The best of IAA Slack: October
Useful conversations & resources from our Slack community
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Slack channels covered:
💡 Discussions
🙏 Help requests answered
🤖 AI channels
❤️️️ Introductions
💼 Jobs
👩💻 Slack feature updates
🔥 Funding
🎁 Resources
💡 Discussions:
Want to start a discussion or find out other advocates’ opinions? Ask away in the #02-discussions channel!
Infiltrators at AVA: what are your thoughts on their write-up?
New billionaire EA(?) foundation, Navigation Fund, "funded by billionaire Jed McCaleb, led by David Coman-Hidy, Andrea Gunn, Seemay Chou, Randy O’Reilly" (EA Forum post / Navigation Fund website)
🙏Help requests: answered
Did you know you can ask *any* farmed animal advocacy question in this #03-help-requests channel? Whatever you’re struggling with, or are curious about. There is no such thing as a stupid question!
Crossed elasticity modelling of meat and PB products: can it tell us what we actually want to know?
Lists of industrial animal farms where you are located or work?
🤖AI channels
Did you know that we have 3 AI channels to complement our AI and Animals Wiki: #c-ai-discussion, #s-ai-tools and #s-ai-images?
Short video on the unexpected impact of AI on animals by Peter Singer
I'm very new to AI and have recently gotten started with Midjourney.
Notes from the AI, Conscious Machines, and Animals conference
Just published an EA Forum post - What AI could mean for animals
100 days of AI for non-profits on LinkedIn: #aix30daypromptingchallenge
❤️️️ 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! Introducing yourself improves the chances of connecting with more advocates.
Hi all, I am Alfred Sihwa in Zimbabwe, Director Sibanye Animal Welfare and Conservation Trust.
I am Cynthia Schuck, I am the research director of the Welfare Footprint Project.
My name is Austeja, I work at a Vilnius-based NGO called GYVI GALI.
💼 Jobs:
Our #06-job-postings channel is one of the most popular ones! We are collaborating with Animal Advocacy Careers to repost their jobs on the channel also.
👩💻 Slack feature updates
⭐️ Our Slack has over 1,500 members!
New anonymous form to submit your Slack posts, questions and feedback
New form to join Slack to improve onboarding experience. You are welcome to send it to your colleagues and friends in the movement.
😍 We have fiscal sponsorship! We are thankful to Humane America Animal Foundation for helping us accept donations that are tax-deductible in the U.S.
🔥 Funding
Have a question about fundraising? Ask in our #s-fundraising channel!
ProVeg is launching the 4th edition of the Food Innovation Challenge - APAC
AI tool for animal sanctuaries: a fundraising email generator
🎁 Resources
Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is a channel for you!
Good Growth's work into innovative research methods in Asian animal advocacy
Post on University of North Carolina’s involvement in supporting ag-gag laws
Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit talks are now available on YouTube
New book published, Vegan Minded: Becoming a Steward for Animals, People, and the Planet. @Eddie Jean edited the manuscript. We found each other on this workspace.
Budgeting tips on overlooked/important budget line items, and budget template
I just discovered Expertise for Animals. They are a metacharity that helps other organizations/individuals with writing papers, research, science-based advice.
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