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
Interviews
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
ACE Interviews: Brad Goldberg
Brad spent 35 years in the investment management business as Senior Vice President for Jennison Associates, a subsidiary of Prudential Financial, until his retirement in 2002. In 2001 he organized the Animal Welfare Trust (AWT) as a private operating foundation dedicated to animal protection and animal rights issues. … Read more