How I Learned to Love Shrimp David Coman-Hidy on welfare vs abolitionism and promising strategies to help animals
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Mar 29, 2023 AI Snips
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From Local Leafleting To Global NGO
- David Coman-Hidy joined The Humane League young and grew its Boston office into an international NGO with 120+ staff.
- He described moving from local grassroots leafleting to large-scale corporate and institutional campaigns over a decade.
Plan For Growth And Delegate Early
- Plan explicitly for each growth stage and its new operational needs before hiring large teams.
- Delegate early: give up hands-on campaign work when others can run it better to avoid bottlenecks.
Move Past The Welfare Vs Abolition Frame
- The welfare vs abolition framing is unhelpful and often masks deeper strategic differences.
- David urges moving past identity battles toward collaborative movement-building across tactics.