Join us for an enlightening conversation with Aidan from Pro Animal Future and Almira from Direct Action Everywhere.

A really interesting episode about their recent US ballot initiatives which actually has a lot of cross applicable learnings about fighting strong opposition to campaigns, the benefits of loosing forward, and how frequently narrative outperforms spend when it comes to campaigns.

Almira and Aidan share insights on collaboration, leadership, and the courage to experiment with new strategies in the face of fierce opposition. Their stories underscore the importance of perseverance and adaptability in the fight against well-funded adversaries.

For a more in-depth deep dive on ballot initiatives, head to the episode with Josh Balk as he gave a really thorough run down of these measures and how we can use them to push pro animal issues in the US.

Resources:

Aidan:

• narrative.paxfauna.org
• Media recs
  • The Engagement, Sasha Issenberg
  • Get Political for Animals, Julie Lewin https://www.getpoliticalforanimals.com/

Almira

• directactioneverywhere.com
• This Is An Uprising (chiché, I know)
• Waging Nonviolence
• Read fiction!

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Jesse Marks is the newly appointed Farm Animal Welfare Program Officer for The Navigation Fund, a new major funder in the anti-factory farming space.

We spoke with him about his experience becoming a grant-maker, interpersonal dynamics in funding, new areas he is excited about, how the movement can improve corporate campaigning and much more.

• www.navigation.org
• Navigation Fund Farm Animal Welfare Strategy
• Good Strategy Bad Strategy
• This is an uprising
• How to survive a plague
• www.digital-advocacy.com
• Beautiful Trouble’s “toolbox”
• Link Paul Engler talk at Animal Liberation Conference / DxE
• Rules for Radicals
• James blog on winning

00:00:00:00 | Intro
00:05:37:16 | First shrimp welfare campaign ever?
00:08:48:21 | Transition to a grantmaker role
00:15:58:10 | New insights on applying for funding
00:26:40:20 | Priorities in TNF funding and why
00:35:59:13 | Youth organizing
00:48:30:21 | How to reach out to TNF for funding
00:50:23:21 | Where the movement can improve in corporate campaigns
00:55:06:08 | The importance of focus in programs
01:07:07:10 | Closing questions

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Known affectionately as the mother of animal law, this weeks guest Joyce Tischler has over 45 years of experience advocating for animal rights through the law in the US. Starting off in 1979 by co-founding the Animal Legal Defense Fund where Joyce would serve as executive director for 25 years, we hear about the first cases Joyce worked on as well as her bold decision to take on the US Navy.

Joyce now lectures at the Lewis and Clark Law School in the Centre for Animal Law, specialising in Industrial animal agriculture law teaching students both locally and internationally. We hear from Joyce on some great case study examples of effective campaigning and her decision to switch from circumstantial cases to prioritising cases to develop legal theory.

00:00:00:00 | Intro
00:06:18:06 | Animal Rights in the 1970s
00:10:51:11 | Animal Law and CAFO's
00:13:20:18 | Significance of the meeting in 1981
00:17:38:12 | Early cases
00:27:23:20 | How were the cases picked?
00:34:54:17 | Feelings on leading an organization as a woman in that time
00:38:53:16 | Evolution of Animal Law
00:48:12:12 | Shifting focus over the years
01:01:36:07 | Main goals in Animal Law
01:10:22:10 | Personal preference versus effectiveness
01:23:17:08 | Closing questions

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