Join Encompass founder and executive director Aryenish Birdie along with fellow essayists Shayna Rowbotham and Christopher Eubanks to discuss the essays in the book Antiracism in Animal Advocacy: Igniting Cultural Transformation, the proceeds of which support Encompass.
Inspired by Encompass’ racial equity trainings, this collection of essays was written by farmed animal protection leaders who are committed to exploring and prioritizing racial equity, as we work to create a more effective and just animal protection movement.
Antiracism in Animal Advocacy: Igniting Cultural Transformation
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Aryenish Birdie is the founder and executive director of Encompass, a nonprofit working to make the animal protection movement more racially diverse, equitable, and inclusive. Prior to Encompass, Aryenish spent seven years at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine promoting alternatives to animal tests. Aryenish received a degree from Hampshire College in critical social thought/race and feminist theory and her Master’s in Public Management from Johns Hopkins University.
Christopher “Soul” Eubanks is a social justice advocate, creative and public speaker raised in Atlanta, Ga that has dedicated himself to doing advocacy work that combats all forms of injustice. After learning the horrors of animal exploitation Christopher became vegan, began doing community organizing and has helped co-organize Atlanta’s first ever animal rights march. Christopher is the founder of APEX Advocacy, a non profit animal rights organization that uses digital content and grassroots activism for animal advocacy.
Shayna Rowbotham is the Organizing Manager for the United States at Mercy For Animals. Her work is centered on expanding and growing the capacity of the animal protection movement through cultivating community, developing leaders, and organizing for action. She has also supported the success of volunteer programs in Canada, Brazil, and Latin America, and mentored young adult activists through advocacy-based internship and Fellowship programs. Shayna believes that in order to end animal oppression, we must fight for collective liberation. She has studied effective organizing under Marshall Ganz at the Harvard Kennedy School.