Hive Slack Threads: April
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
🌎 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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