Sixteen essays on the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in Animal advocacy.
Michelle is focused on creating equitable systems so that future generations on Earth thrive..
Michelle Rojas-Soto previously served as managing director of Encompass, where she trained, coached, and consulted with Animal protection leaders and organizations.
In addition to her more than two decades in Animal protection, Aryenish has worked in other social justice movements, including those striving for racial justice, queer liberation, and reproductive freedom.
Aryenish Birdie is the founder and executive director of Encompass.
She is the author of The VegNews Guide to Being a Fabulous Vegan and Always Too Much and Never Enough: A Memoir .
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 About author(s): Jasmin Singer (Editor) 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.
The essayists were all attendees of the 2020 inaugural Encompass DEI Institute.
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 diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as they work to create a more just Animal protection movement.
Sixteen essays on the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in Animal advocacy
