Hive Slack Threads: February
Useful conversations & resources from our Slack community
Exciting news and projects are happening on Slack—catch up in under 10 minutes! Huge thanks to Hayden Kessinger, who helped us put together this edition.
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Slack channels covered:
🧡 Introductions
🙏 Help Requests
💼 Jobs
👋 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 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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