Hive Slack Threads: March
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
👩💻 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)
Outreach Assistant (fluent in Spanish and English).
Shreya (Sentient Animals Vietnam) is looking for:
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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