Hive Slack Threads: May
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
🌍 Europe
👋 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 Magda Kwapisiewicz based in Łódź, Poland, currently in the transition from commercial marketing and ops into EA-aligned, impact-driven career.
I’m Reuben based in Singapore, working in philanthropy doing grantmaking for programmes but looking to sharpen my focus towards an EA-aligned area such as farm animal welfare.
I'm Holly, an attorney hoping to transition to animal and or food/alt protein law/policy.
I'm Ameer Virani, co-founder of Scale Welfare, a charity seeking to improve farmed fish welfare in Southeast Asia.
I’m Abiel from Animals Don't Speak Human, currently based in Bali, Indonesia. I have a background in Animal Science and a Professional’s degree in Engineering in Animal Industry.
🙏 Help Requests
Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Check out some of these successfully answered requests!
Seb received some tips to automate parts of their performance evaluation process.
Meredith received some advice about choosing a bank for a nonprofit bank account.
Maria received some suggestions for personal time management tools.
❓ Can you assist with these unanswered requests?
Pierce is looking to learn how organizations respond to the new predictions (or more announcements of confidence) of shorter AGI timelines.
Thom is looking for job descriptions for Head of Marketing or Head of Outreach roles to help them create their own.
The Welfare Footprint Project is seeking feedback from someone with developer experience to take a look at their new website.
💼 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 Analyst, Good Food Institute Europe. Remote, various countries in Europe. Apply by 10 June.
Director of Outreach and Engagement, Animal Outlook. Remote, US. Apply by 21 June.
Communications Manager, ProVeg China. Shanghai, China.
Operations Assistant, ProVeg India. Bangalore, India.
Director of Operations and Advancement, HEART. Remote, preferably New York.
🌍 Europe
Spotlight 🌟 Our #r-europe channel is the most active regional channel on Hive!
The photography exhibition “Factory Farming: Unveiling the Hidden Costs”, is now available to see online.
Applications for the Effective Altruism Summer Camp in Berlin are open.
The European Parliament will host a major (in-person) event on an EU Action Plan for Plant-based Foods.
👋 Opportunities and Help Offered
Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩
The Greater Sum Foundation provides training and guidance on fundraising for early-stage non-profits and is keen to get more from environment/animal movement nonprofits.
If you’re applying for jobs in social impact, EA-aligned organisations, or adjacent sectors, Siobhan is offering to review your CV for free.
Workstream Nonprofit is running a six-month Operations Accelerator program.
International Centre for Animal Rights and Ethics is running an 8-week online course “Bridging Animal Rights Theory and Practice.”
Food Pathway Policy has a (free) mentorship program for anyone looking to get into food policy work.
🔥 Funding
Looking for fundraising advice? Join the conversation in #s-fundraising or explore our resource page!
The Rhode Island Foundation has an open animal welfare grant. Apply by June 6th.
The Pollination Project is offering seed grants ($1000) for diet change, farmed animal advocacy, farmed animal welfare, and community gardens.
Join an interactive webinar on Crafting a Successful Year-End Campaign on June 12th.
The Stray Dog Institute has released its State of the Movement for 2024.
🎁 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.
Animal Ask has released two new reports investigating the farmed fish industry in Europe: Mapping the Industry and Supply Chain for Farmed Fish in Europe and The Economics of Fish Farming and Fish Welfare in Europe.
The new book Moral Ambition by Rutger Bregman is a helpful resource for strategizing in our movement.
Rakefet Cohen Ben-Ayre created a substack dedicated to exploring AI tools and how animal nonprofits can use them.
Open Philanthropy published a post on how they use back-of-the-envelope calculations in their decision-making.
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