Hive Slack Threads: August
Useful conversations & resources from our Slack community
Exciting news and projects are happening on Slack—catch up in under 10 minutes! Huge thanks to our volunteer, Antonia, and our new team member, Therese, who helped us put together this edition.
🐥 Before we start: Sofia is speaking to the School of Moral Ambition community on 22 September about the problem of factory farming and what we can do to help solve it. This talk will be perfect for advocates who are new-ish to the movement and want to figure out their next steps - learn more about it here!
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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 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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