How I Learned to Love Shrimp

David Coman-Hidy on welfare vs abolitionism and promising strategies to help animals

Mar 29, 2023

01:17:34

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Challenges with absorbing newcomers in the animal rights movement

02:19

Veganism as a barrier to involvement in the animal rights movement

02:08

The Misapplication of Effective Altruist Mindset to Animal Advocacy

01:52

The Core Responsibilities of Leadership in Non-Profits (Time Management for Leaders)

02:22

Introduction

6min

How to Avoid Making These Mistakes in Running a Big Organization

5min

The Transition to a National Nonprofit

2min

The Importance of a Coherent Culture in Growth

4min

How THL Decided to Set an Open-Wing Alliance

2min

Should You Support Welfare Work or Should You Be an Abolitionist?

2min

The Purpose of Pragmatists

4min

The Importance of Humility in Action

2min

The Internal Warfare of the Abolitionist Movement

3min

10.

The Importance of Living Everything

2min

11.

The Future of Animal Movement Strategies

3min

12.

The Importance of Local Voting Blocks in the Animal Movement

2min

13.

The Importance of Local Groups in the Democratic Party

2min

14.

The Cost of Becoming a Left Coded Cultural Issue

5min

15.

How to Build a More Sustainable Community

2min

16.

The Costs of Over Professionalization in the Movement

3min

17.

Engine, Deliberative: A History of Animal Rights

5min

18.

The Importance of Long Term Planning in the Gun Control Movement

5min

19.

The Importance of Measurability in the Media

2min

20.

The Importance of Measurement in a Campaign

2min

21.

The Misapplication of the EA Mindset to Animals

2min

22.

The Importance of Measurability Bias in Animal Research

2min

23.

The Disagreement of Animal Advocates About Veganism

3min

24.

The Risk of Opening the Climate Movement Up to a THL

3min

25.

The Power of a Coalition

3min

26.

How Organizations Develop Activists, Not Leaders

2min

David Coman-Hidy is former President of The Humane League, one of the largest farm animal advocacy organisations in the world. He now works as a Partner at Sharpen Strategy working to coach animal advocacy organisations.

In this episode, we discuss the age-old debate facing animal advocates: Should we pursue incremental approaches to improve welfare or should we only advocate for the total abolition of animal exploitation. Additionally, David also shares some approaches he would like to see more of within the animal advocacy movement, as well as what we could learn from other social movements.

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How I Learned to Love Shrimp

David Coman-Hidy on welfare vs abolitionism and promising strategies to help animals

Challenges with absorbing newcomers in the animal rights movement

Veganism as a barrier to involvement in the animal rights movement

The Misapplication of Effective Altruist Mindset to Animal Advocacy

The Core Responsibilities of Leadership in Non-Profits (Time Management for Leaders)

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