Category: Interviews & Conversations
Conversation with Josh Balk of the Humane Society of the United States Farm Animal Protection
Josh Balk is the vice President of the Humane Society of the United States Farm Animal Protection (HSUS FAP). He spoke with ACE Research Associate Jamie Spurgeon on July 16, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
Conversation with Jack Norris of Vegan Outreach
Jack Norris is the Executive Director of Vegan Outreach. He spoke with ACE Researcher Kieran Greig on July 17, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
Conversation with Mahi Klosterhalfen of Albert Schweitzer Foundation
Mahi Klosterhalfen is the CEO of the Albert Schweitzer Foundation (ASF). He spoke with ACE Research Associate Jamie Spurgeon on July 17, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
Conversation with Sharon Núñez, Jose Valle, and William Rivas-Rivas of Animal Equality
Sharon Núñez is the co-founder and President of Animal Equality, Jose Valle is a co-founder and the executive vice President of Animal Equality, and William Rivas-Rivas is the Director of philanthropy at Animal Equality. They spoke with ACE Researcher Kieran Greig on July 27, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
Conversation with Bruce Friedrich, Clare Bland, and Alexis Vanderhye of The Good Food Institute
Bruce Friedrich is the co-founder and Executive Director of The Good Food Institute (GFI), Clare Bland is GFI’s Director of development, and Alexis Vanderhye is GFI’s senior foundations manager. Friedrich, Bland, and Vanderhye spoke with ACE Research Associate Yzar Wehbe on July 17, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
Conversation with Carolina Macedo Galvani of Sinergia Animal
Carolina Galvani is the CEO of Sinergia Animal. She spoke with ACE Research Associate Yzar Wehbe on August 7, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
Conversation with Guilherme Carvalho of Sociedade Vegetariana Brasileira
Guilherme Carvalho is the CEO of Sociedade Vegetariana Brasileira (SVB). He spoke with ACE Researcher Kieran Greig on August 3, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
ACE Interviews: Mike Selden
Mike Selden is co-founder and CEO of Finless Foods. He has a background in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and has worked on the evolutionary biomechanics of mantis shrimp and the epigenetics of fusarium oxysporum, in addition to having worked on high-throughput cancer screening. … Read more
ACE Interviews: Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy is a British politician. She was the first vegan member of parliament (MP) in the House of Commons and has been vegan for more than 25 years. McCarthy is an officer of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Vegetarianism and Veganism and is working to address food poverty and food waste issues, … Read more
ACE Interviews: Melanie Joy
Melanie Joy, PhD, is a Harvard-educated psychologist, celebrated speaker, organizational consultant, trainer, and relationship coach. Dr. Joy has given her acclaimed carnism presentation and trained vegan advocates on six continents. Her work has been featured in major media outlets around the world. … Read more
Conversation with Director of Campaigns at The Humane League
The Director of Campaigns at The Humane League (THL) spoke with ACE Researcher Toni Adleberg on June 30, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
The Use of Protests at THL
Protests have been a growing component of our work towards corporate campaigns and welfare reform. … Read more
Conversation with Zach Groff
Zach Groff was1 an organizer with Direct Action Everywhere (DxE). He spoke with ACE Researcher Toni Adleberg on February 15, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
What can protests accomplish?
Protests are, unfortunately, a “black box;” … Read more
Conversation with Mikael Roldsgaard Nielsen of Mercy For Animals
Mikael Roldsgaard Nielsen is the Campaigns Manager for Latin America and Brazil at Mercy For Animals (MFA). He spoke with ACE Researcher Toni Adleberg on March 20, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
Why does MFA organize protests?
These days, … Read more
Conversation with Matthew Dominguez of the Nonhuman Rights Project
Matthew Dominguez is the Director of public affairs and government relations at the Nonhuman Rights Project. He spoke with ACE Researcher Toni Adleberg on July 26, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
What led you to the Nonhuman Rights Project? … Read more
Conversation with Sharon Núñez of Animal Equality
Sharon Núñez is the co-founder and President of Animal Equality. She spoke with ACE Research Associate Jamie Spurgeon on July 26, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
What were Animal Equality’s three biggest accomplishments of the past year?
The past year has been a great success for Animal Equality; … Read more
Conversation with Isha Datar and Erin Kim of New Harvest
Isha Datar and Erin Kim are the Executive Director and the Communications Director of New Harvest, respectively. They spoke with ACE Researcher Toni Adleberg on July 25, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
What are New Harvest’s three biggest accomplishments from the past year? … Read more
Conversation with Che Green of Faunalytics
Che Green is the Executive Director of Faunalytics. He spoke with ACE Research Associate Jamie Spurgeon on July 28, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
What are some of Faunalytics’ biggest accomplishments in the past year?
In cooperation with the Good Food Institute (GFI) and the Animal Advocacy Research Fund (AARF), … Read more
Conversation with Leah Garces of Compassion in World Farming USA
Leah Garces is the Executive Director of Compassion in World Farming’s USA branch. She spoke with ACE Research Associate Ashwin Acharya on July 26, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
What are some of Compassion in World Farming USA’s successes? … Read more
Conversation with Brigitte Gothière and Johanne Mielcarek of L214
Brigitte Gothière and Johanne Mielcarek are the Director of corporate campaigns and Director at L214, respectively. They spoke with ACE Research Associates Kieran Greig and Ashwin Acharya on July 24, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
What do you consider to be L214’s biggest accomplishments in the past year? … Read more
Conversation with Leah McKelvie and Oscar Horta of Animal Ethics
Leah McKelvie and Oscar Horta are two of the three co-founders at Animal Ethics. They spoke with ACE Research Associate Jamie Spurgeon on August 14, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
What are some of Animal Ethics’ recent accomplishments? … Read more
Conversation with Bruce Friedrich and Clare Bland of The Good Food Institute
Bruce Friedrich and Clare Bland are the co-founder/Executive Director and the development Director of The Good Food Institute, respectively. They spoke with ACE Research Associate Kieran Greig on August 9, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
What are the Good Food Institute’s three biggest accomplishments of the past year? … Read more
Conversation with David Coman-Hidy of The Humane League
David Coman-Hidy is the President of The Humane League. He spoke with ACE Research Associate Ashwin Acharya on July 27, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
What are some of The Humane League’s biggest accomplishments?
The Humane League’s single biggest accomplishment in the past year has been the successful launch of a coalition-led “broiler initiative” … Read more
Conversation with Dobrosława Gogłoza of Open Cages
Dobrosława Gogłoza is the co-founder and CEO of Otwarte Klatki (Open Cages). She spoke with ACE Research Associate Kieran Greig on July 6, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
How does Open Cages measure the outcomes of their most important programs? … Read more
Conversation with Francisco Vásquez Neira, Aïda Gascón, and Cristina Ibáñez of AnimaNaturalis
Francisco, Aïda, and Cristina are the President, CEO, and a volunteer for AnimaNaturalis respectively. They spoke with ACE Researcher Toni Adleberg and Research Editor Sofia Davis-Fogel on July 13, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
What is the focus of AnimaNaturalis? … Read more
Conversation with Jon Camp of The Humane League
Jon Camp is Vice President, Grassroots of The Humane League (THL). He spoke with ACE Research Associate Kieran Greig on July 31, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
Location of Leafleting
Camp believes that, because of the combination of Vegan Outreach’s and The Humane League’s (THL’s) work, … Read more
Conversation with Rachel Black of The Humane League
Rachel Black is the national volunteer coordinator of The Humane League (THL). She spoke with ACE Research Associate Kieran Greig on August 7, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
Leafleting at Colleges
Exactly what happens at a college leafleting event, … Read more
Conversation with Matt Ball of One Step for Animals
Matt Ball is the co-founder, President, and Executive Director of One Step for Animals. He spoke with ACE Research Associate Kieran Greig on August 8, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
How Content Decisions Are Made
The first leaflet Ball was involved in creating was in 1990. … Read more
ACE Interviews: Aryenish Birdie
Aryenish Birdie is founder and Executive Director of Encompass. Prior to Encompass, Birdie was a federal lobbyist at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. She was part of a four-woman team instrumental in reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act to ensure that animal protection language was integrated into the law. … Read more
ACE Interviews: lauren Ornelas
lauren1 Ornelas is the founder and Executive Director of Food Empowerment Project, and has been active in the animal rights movement for more than 30 years. She is the former Executive Director of Viva!USA, a national nonprofit vegan advocacy organization at which she investigated factory farms and ran consumer campaigns. … Read more
ACE Interviews: Collectively Free
We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Raffi Ciavatta and Lili Trenkova. Raffi is an “art Director/Graphic Designer, immigrant, queer, activist, poet, and radical dreamer.” Lili is an “organizer, environmental designer, 3D artist, fabricator, and musician.” They are the co-founders of Collectively Free. … Read more