Antiracism in Animal Advocacy: Igniting Cultural Transformation

Sixteen essays on the importance of racial equity in animal advocacy.

Antiracism in Animal Advocacy: Igniting Cultural Transformation is a collection of writings by farmed animal protection advocates who are committed to exploring and prioritizing racial equity as they work to create a more just animal protection movement. The essayists, whose work was originally published in Sentient Media, and is reprinted with their permission, were all attendees of Encompass's 2020 Racial Equity Institutes.

Essays include:

• "From Speaking Up for Animals to Becoming an Antiracist," by Rachel Huff-Wagenborg
• "Using Research and Data to Create an Inclusive Animal Rights Movement," by Brooke Haggerty
• "How My Cultural Identity Informs My Animal Advocacy," by Unny Nambudiripad
• "Animal Advocates: It's Time We Move from Performance to True Antiracism," by Aryenish Birdie
• "Oppression without Hierarchy: Racial Justice and Animal Advocacy," by Michelle Rojas-Soto
• "How Racism in Animal Advocacy and Effective Altruism Hinders Our Mission," by Michelle Graham

Videos: youtu.be/m8o7Qu2PorI

Author: Jasmin Singer
Publisher: Lantern Publishing & Media
Published: 09/21/2021
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781590566480
ISBN10: 1590566483
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Animal Rights
- Social Science | Race & Ethnic Relations
- Social Science | Biracial & Multiracial Studies

About the Author
Jasmin Singer is the cofounder and cohost of Our Hen House, an award-winning media nonprofit that produces podcasts that aim to change the world for animals. She is the author of The VegNews Guide to Being a Fabulous Vegan and Always Too Much and Never Enough: A Memoir. Encompass aims to make the farmed animal protection space more equitable by working with organizations to operationalize racial equity and with advocates of the global majority by helping them cultivate their leadership potential.