Encompass Essays
Encompass Essays: Pursuing Racial Equity in Animal Advocacy is a collection of essays written by farmed animal protection advocates who are committed to exploring and prioritizing racial diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as we work to create a more just animal protection movement.
From academia to animal advocacy, white supremacy culture permeates liberal spaces. It’s time to turn reflection into action.
Most funders and leaders in the farmed animal advocacy movement are white. That needs to change.
It’s taken me years, but I’m beginning to understand how a white supremacy culture has shaped my life and my advocacy, and how to change this narrative.
Animal liberation won’t happen until Black, Brown, and Indigenous people have equity in the animal protection movement.
Seeing racism in myself was the first step to confronting it in the animal advocacy movement—and in the system we’re working to change.
As a Black woman, I’ve learned through critical reflection the importance of applying an antiracist framework to my animal advocacy. It’s been a long time coming.
What happens when a longtime animal activist begins to recognize their role in white supremacy culture? They decide to become part of the solution.
To achieve animal rights, we must strive to make ethical decisions aligned with our values and work toward collective liberation for all.
The 12-part series investigates racism in the farmed animal protection movement and examines ways in which movement leaders can cultivate racial equity within their organizations and personally within themselves.
Twenty-first-century advocacy embraces cross-over between issue areas, giving us the best chance for holistic, sustained, transformative justice for all.
Here’s why the surge of interest in racial equity work gives me hope—and pause—about the animal protection movement’s quest toward antiracism.
Improving the lives of animals is just one part of making the world a better place—to fully accomplish that mission, we must be antiracist as well.
International animal advocacy groups need to incorporate a framework for racial diversity, equity, and inclusion into their global strategy to ensure the oppression of all species can come to an end.
Reflecting upon my history in animal advocacy, I realize that I have undervalued my family’s roots as a key factor in why and how I want to help animals to live a life free from suffering. I’m ready to change the narrative.
Learning about racial inequity through the lens of data analysis not only improves the efficacy of my animal advocacy, but it fuels my commitment to fighting all forms of oppression.
It’s time we own how the vegan movement has supported the systematic racism that robs people in the global majority of their humanity.
The forthcoming collection of narratives examine how a cohort of advocates in the farmed animal movement intend to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion.
A collection of essays written by farmed animal protection advocates who are committed to creating a more just animal protection movement.