼 Jobs

One of our most popular channels is #06-job-postings! We have a feed that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• Grantmaking roles with the Animal Welfare Fund (multiple seniority levels), Centre for Effective Altruism. Remote. Apply by 18 February.

• Operations Associate, Fish Welfare Initiative. Remote, 1-2 months throughout the year have to be spent in Andhra Pradesh, India. Apply by 20 February.

• SciTech Manager, Good Food Institute. Remote, China. Apply by 1 March.

• Manager of Campaigns, New Roots. Remote.

• Social Media Coordinator, New Roots. Remote.

• Legal Fellow, Food & Water Watch. Remote.

• Senior Communications Director, Nonhuman Rights Project. Remote.

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• Reminder 👋 You can find a list of all our channels in #hive-guide!

• 2025 Impact Survey 📊 Help us understand Hive’s impact in 2 minutes! Share how we’ve helped you with connections, funding, or resources in 2025.

• New Channel📚

  • #r-canada: We’ve merged our provincial channels into one central hub. Use it to connect and share news with advocates across Canada!

Spotlight 🌟 Our Aquatic Animals channel is a space to connect, collaborate, and share resources dedicated to the well-being of aquatic animals!

🐟Aquatic Animals

Join #c-aquatic-animals to connect with activists about this topic!

• Coefficient Giving is seeking proposals for technologies and prototypes that materially improve fish welfare during capture and slaughter.

• Laura shared the launch of the Aquaculture Accountability Project, seeking to challenge the sustainability myths and promote ocean-friendly food solutions.

• Elisa shared a report on how AI innovation is affecting aquaculture.

• Naomi shared highlights from Iceland's new aquaculture bill.

• Join Rethink Priorities webinar on species diversity in fish aquaculture on 12 February.

• Ryan is seeking information on international case studies for good fish welfare corporate practices.

👋 Opportunities and Help Offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• Allen is offering help with technical projects and software development.

• Victoria offers psychological and people-focused support for movement organizations and organizers.

• High Impact Professionals launched a new round of the Impact Accelerator Program for mid-career and senior professionals who want to turn their career into meaningful impact. Apply by 22 February.

• New Roots opened applications for the New Roots Institute Fellowship, supporting high school and college students who want to challenge industrial animal agriculture. Apply by 25 February.

🔥 Funding

Looking for fundraising advice? Join the conversation in #s-fundraising or explore our resource page!

• Max announced the launch of the AIxAnimals request for proposals.

• René received recommendations for funding sources and partners to conduct grassroots research on local views about animal sentience and farming in Madagascar.

• Ben, together with friends and colleagues, is providing microgrants to individuals and very small organisations.

• Katherine is launching a free 30-day stewardship challenge, aiming to improve donor stewardship.

• James wrote an article on things he learned as a grantmaker.

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• Elise published a report on veganism around the world.

• Aditya shared some reflections on the drivers of social progress.

• Sofia shared Readwise, an app where you can save articles throughout the internet and then listen to them on your phone or computer.

• Anna discusses how to reach more people with the right skills for EA programs.

• Sofia created a reading guide with her articles on career advice.

• Ayelette highlighted Wize, a fundraising AI specifically built based on nonprofit fundraising strategy and best practices.

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🧡 Introductions

Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community.
It’s never too late to introduce yourself! Here are some recent intros:

• Hi, I'm Gaorii Yoong, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

• Hi, I’m Oluwaseun, based in Lagos, Nigeria. I’m an independent researcher focused on Agrotech and supply chains with a background in chemistry and operations.

• Hi, I’m Jennifer Rao from Vienna, Austria. I’m a Research Project Manager at the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, with a master’s degree in Human–Animal Interactions.

• Hi, I’m Elly Mangunsong, Co-founder and Director of Farmed Animal Welfare Advocacy at Animal Friends Jogja in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

• Hi, I'm Theresa Bonnici, the Press Officer at Eurogroup for Animals based in Brussels, Belgium.

• Hi, I’m María Francisca Tapia Thenoux, an Intercontinental & Research Coordinator at LatinGroup for Animals, based in Paris, France.

🙏 Help Requests

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Check out some of these successfully answered requests!

• Maria received help extracting the latest data on frog-leg imports into the EU from the EUROSTAT website.

• Aditi got some recommendations for courses on strategy for someone who hasn't served in a strategy role yet.

• Bob found someone to help review a chapter of his animal ethics book.

❓ Can you assist with these unanswered requests?

• Pierce is looking for individuals and organizations working on alt protein in South East Asia.

• Apoorva is looking for a volunteer peer reviewer with a background in aquaculture or public health to review a forthcoming report on India.

• Tamás is looking for recommendations for a project management tool that supports visual weekly planning and daily capacity tracking.

💼 Jobs

One of our most popular channels is #06-job-postings! We have a feed that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• Campaigns Coordinator, Animal Policy International. Remote. Apply by 9 January.

• Litigation Intern, Legal Impact for Chickens. Remote, USA. Apply by 11 January.

• Communications Associate, The Good Food Institute. Remote, Germany. Apply by 14 January.

• Exploratory Programs Lead, Fish Welfare Initiative. Remote, 2 months throughout the year have to be spent in Andhra Pradesh, India. Apply by 18 January.

• Visiting or Research Professor, Aquaculture Law or Policy, Maverick Lloyd School for the Environment. Vermont, USA.

• UI/UX Designer, Animal Equality. Remote, USA.

• Communications and Mobilization Lead, Sinergia Animal. Remote.

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👩‍💻 Slack Updates

• Reminder 👋 You can find a list of all our channels in #hive-guide!

• New Channels 📚

  • #s-movement-building: Discuss movement building questions, share practices, and learn from each other about what helps animals most effectively.

Spotlight 🌟 Our Asia channel is a dedicated space for advocates in the region to collaborate and share knowledge. Come say hi and connect with fellow activists!

🌏Asia

Join #r-asia to connect with activists from this region!

• Angel recommended reading Probably Good's interview with Jaipal Gill.

• Koen shared Scale Welfare’s first scoping report on fish welfare in the Philippines.

• Rachel shared the latest issue of Tiny Beam Fund’s Beacon, featuring academic insights on industrial animal production in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

• Lauren sparked a discussion on the cultural and political sensitivities of advocacy in East Asia.

• Shanil wrote an essay on how Sri Lanka can design a national vision around the emerging alt-protein market.

• Castle shared the 2025 Impact Report from Youth for Just Food Systems.

👋 Opportunities and Help Offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• Rakefet is offering pro-bono consultations on AI tools to help you level up your animal advocacy efforts.

• Jason is offering AI and automation support to help movement organisations streamline workflows and operations in exchange for a solidarity donation.

• Tarka is offering 10 hours a week to volunteer for alt protein initiatives, bringing technical expertise in cultivated meat Oxford Biochemistry background.

• Oluwaseun is offering paralegal services to support organizations and individuals.

• Sentient Futures is inviting applications for its Project Incubator, where participants can develop projects exploring the intersection of AI and animal welfare. Apply by 12 January.

🔥 Funding

Looking for fundraising advice? Join the conversation in #s-fundraising or explore our resource page!

• Pierce received some insight on Manifund for animal welfare projects.

• Angel shared the Greg Steltenpohl Pragmatic Visionary Award, offering $100,000 in grants for early-stage plant-centric social ventures.

• Sofia shared an article on counterfactual thinking in fundraising.

• Katherine shared her series on how to get more monthly donors.

• Angel shared the launch of the India Animal Welfare Funding Circle, providing strategic grants for animal nonprofits in India. Apply by 15 January.

• Sofia shared that the Arthropoda Foundation is accepting expressions of interest for grants up to $50,000. Apply by 15 January.

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• Richie shared a curated list of five beginner-friendly AI tools.

• Sofia shared some learnings from her first year as Hive’s Executive Director.

• Billy built an AI chatbot to share his expertise in plant-based pet food.

• Deena shared a blog post on the importance of intentional storytelling in explaining organizational strategy and performance.

• Sofia shared a blog post on job-seeking strategies.

• Björn shared a research summary on the effectiveness of plant-based defaults.

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👩‍💻 Operations
👋 Opportunities and Help Offered
🔥 Funding
🎁 Tools & Resources

🧡 Introductions

Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community.
It’s never too late to introduce yourself! Here are some recent intros:

• Hi, I’m David Reinstein, Co-Director of The Unjournal, working to support rigorous research in areas including economics relevant to animal welfare.

• Hi, I’m Zoe Lu, a Canada-based technical product manager with a background in computer science and mechanical engineering, currently pursuing an earning to give path.

• Hi, I’m Roqaia, a Syria-based vegan activist and founder of the Syrian Vegan Community.

• Hi, I’m Deniz Özen, from Future For Fish in Turkey, working on the welfare of farmed fish, with a background in economics and social sciences.

• Hi, I’m Zim Lockamy, based in Tokyo. I’m volunteering with several Japanese NPOs and am currently exploring how to reach Japanese audiences more effectively.

🙏 Help Requests

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Check out some of these successfully answered requests!

• David found some leads for high-impact activism opportunities for AI engineers.

• Juliane got some recommendations for donation management platforms.

• Hereward received help with a UX review of his website.

❓ Can you assist with these unanswered requests?

• The Clean Meat Alliance is seeking a volunteer producer to help create a YouTube video.

• Animal Law Focus is trying to fill various volunteer positions.

• Joe is looking for people with research experience, industry contacts, and volunteers for a project related to selective breeding of chickens for better welfare.

💼 Jobs

One of our most popular channels is #06-job-postings! We have a feed that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• Senior Associate – Portfolio, Upadhyaya Foundation. Mumbai, India. Apply by 5 December.

• Malaysia Country Lead, Asia Accountability Initiative. Remote, Malaysia. Apply by 8 December.

• Events and Project Officer – Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein, Imperial College London. London, UK. Apply by 14 December.

• Event Manager, AVA International. Remote. Apply by 15 December.

• Grants & Operations Manager, Ana Maria Weidner Foundation. Remote, regular travel to the Seattle area (USA) required. Apply by 20 December.

• Senior Associate Counsel, The Humane League. Remote, several countries.

• Part-Time Research Assistant, NutritionFacts.org. Remote.

👩‍💻 Operations

Got any questions or resources about operations? Share them in #s-operations!

• Penimah received some recommendations for community guidelines and policies for reporting misconduct at organisations.

• Sofia shared a blog post on how to start a 501(c)(3) as soon as possible.

• Jennifer got recommendations for VPNs.

• Richie proposed using Google’s NotebookLM as a chatbot to help employees quickly find relevant organisational documents, policies, and resources.

• Sofia discovered a post about hiring practices.

• Hannah asked about policies regarding personal equipment used for work while travelling, including insurance, backup, and remote access.

👋 Opportunities and Help Offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• Diversity Talent Bank, a joint project by several Latin American animal protection NGOs, connects professionals from minoritised groups with their recruitment teams.

• Active for Animals offers pro bono digital support by building custom digital tools and helping animal advocacy organisations overcome technical challenges.

• Pro-Animaux is offering a 6-week online course for French-speaking advocates. Apply by 20 December.

• Menta and Iride offer accessible English-Spanish translation and cultural adaptation for animal advocacy and related social and environmental work.

🔥 Funding

Looking for fundraising advice? Join the conversation in #s-fundraising or explore our resource page!

• Kyle created a GPT that helps you find your perfect CRM.

• Liz shared notes from the Hive Fundraising Community Call on major donors.

• Jaydeepsinh created a custom GPT tool to help organisations create grant proposals.

• Sabine wrote a post on preparing for an end-of-year campaign.

• Food System Stewards, a new initiative focused on helping nonprofits secure funding from new sources, is looking for board members.

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• Elia shared free resources for advocates, including a workshop, coaching sessions and an open access library.

• ICARE has launched a new Resource Library with educational and research-based materials, designed to make complex legal and ethical ideas accessible.

• Sofia shared a blog post from Tristan that summarises most career advice-related posts.

• Camila created a free stakeholder mapping tool designed to help advocacy organisations improve their strategic planning.

• Animal Advocacy Africa is launching a free 6-week online course to help people across Africa explore impactful career paths for farmed animal advocacy.

• Kevin shared a blog post on how to network.

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🍩 Donut
👋 Opportunities and Help Offered
🔥 Funding
🎁 Tools & Resources

🧡 Introductions

Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community.
It’s never too late to introduce yourself! Here are some recent intros:

• Hi, I’m Nick Stocker, and I’m working on reducing animal suffering in the pet food industry.

• Hi, I’m Ochan Tongyik, based in Gambella, Ethiopia, where I’m working on securing cage-free commitments from companies.

• Hi, I’m Nupur Soni, a data-driven storyteller from Los Angeles, United States, with experience in digital campaign strategy, performance tracking, and creative optimization.

• Hi, I’m Ester Dobiášová, a journalist focused on uncovering practices in the farmed animal industry in Czechia.

• Hi, I’m Paige Wilcoxson, based in California, United States, COO of New Harvest, a nonprofit focused on advancing cellular agriculture.

• I’m Iride Fernández Añó, a lecturer at the National University of La Plata, University of Legal and Social Sciences, based in Argentina.

🙏 Help Requests

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Check out some of these successfully answered requests!

• Samo was directed to research on the percentage of farming subsidies attributed to animal agriculture and the percentage of caloric and protein needs met by animal agriculture.

• Alexa was provided with a long list of newsletters from the animal advocacy space.

• Chiawen was pointed to a report that breaks down spending by the farmed animal movement to help her with her research on spending for aquatic animals.

❓ Can you assist with these unanswered requests?

• Lye is looking for organizations whose primary goal is to educate or work with environmental organizations to increase their work in ending factory farming.

• Richie is looking for people to showcase how they have used AI in their roles for his online course.

• Matt is working on an impact reporting service and is seeking feedback from NGO workers on the benefits, current practices, and challenges of producing impact reports.

💼 Jobs

One of our most popular channels is #06-job-postings! We have a feed that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• Qualitative Researcher, Animal Think Tank. Remote, UK. Apply by 6 November.

• Exploratory Programs Lead, Fish Welfare Initiative. Remote, periods of residency in India required. Apply by 9 November.

• Chief of Staff, Animal Think Tank. Remote, UK. Apply by 10 November.

• Member of the Board of Directors, New Roots Institute. Remote. Apply by 15 November.

• Managing Director of Programs, Nonhuman Rights Project. Remote, United States.

• Staff Attorney, Nonhuman Rights Project. Remote, United States.

• Open Wing Alliance Asia-Pacific Corporate Strategy Lead, The Humane League. Remote, Asia-Pacific countries.

• Program Manager/Director, Innovate Animal Ag. Remote, United States.

• Chief Program Officer, Center for Good Food Purchasing. Remote, United States.

👩‍💻 Slack Updates

• Reminder 👋 We host a list of tips on how to get the most out of your Slack Workspace in our #hive-guide!

• New Channel 📚

  • #p-movement-building: Discuss movement-building related questions and practices to help animals. Since this is a private channel, please send a DM to Silvestr if you want to join.

• Spotlight 🌟 Want to meet more people in the community? Join our #x-donut-meetings channel!

🍩 Donut

In the Donut channel, people get paired every three weeks for a casual 30-minute chat. It’s an easy way to exchange ideas, learn from others, and stay connected.

Donut meetings are a fun way to meet people you might not otherwise talk to and share ideas in a relaxed way.

Here are some testimonials from Donut-users!

“I have also benefited a lot from the donut meetings, every time I have been paired with great people very willing to go the extra mile to support me in whatever I need.”

“Joining the Hive Donut meetings has been an amazing experience - I’ve expanded my network and met some amazing activists, and I feel so energized by the community. My only complaint is that they should happen more often! If you join you’re sure to find people that are eager to help you with anything that you’re working on.”

👋 Opportunities and Help Offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• Cecilia is offering her project management, research, and communications skills to support animal nonprofits through volunteer or paid work.

• Magnify mentee applications are open for women, non-binary, or trans people who want to pursue a high-impact career. Apply by 5 November.

• The Centre for Effective Altruism is offering a mentoring program for EA group organisers. Apply by 14 November as a mentor and by 16 November as a mentee.

• Impactful Policy Careers offers a 1-week training to prepare EU citizens for policy roles advancing animal welfare and food systems change. Apply by 16 November.

🔥 Funding

Looking for fundraising advice? Join the conversation in #s-fundraising or explore our resource page!

• Catalina got some leads for organizations that provide fiscal sponsorship in the US for foreign organizations working for animals.

• Liz shared an article discussing how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act may impact charitable giving, including potential incentives and disincentives.

• Thrive Philanthropy announces grants for applicants outside the United States working towards meat reduction and vegan advocacy. Apply by 1 December.

• Thrive Philanthropy is launching an 8-week Fundraising Accelerator to help organizations strengthen fundraising beyond the movement. Apply by 4 January.

• Max shared a funding grant opportunity for filmmakers in the research stage of their projects. Apply by 6 November.

• Sofia shared a resource about using AI in fundraising.

• Join our next Hive Fundraising Community Call on 12 November.

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• Kevin recommended reading Lauren’s post on the importance of careers outside of nonprofits in animal welfare.

• Rakefet shared her presentation on AI tools for plant-based advocacy, including agents, reading aloud, grammar checking, academia, and design tools.

• Sofia shared a post she wrote with Kevin and Kyle about building impact-focused communities.

• Nazlı summarized key takeaways from our recent online event on LinkedIn strategies for animal advocates.

• Sofia wrote a post arguing we should all ask for help more to be even more impactful as people, organisations, and the movement.

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💼 Jobs
👩‍💻 Slack Updates
🦌 Wild Animals
👋 Opportunities and Help Offered
🔥 Funding
🎁 Tools & Resources

🧡 Introductions

Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community.
It’s never too late to introduce yourself! Here are some recent intros:

• Hi, I’m Febiola Sirait, from Bali, Indonesia, with a background in legal and advocacy work.

• Hi, I’m Ali Wang, director at Taiwan’s Life Conservationist Association and industry analyst at the Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute.

• Hi, I’m Christian Peters, based in Berlin, part of the Kickstarting for Good incubator, with a background in design and business development.

• Hi, I’m Sadiq Surajo, based in Nigeria, Founder and Executive Director of Veterinarians for Animal Welfare. I’m here to connect with advocates and researchers to advance farmed animal welfare and wildlife health.

• Hi, I’m Emma Cameron, based in Wisconsin, USA, and the new Development Director at Animal Charity Evaluators, and I wish to stay up to date on learnings and professional development opportunities.

• Hi, I’m Zwelisha Shobede, based in Cape Town, South Africa, Cage-Free Campaign Coordinator at the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute, bringing insights into South Africa’s farmed animal welfare context.

🙏 Help Requests

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Check out some of these successfully answered requests!

• Michelle got some leads on campaigning for In-Ovo sexing technology to stop male chick culling.

• Alex connected with an expert in precision livestock farming to discuss the topic.

• Aditi was pointed to previous work regarding frog farming to avoid duplication.

• Hanano Animal Welfare received advice from the community on strengthening its Farmed Animal Welfare Program in Somalia.

• Jennifer found a volunteer to test out a new test task at Fish Welfare Initiative.

❓ Can you assist with these unanswered requests?

• James is looking for volunteer support to improve the delivery of his Marketing course.

• Christian is looking for warm introductions to recognized designers or artists and general feedback on this approach for his Kickstarting for Good project.

• Hanano Animal Welfare is seeking advice on alternative online donation platforms to receive international donations.

• Anna is looking for an existing knowledge hub for NGOs that utilizes AI to collect and monitor research and can integrate her own documents.

💼 Jobs

One of our most popular channels is #06-job-postings! We have a feed that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• Full Stack Developer, Anima International. Remote. Apply by 5 October.

• Global Fundraising Specialist, Anima International. Remote. Apply by 5 October.

• Social Media & Digital Communications Officer, Asia Accountability Initiative. Remote, Asia-based preferred. Apply by 12 October.

• Senior Manager of Marketing and Communications, New Roots Institute. Remote, United States.

• Press & Public Relations Lead, Pro-Animal Future. Remote, United States.

• Global Corporate Engagement & Campaigns Lead, Sinergia Animal. Remote, Global.

• Visual Marketing Specialist, New Roots Institute. Remote, United States.

👩‍💻 Slack Updates

• Meet Therese! 🐥 We’re excited to share that Therese has joined our team! She’ll be working with us as Team Assistant / Executive Assistant and is already bringing lots of energy and structure to our work.

• Reminder 👋 We host a list of tips on how to get the most out of your Slack Workspace in our #hive-guide!

• New Channels 📚

  • #r-russian: A space for advocates from the region to connect and exchange on farmed animal advocacy.

Spotlight 🌟 While the Hive Slack mainly focuses on farmed animal welfare, we’ve set up a dedicated channel for wild animal welfare since many advocates also care about this area.

🦌 Wild Animals

• Therese shared an article about using oral rabies vaccination of raccoons as a proof of concept that wild animal welfare interventions can be scalable and plausibly cheap per animal.

• Richard and Ben introduced amendments on wild animal welfare in the House of Lords, which sparked a sympathetic debate towards wild animals.

• Johannes shared a debate on whether humans should intervene to reduce suffering in wild animals, highlighting the key tension between animal autonomy and suffering prevention.

• Anand provided a historical overview of wild animal welfare, highlighting examples where interventions were carried out for compassion rather than conservation or human benefit.

👋 Opportunities and Help Offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• Lorenzo from Animal Advocacy Careers offers free 1:1 career advising calls.

• Alisha is offering pro bono design support to animal advocacy organizations and projects.

• Sarah-Manon is available to provide support in editorial jobs and research.

• Impactful Philanthropy is a special edition of the Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program, focused on increasing the effectiveness of the philanthropic sector. Apply by 5 October.

• Sentient Futures is offering a free 8-week AI×Animals Fellowship on AI and animal welfare. Apply by 8 October.

• We (Hive) are hosting an event on 21 October with Monica Chen (New Roots Institute) on LinkedIn Strategies for Animal Advocates.

🔥 Funding

Looking for fundraising advice? Join the conversation in #s-fundraising or explore our resource page!

• The Renewable Natural Resources Foundation is offering grants for projects starting early 2026, which may be useful for people working on farm transitions or ag-related policy. Apply by 30 September.

• Liz shared the minutes from the last Hive Fundraising Community Call with Rick Holland.

• Vera posted the results of a survey on fundraising needs among food systems nonprofits.

• Friendly reminder: Check out our (Hive’s) extensive Fundraising Guide with strategies, tools, and examples to support your project’s funding efforts.

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• Sofia shared that Wispr, a speech-to-text tool that also corrects errors and formats text, offers a non-profit discount.

• Sofia’s talk at the School of Moral Ambition about the urgent problem of factory farming and how people can get involved in solving it is now online.

• Animal Charity Evaluators launched Better for Animals: Evidence-Based Insights for Effective Animal Advocacy, which synthesizes the latest evidence on almost 30 different animal advocacy interventions.

• Björn posted a new resource about research gaps in Africa, highlighting key findings from a survey and workshop conducted at the AVA conference in Nairobi.

• Eva highlighted the We Animals stock platform, where new content is added every month for the community to use.

• Charly shared the Animal Welfare Economics Mentorship Program, which offers PhD students and early-career scholars one-on-one mentorship with faculty in the field of animal welfare economics.

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💼 Jobs
🤖 AI Tools
👋 Opportunities and Help Offered
🔥 Funding
🎁 Tools & Resources

🧡 Introductions

Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community.
It’s never too late to introduce yourself! Here are some recent intros:

• Hi everyone, I'm Helen Skinner. I’m a data analyst and team lead based in the SF Bay Area, California.

• Hi, I’m Veronika, based in Helsinki, Finland, an artist at Vegesent exploring creative and impactful ways to merge art with advocacy and social change.

• Hi, I’m Varna, the Fish Welfare Initiative Alliance for Responsible Aquaculture programme lead based in India.

• Hi, I’m Oluwanifemi Ayodele, based in Lagos, Nigeria. With a background in food science and technology, I wish to create impactful solutions in alternative protein.

• Hi, I’m Anslem Namonye from Uganda. Here to leverage my AI/ML engineering, data scientist, and data analyst skills to maximise impact.

• Hi, I’m Yvonne Cheung, Campaign Coordinator at Planet for All in Hong Kong, and I'm interested in alt proteins.

🙏 Help Requests

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Check out some of these successfully answered requests!

• Naman was pointed to several tools to convert ebooks into audiobooks.

• Taylor got some leads for web developers to build a searchable database website.

• Rebecca received some input for a research project on AI and reducing wild animal suffering.

❓ Can you assist with these unanswered requests?

• Dina is seeking advice on finance, legal structure, and employment for a new activist space.

• Aditi is looking for ideas for a Metaculus forecasting tournament on developments affecting animal advocacy.

• Sabina and Carmen are seeking a volunteer expert in neurodiversity to help draft workplace inclusion guidelines for the animal movement.

💼 Jobs

One of our most popular channels is #06-job-postings! We have a feed that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• Research Manager, Environmental Grantmakers Association. NYC, United States. Apply by 7 September.

• Research Funding Partnerships Coordinator, The Good Food Institute Europe. Remote, multiple countries. Apply by 15 September.

• Non-profit Entrepreneur, Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program. Mostly remote with 2 weeks in London. Apply by 21 September.

• PhD in Philosophy: Population Ethics and Nonhumans, Lingnan University. Hong Kong, China. Apply by 6 October.

• Director of Development, New Roots Institute. Remote, United States.

• Vice President, Animal Welfare Policy - Americans for the Common Good. Washington, DC, United States.

• Head of R&D, RESPECTfarms. Netherlands.

• Head of Organising in Europe, International Council for Animal Welfare. Remote, EU, or United Kingdom.

🤖AI Tools

• Rakefet recommended using the SMART goals GPT tool to create effective goals.

• Joseph got input on the AI work tracker DoneThat, including from the creator.

• Richie built a custom GPT to help you navigate the job market and AI-proof your career.

• Xing shared his experience using ElevenLabs’ Chinese text-to-speech.

• Stray Dog Institute is seeking 250 AI Innovators to help co-create their AI platform ChatNGO Labs to reduce, reform, and replace animal use in the food system.

👋 Opportunities and Help Offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• Hemant is offering his operations expertise, with 12+ years of experience, to support animal advocacy and sustainability work.

• Iván is looking for two small organizations in Latin America to pilot Seed, a toolkit for strengthening internal systems.

• High Impact Professionals is running the Impact Accelerator Program, a free 6-week program to empower experienced professionals to take actionable paths to impact. Apply by 21 September.

• Register for Amplify for Animals, a new, 12-week, movement-wide training on how animal advocates can use AI effectively and responsibly. The program starts on 22 September.

• ICARE launched the Contemporary Issues in Animal Rights Law Course featuring weekly live lectures taught by world-leading scholars. Register by 10 October.

🔥 Funding

Looking for fundraising advice? Join the conversation in #s-fundraising or explore our resource page!

• Liz is leading the Hive Fundraising Community Call on 23 September, joined by Rick Holland to chat about all things fundraising.

• NUS Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein and Enterprise Singapore jointly organized the Sustainable Protein Startup Competition, with opportunities for grant funding for the top 3 winners. Apply by 8 September.

• Check out this recent proposal for the EU budget and what it means for funding opportunities.

• Tune into this Money Saves Animals episode on Rayne’s podcast The Vegan Report, reframing the fundraising mindset from asking to building relationships in the farmed animal protection movement.

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• The Animal Welfare Economics Working Group launched a new data library, a curated and filterable resource of animal welfare economics datasets.

• Sofia shared a post about setting the right goals and adjusting them to maximize career impact.

• Rakefet wrote a post on being AI-positive in the plant-based space, including a list of practical tools.

• Attend the Effective Animal Researchers Network Africa at their inaugural meeting on 11 September to establish the first continent-wide network for effective animal advocacy.

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🔥 Funding
🎁 Tools & Resources

🧡 Introductions

Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community.
It’s never too late to introduce yourself! Here are some recent intros:

• My name is Julia Huchín, and I’m in my final year of a Biochemistry engineering degree in Mexico.

• Hi, I’m Ben Sturgeon, CEO of Crustacean Compassion, UK. I’m a veterinary surgeon who transitioned to animal welfare, looking to connect and learn from others in this community.

• Hi, I’m Nidnoi, based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, leading the Farm Animal Compliance Thailand initiative, working on ensuring accountability with cage-free eggs commitments.

• Hi, I’m Dash Meizler, founder of Podrška Foundation, Uganda, a nonprofit advocating for the rights of both human and non-human animals.

• Hi, I’m Fadhilah, working on the Malaysia Accountability Project (MYAP) to ensure accountability with cage-free egg commitments, looking to learn and collaborate.

• Hi, I’m Gabriela Santibañez, lawyer and Coordinator from Fundación Derecho y Defensa Animal in Santiago, Chile, here to connect, share and learn.

🙏 Help Requests

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Check out some of these successfully answered requests!

• Pierce was pointed to resources for managing people in a small organization.

• Rapha was connected to people to provide input on an AI-driven MEL tool.

• Nioclas received book recommendations on topics related to the livestock industry, food policy, power dynamics in food systems, and effective lobbying.

❓ Can you assist with these unanswered requests?

• Jojo would like to talk to someone who is familiar with concepts of genetic distance.

• Collin is looking for alt-protein companies that are winding down to transform their data into an open-source dataset.

• Dora is interviewing people with first-hand experience in digital technology adoption (AI or otherwise) in the non-profit sector.

💼 Jobs

One of our most popular channels is #06-job-postings! We have a feed that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• Data Director, Greener by Default. Remote, multiple countries. Apply by 1 August.

• Executive Director, Animal Legal Defense Legislative Fund. Vienna, US. Apply by 4 August.

• Content Creator (Contract) and International Manager, Greener by Default. Remote, multiple countries. Apply by 8 August.

• Head of Organizing, Europe, ICAW (The International Council for Animal Welfare). Remote, UK. Apply by 8 August.

• External Communications Manager and Programs Coordinator, Swipe Out Hunger. Remote, US. Apply by 8 August.

• PhD & Postdoc positions in Food Policy and Food Systems Research, University of Bayreuth. Germany. Apply by 10 August.

• V-Label Officer, Middle East Vegan Society. Remote, multiple countries.

• Global Campaigns Specialist, Mercy for Animals. Remote, Chile or Colombia.

• Regulatory Affairs, Farmless. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

• Operations Executive, ProVeg Malaysia. Hybrid, Greater Kuala Lumpur region, Malaysia.

• Project Manager, Assignments, We Animals. Remote, Canada.

🥩 Alt Protein

Spotlight 🌟 Our Alt Protein channel has seen some great activity last month!

• Angel shared some highlights from the latest GFI APAC Newsletter.

• Congressional Fellowship: Animal Protection and Protein Innovation Policy.

• This Burroughs Welcome Award is for "researchers who have transitioned into postdoctoral work in the biological sciences from graduate work in the physical, mathematical, or computational sciences or engineering."

• Our Faunalytcs Feed provided a summary of Plant-Based Cheese: The Case Of The Missing Protein.

• Jimmy is researching the possibility of starting a plant-based food startup, and community members provided their advice and insights.

• Diana is exploring the possibility of developing a B2B marketplace focused on food innovation and is looking for feedback.

👋 Opportunities and Help Offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• Björn is offering his research-writer skills as a freelancer/contractor.

• Sentient is offering support to animal rights investigators (and those thinking of the role) worldwide.

• Expertise for Animals provides scientific expertise and support.

• Parayma has a Fellowship opportunity which supports dedicated systems changeworkers. Apply by 31 July.

🔥 Funding

Looking for fundraising advice? Join the conversation in #s-fundraising or explore our resource page!

• Niels is looking for fundraising-related input on a project to channel more funding directly to animal welfare organizations.

• Sofia shared her CRM recommendations based on several conversations with Operations specialists.

• Lever for Change is offering a global Open Call for The Emerging Climate Champions Award, aiming at youth-led organisations. Register to apply by 15 August.

• The Wonderful Company invites applications for the Community Grants Program aimed at the San Joaquin Valley community. Apply by 31 August.

• Centre for Science in the Public Interest is accepting proposals for 3 types of subgrants (powerbuilding, state & local policy and industry accountability). Register for information webinars on 29 and 30 July. Apply by 3 September.

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• Hive has 10 sponsored spots for community members to access the AI Impact Hub platform. Apply by 8 August.

• Sofia shared the transcript and Q&A from her talk at EAGxVirtual about Hive’s journey, relevant for those curious about starting a new project. She also wrote about her role as Executive Director at Hive as part of the EA Forum Career Week!

• Check out We Animal’s free stock platform, which offers over 30,000 high-quality visuals to support your advocacy work!

• Björn wrote a piece about the economic arguments for meat reductions, useful in discussions with stakeholders.

• Animal Think Tank launched a mini guide series focused on different aspects of persuasive communications to support advocates in the great work they're doing.

• Steven used AI to do an analysis of the impact that H.R.1 (the “Big Beautiful Bill”) will have on farmed animals. Potential takeaways here.

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👩‍💻 Slack Updates
🌍 Africa
👋 Opportunities and Help Offered
🔥 Funding
🎁 Tools & Resources

🧡 Introductions

Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community.
It’s never too late to introduce yourself! Here are some recent intros:

• Hi, I'm Alina García - MA in Philosophy at Universitat Ramon Llull based in Barcelona, Spain.

• Hi, I’m Hector Emilio, based in Davao City, Philippines. I have a background in architecture with experience in policy and nonprofit advocacy, and I am looking to drive change in animal rights and sustainability.

• Hi, I’m Unny from Better Foods Foundation, from India, based in the US, interested in connecting with the Asia movement more.

• Hi, I’m Alexander Togbah Wornie, Co-founder and Executive Director of Animal Mirror-Liberia, a nonprofit organisation advocating for animal rights, veganism and plant-based alternatives in Liberia.

• Hi, I’m Zdeňka Kolářová, I’ve recently moved to Hannover, Germany, with a full-stack developer skillset, looking for a connection and a career in animal advocacy.

• Hi, I’m Zamnia Wahyuli from Animals Don’t Speak Human, based in Bali, Indonesia, a public outreach manager looking to collaborate.

🙏 Help Requests

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Check out some of these successfully answered requests!

• Tamas got some leads for people to talk to about setting up AI automations.

• Pierce received some resources about compensation strategies for his organization.

• Gera got input about plant-forward restaurant chains to set as examples for other restaurants.

❓ Can you assist with these unanswered requests?

• Tamas is looking to talk to someone who worked in PR or as a purchasing manager for a company.

• Alex is hoping to get input on different phone banking platforms to curate a list of options.

• Jessica is seeking leads for a low-cost or pro-bono financial accountant to conduct a USA tax audit.

💼 Jobs

One of our most popular channels is #06-job-postings! We have a feed that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• PhD: Transforming Governance through Non-Human Animal Representation, Radboud University. The Netherlands. Apply by 6 July.

• Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Good Growth. Remote, SE Asia timezone preferred. Apply by 7 July.

• Communications Fellow, Animal Charity Evaluators. Remote, Global. Apply by 14 July.

• Environmental Policy Officer, World Federation for Animals. Nairobi, Kenya. Apply by 27 July.

• Food Systems Policy Officer, World Federation for Animals. Rome, Italy. Apply by 27 July.

• Digital Ads Manager, Campaigns Lab. Remote, UK time zone essential.

• Operations Manager, Good Impressions. Remote, Toronto preferred.

• Part-time Intern/Collaborator, Good Reptiles. Remote, Global.

• Manager of Community Building, New Roots Institute. Remote, US.

👩‍💻 Slack Updates

• Meet Sparky! 🐥 We partnered with Scarlet Spark to bring their AI librarian to Slack! You can now chat with Sparky to discuss anything leadership related. Use Sparky in our #s-leadership channel or in your dm’s, however you prefer!

• Reminder 👋 We host a list of tips on how to get the most out of your Slack Workspace in our #hive-guide!

• New Channels 📚

  • #s-forecasting: Discuss forecasting related questions and practices to help animals.

• Spotlight 🌟 Our regional channel for Africa has seen some great activity last month!

🌍 Africa

• Jonah shared his summary on animal welfare in Uganda.

• James is seeking feedback, volunteers and potential partnerships for his new program “From Hooves to Harvest: Protein Security through Drought-Tolerant Beans.”

• Daniel shared some info about aquaculture projects in Nigeria and Kenya.

• Our Faunalytics Library Feed shared articles on animal welfare in Ghana and on using satellite imagery to spot industrial animal farms.

• You can still apply to AVA Summit Africa in Kenya and connect with community members who are going there.

👋 Opportunities and Help Offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• Dominik offers free consultations for vegan brands marketing.

• Anti Entropy has a new program, Sparkwell, which offers custom-built fiscal sponsorship.

• Shanil offers free consultations to improve data management in organisations.

• Nino offers free linguistic services to support high-impact EA projects and orgs (available for English, Spanish, Portuguese and French).

• Amruza offers low-bono leadership coaching for mid-level managers/directors, senior leaders, and board members.

🔥 Funding

Looking for fundraising advice? Join the conversation in #s-fundraising or explore our resource page!

• LinkedIn is offering an ad grants program. Apply by 11 July.

• Large grants on offer by the International Climate Initiative in climate, biodiversity and food.

• ProVeg International is hosting a webinar on navigating EU Grants on 31 July.

• In case you missed it, check out the interactive webinar recording on Crafting a Successful Year-End Campaign.

• Stray Dog Institute and Vera Flocke explore how funders in our movement can strengthen how they fund, and are looking to interview people who are their org’s primary fundraiser.

• The new GIVING USA Report is out! Liz shared some key insights here.

• Join our next Fundraising Community Call on 8 July!

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• Richie created a custom GPT that can help you improve your graphs and invites people to share their own GPTs. He is also speaking at a webinar on how AI fits into the future of research on 10 July.

• The Jeremy Coller Foundation’s 2025 Advocating for Animals guide outlines updated EU and US legislative processes to help advocates engage policymakers.

• Datassential released a new report about US consumer choices and protein preference trends.

• Constance wrote a guide to the art of introducing and connecting people.

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💼 Jobs
🌍 Europe
👋 Opportunities and Help Offered
🔥 Funding
🎁 Tools & Resources

🧡 Introductions

Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community.
It’s never too late to introduce yourself! Here are some recent intros:

• I’m Magda Kwapisiewicz based in Łódź, Poland, currently in the transition from commercial marketing and ops into EA-aligned, impact-driven career.

• I’m Reuben based in Singapore, working in philanthropy doing grantmaking for programmes but looking to sharpen my focus towards an EA-aligned area such as farm animal welfare.

• I'm Holly, an attorney hoping to transition to animal and or food/alt protein law/policy.

• I'm Ameer Virani, co-founder of Scale Welfare, a charity seeking to improve farmed fish welfare in Southeast Asia.

• I’m Abiel from Animals Don't Speak Human, currently based in Bali, Indonesia. I have a background in Animal Science and a Professional’s degree in Engineering in Animal Industry.

🙏 Help Requests

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Check out some of these successfully answered requests!

• Seb received some tips to automate parts of their performance evaluation process.

• Meredith received some advice about choosing a bank for a nonprofit bank account.

• Maria received some suggestions for personal time management tools.

❓ Can you assist with these unanswered requests?

• Pierce is looking to learn how organizations respond to the new predictions (or more announcements of confidence) of shorter AGI timelines.

• Thom is looking for job descriptions for Head of Marketing or Head of Outreach roles to help them create their own.

• The Welfare Footprint Project is seeking feedback from someone with developer experience to take a look at their new website.

💼 Jobs

One of our most popular channels is #06-job-postings! We have a feed that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• Research Analyst, Good Food Institute Europe. Remote, various countries in Europe. Apply by 10 June.

• Director of Outreach and Engagement, Animal Outlook. Remote, US. Apply by 21 June.

• Communications Manager, ProVeg China. Shanghai, China.

• Operations Assistant, ProVeg India. Bangalore, India.

• Director of Operations and Advancement, HEART. Remote, preferably New York.

🌍 Europe

• Spotlight 🌟 Our #r-europe channel is the most active regional channel on Hive!

• The photography exhibition “Factory Farming: Unveiling the Hidden Costs”, is now available to see online.

• Applications for the Effective Altruism Summer Camp in Berlin are open.

• The European Parliament will host a major (in-person) event on an EU Action Plan for Plant-based Foods.

👋 Opportunities and Help Offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• The Greater Sum Foundation provides training and guidance on fundraising for early-stage non-profits and is keen to get more from environment/animal movement nonprofits.

• If you’re applying for jobs in social impact, EA-aligned organisations, or adjacent sectors, Siobhan is offering to review your CV for free.

• Workstream Nonprofit is running a six-month Operations Accelerator program.

• International Centre for Animal Rights and Ethics is running an 8-week online course “Bridging Animal Rights Theory and Practice.”

• Food Pathway Policy has a (free) mentorship program for anyone looking to get into food policy work.

🔥 Funding

Looking for fundraising advice? Join the conversation in #s-fundraising or explore our resource page!

• The Rhode Island Foundation has an open animal welfare grant. Apply by June 6th.

• The Pollination Project is offering seed grants ($1000) for diet change, farmed animal advocacy, farmed animal welfare, and community gardens.

• Join an interactive webinar on Crafting a Successful Year-End Campaign on June 12th.

• The Stray Dog Institute has released its State of the Movement for 2024.

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• Animal Ask has released two new reports investigating the farmed fish industry in Europe: Mapping the Industry and Supply Chain for Farmed Fish in Europe and The Economics of Fish Farming and Fish Welfare in Europe.

• The new book Moral Ambition by Rutger Bregman is a helpful resource for strategizing in our movement.

• Rakefet Cohen Ben-Ayre created a substack dedicated to exploring AI tools and how animal nonprofits can use them.

• Open Philanthropy published a post on how they use back-of-the-envelope calculations in their decision-making.

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👩‍💻 Slack Updates
🌎 Latin America
👋 Opportunities and Help Offered
🔥 Funding
🎁 Tools & Resources

🧡 Introductions

Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community.
It’s never too late to introduce yourself! Here are some recent intros:

• I'm Mónica Bamonde, a Clinical Nutritionist specializing in Plant-Based Food, currently collaborating with the Plant Based Treaty as a City Campaigner in Lima, Peru.

• I’m Subru S, Head of Programs, India at ProVeg and I serve on the Board of Trustees for urban wildlife rescues.

• I'm Ziliang Yang, founder of Mourish, the first high-protein mushroom jerky made from mycelium, based in San Francisco, USA.

• I’m Daniel López, originally from México City but currently live in the Washington DC area. I’m looking for new opportunities after 6 years of exposing government-funded animal experiments.

• I’m Dominik, a creative founder based in Poland. I run a 2D vegan animation studio and recently launched a creative e-commerce agency that designs and builds brands and Shopify stores - hopefully mostly for fantastic vegan companies!

• I'm Bini Pitwell, Co-Director at Humane Being and collaborator with Animal Rising, UK.

🙏 Help Requests

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Check out some of these successfully answered requests!

• Ben received some valuable tips for increasing participation in an online survey.

• Alexandre received a lot of input and advice for their career plans.

• Björn received a couple of tips for animal movement-adjacent conferences.

❓ Can you assist with these unanswered requests?

• Gera is looking for state-operated community dinners/kitchens serving vegan food - preferably in middle-income countries.

• Alice is looking for an author or editor to lead on a new book project, addressing Biosecurity in Aquaculture, with a focus on animal welfare.

• Alex is looking for some successful examples of collaborations with meat producers or investors that led to launching/investing in alternative proteins.

💼 Jobs

One of our most popular channels is #06-job-postings! We have a feed that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• Farm Animal Welfare Program Assistant, Open Philanthropy. Remote, worldwide. Apply by 4 May.

• Campus Education Coordinator, Switch for Good. Remote, US. Apply by 9 May.

• Centre Manager (Impact and Administration) and Research Officer in Animal Sentience (Animals and AI), The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience. Hybrid, London. Apply by 6 May.

• Academic Manager and Corporate Engagement Manager, Greener by Default. Remote, US. Apply by 14 May.

• EIB Trainee – Projects Directorate – Bio-economy Division, European Investment Bank. Luxembourg. Apply by 20 May.

👩‍💻 Slack Updates

• New Guidelines! ⭐We have given our community guidelines a minor refresher! The page is slightly restructured and we have created a dedicated page with added context to our Moderation and Banning Policy - we recommend having a look, especially if it has been a while!

• New Channels 📚

  • 🌎 New AVA Channels! In light of their new programs, you can now join the AVA Community group, including #e-ava-summit (formerly #e-ava-international), #e-ava-academy and #e-ava-grantee-day!

• Spotlight 🌟 Did you know we have a dedicated channel for Latin America where you can communicate in both English and Spanish? We're committed to supporting animal advocacy across Latin America and are excited to see this community grow.

🌎 Latin America

• Check out our translator tool with which you can translate messages from almost any language to English and the other way around!

• Michelle is looking to connect with advocates in Mexico to explore opportunities for a crate-free commitment.

• Gavin is looking for advocates in the Global South to write about improving environmental communication, including around factory farming and its impact on the environment.

• Our Latin America Lead, Alexia, recently attended the launch event of Jaulas Abiertas - you can now watch a video recap of the event.

• Karol shared a survey for a project mapping different needs and challenges from anti-speciesist organizations in Latin America.

👋 Opportunities and Help Offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• Ronan is offering (free) fundraising consulting to 2 organisations who are looking to increase their funding with major donors.

• Emilie is offering free 60-minute somatic coaching sessions for animal advocates.

• Cláudia helped launch Voices for Climate Action (VOCA), a podcast training program created by and for women entrepreneurs in climate action across the European Union. Apply by May 5.

• Erica would like to volunteer 6 weeks part-time equivalent (202 - 230 hours) starting from the week of July 28 for an internship in sustainability related to animals.

• Martin is offering job and systemic coaching for anyone trying to enter a new field, shift their career, or finally get that interview invite.

• Tina is offering copy-editing and developmental editing for individuals, teams, and organizations working on a blog post, manuscript, website, or something in between.

🔥 Funding

Looking for fundraising advice? Join the conversation in #s-fundraising or explore our resource page!

• Megan shared some rules of thumb for fundraising writing.

• AI agents raised $300 in 5 days for Hellen Keller International after being placed in a virtual village to raise money for charity.

• The ASPCA Fund to End Factory Farming (USA) is back in 2025!

• Louis Diez and the Donor Participation Project share valuable fundraising learnings in emails and discussion sessions.

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• Nicoll shared a Stakeholder Analysis Toolkit, by Ann-Murray Brown.

• Ronan can set you up with free CV software for 6 months.

• Tala has created a toolkit to respond to the most common anti-vegan comments and pushback.

• Sofia shared an article from Holden Karnofsky who provides insight into how non-profit boards operate, and how to interact with them.

• The VARC talk recordings are now live on YouTube!

• Nina has written a full blog post on finding a high-impact job and “standing out by going the other way.”

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👩‍💻 Slack Updates
🏛️ Policy and Politics
👋 Opportunities and Help Offered
🔥 Funding
🎁 Tools & Resources

🧡 Introductions

Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community.
It’s never too late to introduce yourself! Here are some recent intros:

• I’m Congcong Li, Senior Farm Animal Welfare Scientist at Integrated Quality Consulting based in Beijing, China.

• I’m Lisa Rimmert, a professional comedian, and I do freelance communications, marketing, and fundraising projects for organizations in the movement.

• I’m Naman Dedhia and I have hands-on experience starting a new organization and working with a variety of teams. Looking forward to connecting and creating positive change together!

• I’m Marzi, a Master’s student in Artificial Intelligence, currently focused on glacier front delineation using satellite imagery for my thesis. I'm seeking opportunities in areas related to conservation and animal welfare.

• I’m Nikki Botta, a veteran activist and law student from South Africa. I have done covert and open investigations worldwide, and work as an international executive vegan catering chef.

🙏 Help Requests

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Check out some of these successfully answered requests!

• Tamas got some help with Meta Ads Manager for their public awareness campaign.

• Joanna learned about organizations working on pig welfare for a friend to volunteer with.

• Toni got some input on increasing participation in their local animal rights group.

❓ Can you assist with these unanswered requests?

• Sabina (Animal Law Focus) is looking for:

  • Research Volunteers in Latin America (fluent in Spanish and English)

  • Graphic Designer/Illustrator

  • Outreach Assistant (fluent in Spanish and English).

• Shreya (Sentient Animals Vietnam) is looking for:

  • Social Media Manager

  • Generalist

• Helene (Ellis Impact) is looking for a volunteer Web Designer to give feedback on their website.

• Seb (Middle East Vegan Society) is looking for volunteers to help understand local terms in Arabic in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait or UAE (one per country).

💼 Jobs

One of our most popular channels is #06-job-postings! We have a feed that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• Director of US Policy, International Council for Animal Welfare. Remote, US. Apply by 14 April.

• EAGx Program Lead, Centre for Effective Altruism. Remote, Global. Apply by 17 April.

• Country Lead – Vietnam, Asia Accountability Initiative. Remote, Global. Apply by 21 April.

• Research Manager, Kickstarting for Good. Remote, EU (Berlin preferred).

• Managing Director, Global Infrastructure, Humane World for Animals. DC Metro Area, US.

• Graphic Designer, GenV. Mumbai, India.

• Contractor, Food Systems Data and Intelligence, Mercy for Animals. Remote, Global.

👩‍💻 Slack Updates

• We are excited to welcome our new Communications Lead, @Megan Jamer to the Hive team! 🧡 Megan leads and implements Hive’s communications strategy, ensuring Hive effectively informs, connects, and inspires action among farmed animal advocates globally. They have worked across diverse roles on projects in the effective altruism community, including RC Forward, EA Giving Tuesday, and ALLFED. After Hive played a key role during their own transition into animal advocacy in 2024, Megan is excited to help expand its global impact.

• We are piloting the Hive Career Journey! ⭐ This workflow is designed to help you find a role in animal advocacy and leverage the Hive Slack to do so, by sending you regular prompts, resources and actions you can take. If you are interested in testing it, send me a message (@Kevin Xia). We would love to hear your feedback!

• New Channels 📚

  • 🌐 #x-wikipedians: A private informal working group of animal advocates editing Wikipedia to include relevant and substantiated pro-animal information; anyone wishing to join can dm @zach brown (no commitment necessary!)

• Spotlight 🌟 Our policy and politics channel offers a space for advocates to learn about, connect and get involved in the vital work of shaping farmed animal policy.

🏛️ Policy and Politics

• Our Faunalytics seed shared a summary on the relevance of animal protection for republican and democratic voters.

• Food Policy Pathways is open to work with and mentor more candidates aiming to enter government and advance plant-forward food policy.

• Jenny shared some tips for submitting evidence to select committees.

• Lauren shared an update from the first policy accelerator in Europe, designed to help advocates land impactful policy roles that accelerate change for animals. Stay tuned for more updates!

• Rethink Priorities just published a deep dive into the current EU political landscape and what it means for farmed animal welfare policy.

👋 Opportunities and Help Offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• Ronan offers free 45-minute online group sessions for leaders in Animal Advocacy.

• Richie is offering AI advice/coaching to help high-impact individuals become more productive.

• Ayelette and others are interested in volunteering to help organizations with fundraising.

• High Impact Professionals opened applications for the next round of the Impact Accelerator Program - a six-week program to help mid-/senior career professionals find an impactful career path.

• Applications for New Roots Institute’s Leadership Academy - a fellowship for high school and college students passionate about food system transformation - are open!

• Futurekind AI is looking for AI Facilitators and Mentors for their upcoming fellowship. Apply by 10 April.

🔥 Funding

Looking for fundraising advice? Join the conversation in #s-fundraising or explore our resource page!

• The Pollination Project is offering seed grants for diet change, farmed animal advocacy, and farmed animal welfare projects. Apply here.

• Patagonia funds innovative environmental work that “addresses the root causes of the environmental crisis and seeks to protect both the environment and affected communities.” Apply by 30 April.

• Fundraisers may want to emphasize the importance of building relationships, rather than focusing too much on “making asks.”

• A new study from Faunalytics analyzed factors influencing the success of vegan crowdfunding campaigns.

• Stay in the loop for fundraising calls by subscribing to the Fundraising Calls Event Calendar.

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• Reminder: We host Donut Meetings on Hive! Every three weeks, Donut pairs you with someone for a quick 30-minute chat—perfect for meeting new people in the movement and discovering new opportunities.

• Hive co-founder, Sofia, shared the toughest career decisions she’s made and the tools that helped her.

• Animal Advocacy Careers published a guide to writing your resume.

• Robin Lamont recently helped launch Inside Animal Ag, a website dedicated to credible research on all aspects of industrial animal agriculture.

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🧡 Introductions

Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community.
It’s never too late to introduce yourself! Here are some recent intros:

• I'm Tobias Leenaert and I have co-founded several organizations (like Proveg International), wrote a book called How to Create a Vegan World, and am now most active as a speaker, consultant, thinker, and writer.

• I’m Dani, Senior Associate Director of Digital Mobilization at The Humane League. I hope to collaborate with fellow animal advocates and orgs, and offer my expertise in digital marketing/mobilization.

• I'm Anthony Mburu, a student of law at Strathmore University and a rookie researcher in animal welfare in Africa.

• I’m Feyoena, a Dutchie based in Spain. I am hoping to get a clearer idea of my options to transition into meaningful work in animal welfare. I have a deep commitment to ethical work and an appreciation for cultural nuance.

• I’m Mia, campaign director of Vegaanihasste – a campaign that has inspired 225,000 Finnish people to try plant-based eating for a month and beyond. I have 30 years of experience in the animal rights movement and organizing various campaigns.

• Hi, I'm Liv boeree - former poker player and EA, mostly working on podcasting but have recently gotten more involved in farm animal welfare advocacy.

🙏 Help Requests

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Check out some of these successfully answered requests!

• Tobias got some recommendations for resources and people to talk to for his research on reaching conservatives/right-wing people with animal-rights related messages.

• Sofia received some resources to share with people who are looking to transition to a vegan diet.

• Brian found some US-based campus groups to get involved with an Anti-Dairy campaign.

• Tamas found some website-embeddable petition collection tools.

❓ Can you assist with these unanswered requests?

• We Animals is seeking someone to help them translate some text into Russian for an upcoming exhibit.

• Aydin is looking for a free data analytics tool to help their nonprofit's Instagram account grow.

• Rakefet is wondering whether anyone has experience using Zoho Survey, particularly in China.

• Amy is looking for global stats on the percentage of philanthropic giving to farmed animals vs companion animals.

💼 Jobs

One of our most popular channels is #06-job-postings! We have a feed that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• Marketer, Centre for Effective Altruism. Remote, Global. Apply by 9 March.

• Media Specialist, Centre for Effective Altruism. Remote, Global. Apply by 9 March.

• Communications and Design Lead, Aquatic Life Institute. Remote, Global. Apply by 15 March.

• Future Perfect Fellow, Vox Media. Remote, US. Apply by 16 March.

• Administrative Assistant, Animal Charity Evaluators. Remote, Global. Apply by 30 Match.

• Graphic Designer, Freedom Food Alliance. Remote, Global.

• Campaign Manager, Essere Animali. Hybrid, Italy.

• Various Roles, Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations. Mumbai, Delhi, or Bangalore, India.

👋 Opportunities and help offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• Luke Liang is offering to help an animal advocacy organization through an unpaid internship starting in April. He is especially interested in policy work.

• James Odene is offering pro bono graphic design services to support organizations.

• Nonprofits can become Reducetarian Fellowship Partners to receive a full-time summer intern with at least 80% of their stipend covered.

• Animal Defense Partnership is offering pro bono conflict resolution services provided by a professional mediator.

• Louise is starting an online accountability community called Soulful Productivity Club. You can join the first call for free so you can try it out to see if it's a good fit.

• Applications for Magnify Mentoring, a mentorship program for women, non-binary and trans people of any gender, are open! Apply by 18 March.

🔥 Funding

Looking for fundraising advice? Join the conversation in #s-fundraising or explore our resource page!

• Thrive is hosting a "Fundraising Outside the Movement" workshop on 19 March.

• The next Fundraising Community Call will be about changes in the fundraising landscape and we will be joined by Women Funders in Animal Rights! Sign up here.

• Louis Diez posts a lot of valuable fundraising tips on LinkedIn.

• We got some great insights on setting up annual giving.

• Check out ACE’s Movement Grant AMA on the FAST Forum. You can apply to the Movement Grant by 14 March.

• You can apply to the Strategic Animal Funding Circle by 10 March.

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• Nina Friedrich writes about “climbing down the pyramid” as the secret to getting hired, especially in high-impact careers.

• Want to enhance your knowledge of cephalopods and how to advocate for them? Check out this guide: Cephalopod Sentience and Cognition.

• Steven started using Superhuman and shared some reflections and recommendations.

• Animal Advocacy Careers published their talent survey and Sofia shared some key insights.

• Animal Charity Evaluators published the results of their Market Research Survey to investigate how to engage “new audiences” for farmed animal efforts.

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🧡 Introductions

Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community.
It’s never too late to introduce yourself! Here are some recent intros:

• I’m Rakefet Cohen Ben-Ayre, a scientist living in Israel. I am part of the China Vegan Society, an organisation that runs campaigns such as the Vegan Summit, grant programs and a vegan events app.

• I’m Nino, and my academic background spans philosophy, psychology and the life sciences. I am looking to found a UK-based organisation focused on education outreach for students to learn about factory farming.

• I’m Ana and I’m a biotechnology undergraduate student. I would love to find a volunteer role in a research project or science communication.

• I’m Lutebemberwa Isa, a vet surgeon based in Uganda. I want to build connections with individuals dedicated to ending animal suffering.

• I’m Abhay Rangan, founder and former CEO at One Good (plant-based dairy) based in India. I can provide guidance on alt protein, advocacy, business, and tech interventions.

💡 Discussions

Want to start a discussion or get other opinions? Ask away in the #02-discussions!

• Is anyone familiar with any vegan/animal advocacy orgs, youtube channels, etc. that exclusively promote feel-good, uplifting content about animals and lifestyle changes?

• Does anyone have any for-profit ideas that also help animals? I am currently in AIM's for-profit incubator exploring ideas!

• What's going on, and what's the opinion of people here about Animal Rising/PETA's fighting with the RSPCA/HSUS/ASPCA?

🙏 Help Requests

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Check out some of these successfully answered requests!

• Amie got some recommendations for low-budget or free resources for live voice-to-text AI translations.

• Jenny found some figures of the average lifespans for farmed animals.

• Adrian found several people involved with field-building for animals and transformative AI.

❓ Can you assist with these unanswered requests?

• Does anyone know of any donors that grant to individuals who want to pursue a postgraduate degree to use it to further animal advocacy?

• Can anyone recommend an organisation that provides monitoring and evaluation services for a potential wellbeing-focused leadership development programme?

• Has anyone come across any study evaluating the cost-effectiveness of banning caged farming?

💼 Jobs

Our #06-job-postings channel is one of the most popular ones! We have a feed that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• Public Affairs and Communications Manager, Animal Policy International. Wellington, New Zealand. Apply by 7 February.

• Executive Office Associate, Centre for Effective Altruism. Remote, Global. Apply by 9 February.

• Part-Time Film Festival Executive Director, International Vegan Film Festival. Remote (Canada preferred). Apply by 10 February.

• Director of Advocacy and Prevention, RSCPA. Hybrid, London. Apply by 13 February.

• Junior Graphic Designer, NutritionFacts.org. Remote, US. Apply by 21 February.

• Post Doctoral Research Fellow/Programme Manager, CRILS Network. London, UK. Apply 28 February.

• Director, Screwworm Free Future. Remote, Latin America preferred. Apply by 1 March.

• Video editor, Middle East Vegan Society. Remote, Global.

• Executive Director, ProVeg China. Shanghai, China.

• Manager of Recruitment & Outreach, New Roots Institute. Remote, US.

👩‍💻 Slack feature updates

• Community Survey 💡 Please take 15 minutes to complete our annual community survey! Your input is not only necessary for us to assess the impact of our work but also helps us find out how we can do better.

• New Channels 📚

  • 🧡 #p-neurodiversity: Private channel for all neurodivergent animal advocates, designed to be a safe space where we can freely express ourselves, share our experiences and find support in our individual and collective struggles. Please send a message to @Sabina Bravo to join.

  • 🕹️ #s-game-design: To strategize how the power of play can help animal advocacy. "Play" can take any form from video games, to tabletop/board games, to interactive tools.

  • 🔎 #s-ask-a-researcher: Pro bono research support and advice by Faunalytics.

  • 🖼️ #s-culture-change: Share resources, discuss important topics, broadcast our creations, or maybe even co-create projects in and around culture change!

• Spotlight 🌟 Have you checked out our channel dedicated to aquatic animals? It’s one of our most engaged channels and a great reminder of a huge group of animals that is often neglected.

🐟 Aquatic Animals

• Beneath the Surface: The Animal Welfare Crisis in Norwegian Fish Farming - a new policy note about Norwegian Salmon Farming.

• Victoria was looking for someone who has expertise in fish pathology or aquatic animal health.

• Research on Black Soldier Fly Production and its prospects of displacing fishmeal as fish feed. Summary here.

• Study on animal welfare risks in aquatic animal supply chains.

👋 Opportunities and help offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• Asia for Animals CAPC now offers 1-on-1 Capacity Building Support for organizations in Asia!

• The Centre for Effective Altruism is organising introductory events to introduce people to EA ideas - this may be a great opportunity to highlight farmed animal welfare issues.

• Sandra Nomoto has 20 years of experience in marketing, admin and media outreach and is looking for fellow vegans to work for.

• High Impact Professionals has a talent directory that connects skilled changemakers with top organisations.

• Tifany Maza is looking for vegan and cruelty-free brands to sell on her curated marketplace.

🔥 Funding

Have a question about fundraising? Ask in our #s-fundraising channel and check out our fundraising resource page!

• This comprehensive handbook contains some of the most valuable advice there is on fundraising. Community member Rakefet shared a NotebookLM Audio version.

• You can help impactful animal charities win thousands of dollars by creating a short video through “Project for Awesome.” Submit a video by 8 February.

• 4 Must-Read Reports on AI in Nonprofit Marketing & Fundraising.

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• We have compiled a Resource Roundup for Hive: Everything from 2024 in one place.

• Adam Hicks hosts a group called Community Documentary Night, where people come together in person and online to watch documentaries. This flyer provides links to dozens of animal documentary movies that you can watch for free.

• Sentient has invented and released a wifi camera specifically for animal rights investigators.

• GFI has some resources for people looking for public funding for alt proteins in the US.

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❓ Help requests: open
🙏 Help requests: answered
🤖 AI channels
💼 Jobs
👩‍💻 Slack feature updates
🐛 Invertebrates
👋 Opportunities and help offered
🎁 Tools & Resources

🧡 Introductions

Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community. Haven’t had a chance to introduce yourself? It’s never too late! Here are some recent intros:

• I’m Katrina Loewy, based in Colorado, and I would love to connect with other people in the invertebrate and wild animal welfare spaces.

• Hi, I’m Josphat Ekuam – Programme Officer at Utunzi Animal Welfare based in Nairobi, Kenya.

• I’m Moji, a vegan graphic designer, illustrator, and painter based in Portugal. I’m happy to help out with projects for vegan causes or businesses.

• I’m Michelle and I am determined to make my next career step firmly rooted in animal advocacy.

• I’m Anya, from the Republic of Sakha. I hope the industry will be able to create offal parts of animals that a lot of indigenous people in the Arctic include in their diet.

❓ Help requests: open

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Can you assist with any of these unanswered requests?

• We are looking for someone experienced with Weighted Factor Model based decision-making who could help us with an exercise we are currently working on.

• Is there anybody here who has working experience in CSR or supply chain management positions at companies sourcing eggs?

• I run a campaign with a focus on the negative effects of animal agriculture on soil, water, air pollution and fenceline communities. I would like to learn from your experiences and practices in such environmental campaigns.

🙏 Help requests: answered

Did you know you can ask farmed animal advocacy questions in the #03-help-requests channel? Check out some of these successfully answered requests!

• Abhishek found a UI/UX designer or expert to share their feedback on one of their newly completed websites.

• Taty got some input on organizing scheduled posts on social media.

• Benjahmin got some input to help overcome procrastination in writing animal rights-related articles.

🤖 AI channels

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• Provide your Input: There is a micro-survey about the upcoming AI for Animals Conference in London - vote for the name, time and format of the conference!

• Open Paws just published A Five-Year Plan to Ensure AGI Benefits All Animals.

💼 Jobs

Our #06-job-postings channel is one of the most popular ones! We have a feed that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• Research Assistant, Animal Welfare Economics Working Group. Remote. Apply by 15 February.

• Various Roles, Probably Good. Remote. Apply by 11 January.

  • Generalist

  • Groups and/or Advising Lead

  • Technical Specialist (Web Developer/Designer)

• Sales Specialist, V-Label International. Remote. Apply by 31 January.

• Head of Corporate Engagement, Aquatic Life Institute. Remote. Apply by 12 January.

• Social Media Manager, Animal Justice Project. Remote.

• Research and Data Coordinator, New Roots Institute. Remote, US.

👩‍💻 Slack feature updates

• Pledge with Hive!🔸 As part of your 2025 Resolutions, consider taking the Trial or the 10% Pledge through Hive. This commitment can spark tremendous change through our movement and help normalize generous and effective giving for farmed animals.

• Spotlight 🌟 Invertebrates are the most numerous and neglected group of farmed animals! Join our #c-invertebrates channel to stay up to date on even the smallest of the animals we work to help. 🐛

🐛 Invertebrates

• Looking for an invertebrate charity to donate to? Community member @Jeff created a spreadsheet of every organization! Reach out to him to add one!

• Letter: Why insects may not make good food for farmed fish.

• Jonathan Birch wrote an op-ed in the British food industry magazine, Food Manufacture. Summary here!

• An article about the welfare concerns of using insects for pet food appeared in a large pet food industry magazine.

• PhD opportunity at the Harper Adams University: Beyond Vertebrates: Developing Validated Welfare Standards and Ethical Guidelines for Invertebrate Management in Captivity, Farming and Research.

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👋 Opportunities and help offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• Fish Welfare Initiative is running an innovation challenge for people to develop models that assess water quality from satellite data.

• The Impactful Policy Careers accelerator is a training programme bringing you to Brussels for a fully-funded week of expert training, institutional visits, and strategic networking. Apply by 10 January.

• This 1-year science-policy fellowship is focused on creating demand for healthy food and reducing food loss and waste in Africa and South Asia. Apply by 14 February.

• Enrollment is now open for the Marketing 101 by User-Friendly course.

• If you know someone working on an artistic animal activism project, they can add their project to the MAAP list.

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• Here are a couple of resources discussing how and why factory farming makes antibiotic resistance worse.

• Sofia wrote a post on How to enjoy a conference without burning out.

• Louise recommended an article for people who want to quit meat but find it hard.

• New Market ESG has published a guidebook for farmed animal welfare advocates who want to engage with the financial sector.

• Beacon is a series of key messages from works by academics useful for tackling industrial animal agriculture in developing countries.

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🎁 Tools & Resources

🧡 Introductions

Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community. Haven’t had a chance to introduce yourself? It’s never too late! Here are some recent intros:

• Hi, I’m Hugo, I work as a lobbyist and legal expert for animal protection in France. I’m here to discuss animal rights and advocacy and share resources.

• I’m Kalori Wesonga, based in Nairobi. I have a background in law, global health, human rights and nonprofits.

• I’m Steph, Research Lead at Animals Australia. I can help you use science to supercharge your animal advocacy.

• My name is Hari Prasad Joshi, and I serve as the Executive Director of Animal Nepal.

• I’m Shakti Arora, based in India. I can offer finance and accounting knowledge, general advice and time to volunteer on projects.

• I'm Yomna - Graphic Designer & Social Media Strategist at IFMSA and Co-Founder of the Sentient Liberation Initiative based in Egypt.

• Hi everyone! I’m Larissa Vaughan-Rowe. I was the CEO of the Centre for Effective Altruism and I’m planning to found a new charity, possibly for animal welfare.

❓ Help requests: open

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Can you assist with any of these unanswered requests?

• Does anyone know any animal rights activists in Syria? A dear friend of mine is going there on a UN mission.

• Do you know any organizations using WhatsApp channels for fundraising or communications? I would love to hear about your experiences!

• Can anyone point me to effective examples of animal advocacy related case studies?

• Hey folks, does anyone here have experience with the A|B testing service VWO?

• I need help with a complex set-up problem involving Google Workspace and Squarespace.

🙏 Help requests: answered

Did you know you can ask farmed animal advocacy questions in the #03-help-requests channel? Whatever you’re struggling with, or are curious about. There is no such thing as a stupid question!

• I'm creating a fellowship at my university around food system sustainability and its intersection with animal welfare. I’m looking for any books, articles, or recent news that I could add to the curriculum to enhance these sessions.

• Is anybody working or involved in sustainable fashion? I'm looking to learn more about this industry as I'm looking for a role in animal welfare.

• I might get a chance to do a presentation or workshop at a high school to talk about animals, does anyone have suggestions on what I should talk about?

• We're looking to set up a website with a simple, fillable form to allow users to easily email all their constituency's candidates for the upcoming election. Does anyone have any recommendations for the best platform for this?

🤖 AI channels

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• AI for Animals 2025 Conference is happening in March 2025!

  • When? March 1-2, 2025

  • Where? UC Berkeley

  • Apply to speak by December 15!

• Looking for suggestions on where to start learning about the intersection of AI and animal welfare? Check out this thread!

💼 Jobs

Our #06-job-postings channel is one of the most popular ones! We now have an automation set-up that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• Researcher (Contractor), Rethink Priorities. Remote, Global. Apply by 15 December.

• Intern, Food Policy Pathways. Remote, US.

• Freelance Copyeditor, Ambitious Impact. Remote, Global. Apply by 8 December.

• Social Media Video Editor, Middle East Vegan Society.

• Fellowship Coordinator, Reducetarian Foundation. Atlanta, US. Apply by 31 December.

• Community Lead UK, School of Moral Ambition. Remote, UK with travel to Amsterdam. Apply by 22 December.

👩‍💻 Slack feature updates

• New Integration with Faunalytics 📚 We have set up a new integration to help you stay up-to-date with the newest studies from the Faunalytics Library! Once a week, new studies are shared in relevant, topic-based channels.

• Take five minutes! Last month, we updated our default statuses and member profile sections to help advocates connect and collaborate - please take a couple of minutes to update your profile. 👤

• New Channel: Are you interested in (physical) engineering and its application to animal advocacy? Join our new #s-phyiscal-engineering channel!

• Spotlight 🌟 Did you know that we have three different channels focused on Asia and countries in Asia? Check them out to stay up to date on news and discussions around this extremely important and neglected region!

🌏 Asia

Join our channels for #r-asia, #r-india and #r-china to connect to other advocates from Asia!

• A new report from Faunalytics and Good Growth shows how advocates in China and Southeast Asia use research.

• AfA Conference 2025: Early Bird Registration is Open!

• Pakistan will host its First-Ever International Animal and Environmental Rights Conference!

• Fish Welfare Initiative is hiring a China Program Director. Apply by 27 December.

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👋 Opportunities and help offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• High Impact Professionals have opened applications for the next round of their Impact Accelerator Program. Apply by December 15.

• Naveen Arun is offering 10 hours a week of their time to help with research, literature review and writing for people in the alt protein space.

• Animal Welfare Research Consultant Katelyn Mills offers to help your organisation with evidence-based decision-making based on research.

• Sabine Panneau is offering paid mentorship programs for early-stage animal rights charity founders or fundraisers.

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• Sofia recently gave a talk about starting Hive and scaling it from a side-project to a full-grown organization! Here is a summary.

• FarmKind released a 2-minute test to help you find out which charities to donate to.

• Tälist announced their six-week Alternative Protein Career Course.

• Björn put together a list of starter packs to help animal advocates get started on the new Social Media Platform Bluesky.

• Bryant Research released open data of more than 1,000 people about their views on animal issues for you to explore and analyze! Ideal for anyone who wants to learn data analysis or apply their skills in this area.

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Slack channels covered:

🧡 Introductions
❓ Help requests: open
🙏 Help requests: answered
🤖 AI channels
💼 Jobs
👩‍💻 Slack feature updates
🧠 Mental Well-Being
🔥 Funding
👋 Opportunities and help offered
🎁 Tools & Resources

🧡 Introductions

Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community. Haven’t had a chance to introduce yourself? It’s never too late! Here are some recent intros:

• I'm Joanna - a professional artist and graphic designer based in Poland, currently volunteering at Otwarte Klatki.

• Hi, I'm Shreya Paropkari - Legal Consultant at HSI India and People for Animals Uttarakhand.

• Hi, I’m Alex Crisp. I host the Future of Foods Interviews podcast and work for a cultivated milk company.

• I’m Josh Berson, anthropologist, philosopher, and author of The Meat Question. 

• I’m Monica List, head of research at World Animal Protection. I am interested in further exploring the intersection of research and advocacy. 

❓ Help requests: open

Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Can you assist with any of these unanswered requests?

• Animal Law Focus is looking for volunteers in various areas including research and fundraising. 

• Tom Bry-Chevalier is looking to interview people in non-Western countries about the animal rights movement in their country.

• Ryan Torres is looking for a Salesforce consultant to potentially hire or discuss their needs in detail and seek a proposal.

🙏 Help requests: answered

Did you know you can ask farmed animal advocacy questions in the #03-help-requests channel? Whatever you’re struggling with, or are curious about. There is no such thing as a stupid question!

• Elena Said asked for studies highlighting whether positive or negative imagery is more effective in encouraging people to adopt a vegan lifestyle. 

• Hayden Kessinger was looking for paid courses on professional development for under $100.  

• Constance is hosting a discussion on whether the animal movement more people or funding-constrained and asked for simple readings on the subject that they can use.

🤖 AI channels

AI for Animals is a newsletter at the intersection of AI and animals. The majority of our AI, animals, and digital minds content will be distributed there. If you are interested in this work, please subscribe to stay updated!

• The new AI for Animals Newsletter discusses how AI could enable interspecies communication.

• Check out these Project Links for existing datasets, research papers, and what we have done so far LLM Benchmarking.

• Max Taylor and 4 other Hive members have recommended books that discuss AI and animals. 

💼 Jobs

Our #06-job-postings channel is one of the most popular ones! We now have an automation set-up that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.

• Community Member @Chetan Zawar is looking to hire a freelance AI developer for a veganism app.

• Animals Aotearoa is looking for a General Manager for Campaigns and Operations. Remote, New Zealand. Apply by 4 November.

• New Roots Institute is looking for a Development Manager. Remote, US.

• The newly founded Asia Accountability Initiative (AAI) is looking for several roles!

  • Country Lead (multiple Asian countries). Apply by 5 November.

  • Program Associate (remote; Southeast Asia preferred). Apply by 5 November.

👩‍💻 Slack feature updates

• We reached 3,000 Slack Members! 🧡 Thank you to each and every one of you for being a valuable part of Hive! 🥳

• Take five minutes! We updated our default statuses and member profile sections to help advocates connect and collaborate - please take a couple of minutes to update your profile. 👤

• Spotlight 🌟 As the Hive team, we recognize the unique challenges that animal advocates face and the importance of mental well-being in sustaining long-term impact. Check out our #x-mental-wellbeing channel for the latest tips and resources on the topic!

🧠 Mental Well-Being

Want to learn more? We have a whole resource page dedicated to Mental Well-Being!

• We partnered with The Center for Effective Vegan Advocacy to offer their online course “Sustainable Vegan Advocacy” for FREE! Just use the coupon code HIVE. ⭐

• Everyone is invited to the Virtual Animal Advocacy Meditation Retreat – the English language version is on 23 and 24 November. 

• In Defense of Animals has a list of resources including support groups, meditations, and a list of vegan therapists.

• Helen Toner gave a talk at an EA global event on sustainable motivation, and Sofia pointed out some highlights. 

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🔥 Funding

Have a question about fundraising? Ask in our #s-fundraising channel and check out our fundraising resource page!

• We at Hive recently looked into some fundraising platforms including Zeffy, Donorbox, GiveButter and Every - here are our insights!

• Nonprofitready has free fundraising courses which have been recommended by a Hive member. 

• Here are ’10 Donation Page Best Practices for Nonprofits’. 

👋 Opportunities and help offered

Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩

• Rory Cockshaw is offering paid and pro bono work in the eCommerce sector (web development, SEO, integrations, copywriting and editing).

• Ben is offering pro bono software engineering/coding help. He can help with backends, data processing, websites and internal tools. 

• Effective Altruism Germany is offering a 6-week career planning course starting in December. 

• Jessica Spencer is a professional data scientist looking for experience in purpose-driven work especially in reducing animal suffering. 

🎁 Tools & Resources

Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.

• Do you work with non-vegans? Try running a Veganuary Workplace challenge.

• FarmKind launched a ‘Build Your Own’ Fundraiser Tool to help expand support for effective animal welfare charities.

• Hive members recommended several books on effective animal advocacy - the most popular choice was How to Create a Vegan World.

• Animal Think Tank breaks down the messages they're finding do and don't work with the public when it comes to getting people on board with veganism.

• The Social Change Lab launched a new Resource Hub for Activists!

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