Hive Slack Threads: August
Useful conversations & resources from our Slack community
So many exciting projects and news mentioned on Slack — learn about them in less than 10 minutes! ⏰ Huge thanks to Em Stokes, who helped us putting together this edition!
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Slack channels covered:
🧡 Introductions
💡 Discussions
❓ Help requests: open
🙏 Help requests: answered
🤖 AI channels
💼 Jobs
👩💻 Slack feature updates
🎓 Students
🔥 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:
My name is kirumira Julius and I'm excited to join this community. I am the director of Vegan Planet Africa organization in Uganda where we focus on promoting plant-based living, veganism and animal welfare.
I'm Raimon Sabater from Toulouse (France), activist for sentientism and anti-speciesism, in several animal rights associations.
My name is Bram, and I’m from Glo Dollar. I work for an organization that’s focused on finding new ways to fund charities and public goods.
I'm Josh. I'm a PhD biochemist and research scientist in biotechnology, especially proteins, and have worked in local animal welfare groups off-and-on for the last 20 years.
My name is Shivaram Yellamilli, but I go by Shiv. I am based in San Francisco and am currently working as a biological data scientist (with a focus on single cell transcriptomics and proteomics) and would love to utilize my skills to work on animal welfare!
💡 Discussions
Want to start a discussion or get other opinions? Ask away in the #02-discussions!
Are We Leaving the Individual Behind? What do you think of the role of animal storytelling in the Animal Rights Movement?
Has anyone worked as a vegan educator? I've seen some positions with PETA and am curious to hear about people's firsthand experience.
Do people have recommended resources on the value of demographic representation in movements for social change?
❓ 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 have experience or advice about running community events to raise money?
Does anyone know folks around Seattle looking for housing or have any avenues for finding vegans?
Does anyone have any contacts at The Guardian? We're looking to potentially write/publish a piece about news/updates regarding the law about stray dogs in Turkey.
Me and my wife are looking for counselling regarding applying for a postdoc in China and relevant grants.
Looking for someone who does illustration/animation to support with ~15 seconds of a video that will be going up on social media with We Animals Media documenting a recent visual investigation.
I was interested in meeting and strengthening the community of South-Asian animal rights activists and allies in Hive, including advocates based outside of South Asia.
🙏 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!
Can anyone offer a comprehensive list of organizations that provide pro-bono (free) services for research and data analysis services for nonprofits in the animal rights space?
Does anyone know of / have experience with organizations that help NGOs in the operational aspects of their work?
I could use some advice on accounting to grow my profit-for-purpose business.
🤖 AI channels
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After @Frankie asked whether anyone has yet attempted to do an analysis of 'nonspeciesist AI' as a cause area using the 'scale, solvability, neglectedness' framework, and there was an incredibly insightful discussion in the threads!
@Keyvan Mostafavi shared their theory of change draft about ensuring that future powerful AIs (AGIs) will sufficiently consider the interests of non-humans (animals and digital minds) — and @Sam Tucker then shared his own theory of change graphic on this topic.
💼 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.
LEAP (Leaders for Ethics, Animals, and the Planet) is looking for an ethical vegan with extensive finance experience to serve on our board of directors as Treasurer (a volunteer position), assist with fundraising, and help advise our growing organization.
Sentient is hiring for an operations and people manager.
Legal Impact for Chickens seeks a Staff Attorney or Managing Attorney. Apply by 7 October.
ProVeg International has an opening for a Grant Writing Manager.
👩💻 Slack feature updates
Did you know? ❓ You can set yourself reminders for posts if you don’t have time to read them right away: Use the "Remind me about this" menu option! It offers convenient defaults and a custom option.
Channel Updates 🌏 #r-oceania: Upon popular request, we have turned our #r-australia channel into #r-oceania to reflect a larger community.
Spotlight 🌟 Our #s-student channel has seen some great activity! Here are some of the highlights 👇
🎓 Students
@Jessica Cohen is developing a website with resources aimed at young plant-based advocates, including high school and university students. Give your input here on what resources would be helpful for you.
The Allied Scholars for Animal Protection have released a report on The State of Animal Advocacy in (US) Universities. Main takeaways are:
Most animal advocacy organisations at colleges are inactive and hold few events.
Effective orgs tend to have things in common: centralized structure, regular events, training, and consistent outreach.
NC State is looking for a graduate processor who will "assist in processing complex archival collections with a focus on animal rights and welfare collections."
There is a Food Tech challenge from Wageningen Uni beginning in January with registration starting now. If you are a fellow student interested in food systems change, @Elizabeth Crewe is seeking team members.
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🔥 Funding
Have a question about fundraising? Ask in our #s-fundraising channel and check out our fundraising resource page!
The Strategic Animal Funding Circle announced their Request for Proposals round. Apply by 20 September.
The upcoming Conference on Animal Rights in Europe (CARE) will include a whole segment dedicated to fundraising, featuring talks from experts across Europe. It will take place both in Warsaw, Poland, and online.
FarmKind is a new “giving multiplier” charity that encourages donors to split their donations between their personal favorite charity and a highly effective animal charity. You can volunteer with them (they are looking for a video editor) or help spread the word that they exist!
👋 Opportunities and help offered
Keep an eye on generous offers in the #04-help-offered channel 🤩
The #s-media-strategies channel is a great place to work on crafting narratives and messages — and @Björn can help edit or provide feedback on op-eds, press releases, and more!
@Spencer Orenstein is working with Mobius to provide 1-on-1 coaching and resources for people who want to reduce animal suffering through a job in policy. Check out their new program, Animal Policy Careers.
You can apply for an Animal Advocacy Careers 1:1 guidance session. They provide an hour of tailored advice, including strategies to overcome obstacles and insider tips for job applications.
Hive is partnering with UK-based mental health charity, Overcome, to make free mental health counselling available to animal advocates. Learn more and sign up!
🎁 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.
@Kyle Behrend has just relaunched his Beginner's Guide to AI for Non-Profits ebook. It's 22 pages jam-packed with info to help get you started including video walkthroughs, AI tools, downloadable templates and even a song to sing along to.
There is a super succinct on useful summary on someone’s Obsidian on @Tania Luna’s The Leader Lab.
After asking for some graphic design input, @Quinn McHugh received and shared some important thoughts about starting an organization working on the intersection of data/research and animal advocacy.
Animal Think Tank has a great reading list full of resources on movement ecology, organizing, culture, and strategy!
Animal Advocacy Careers (AAC) has revamped their Introduction to Animal Advocacy online course! This free course walks you through how you can use your career to make a real positive difference for animals. It has recently been improved with new visuals and interactive elements.
Animal Outlook has launched an Outreach program called The Animal Outlook Network, “combining the science of change and the experience of grassroots activism to make a real difference for animals.” The course focuses on learning to have compassionate and effective conversations about veganism. Click here to learn more, or you can sign up using this link.
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