Tag: Animal Rights
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Finding Her Fit: Sitara Hultman on Career-Based Advocacy
Read More: Finding Her Fit: Sitara Hultman on Career-Based AdvocacySitara Hultman went vegan in January 2019. By the following January, she found herself frustrated—she had yet to find her form of activism. “I’m just not finding my right fit,” she thought. “Where’s my fit here?” Then, like a light bulb flickering on, the answer came to her: real estate. She hadn’t considered a career…
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“Like An Evolution of Me”: A Conversation with Sitara Hultman
Read More: “Like An Evolution of Me”: A Conversation with Sitara HultmanSitara Hultman once thought that veganism was a fringe philosophy, but it now guides her personal and professional decisions. She became vegan in 2019 and has since co-owned Red Door Realty, a boutique real estate company that encouraged its agents to help communities in need. She now works at Bluefield Realty Group as a real estate agent…
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“There’s a Short, Short Story”: An Interview with Sitara Hultman
Read More: “There’s a Short, Short Story”: An Interview with Sitara HultmanSitara Hultman once thought that veganism was a fringe philosophy, but it now guides her personal and professional decisions. She became vegan in 2019 and has since co-owned Red Door Realty, a boutique real estate company that encouraged its agents to help communities in need. She now works at Bluefield Realty Group as a real estate agent…
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Lenore Braford on the Debate She Lost—and the Sanctuary She Built
Read More: Lenore Braford on the Debate She Lost—and the Sanctuary She BuiltLenore Braford lost a debate in college but considers that a victory. As an environmental studies major, she was tasked with defending the ethics of eating animal products in her environmental philosophy course; her debate partner would argue the opposite. To prepare, Braford “did a lot of readings.” But the more she read, the more…
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“The Joyful, Happy Things in Life”: A Conversation with Lenore Braford
Read More: “The Joyful, Happy Things in Life”: A Conversation with Lenore BrafordWhile attending Oberlin College in 2007, Lenore Braford transitioned to veganism. She gained experience as a volunteer, intern, and staff member at multiple animal sanctuaries and then founded Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge in 2012. She currently serves as the sanctuary’s Executive Director and Animal Care Director. Braford recently spoke with me about the college debate…
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How Farm Animal Sanctuaries Take the Blinders Off: An Interview with Lenore Braford
Read More: How Farm Animal Sanctuaries Take the Blinders Off: An Interview with Lenore BrafordWhile attending Oberlin College in 2007, Lenore Braford transitioned to veganism. She gained experience as a volunteer, intern, and staff member at multiple animal sanctuaries and then founded Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge in 2012. She currently serves as the sanctuary’s Executive Director and Animal Care Director. Braford recently spoke with me about the college debate…
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“It Needed to be Here”: Morgan Mercer on Law-Based Animal Advocacy
Read More: “It Needed to be Here”: Morgan Mercer on Law-Based Animal AdvocacyMorgan Mercer walks into the orientation fair at the University of South Carolina’s law school. She has a clear purpose for being there: joining the school’s chapter of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund [SALDF]. Mercer volunteers at local animal shelters [Pawmetto Lifeline and Final Victory Animal Rescue in Columbia, SC] and has researched student…
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Reframing Legal Education: A Conversation with Morgan Mercer
Read More: Reframing Legal Education: A Conversation with Morgan MercerMorgan Mercer, a third-year law student, revived the University of South Carolina’s student chapter of the Animal Legal Defense Fund [ALDF] in 2023. Formerly an elementary school teacher, Mercer is passionate about bringing justice to corporations and individuals that use their wealth to evade accountability and exploit the vulnerable, including nonhuman animals. Using tabling, Lunch-and-Learns,…
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“Animals Touch Every Type of Law”: An Interview with Morgan Mercer
Read More: “Animals Touch Every Type of Law”: An Interview with Morgan MercerMorgan Mercer, a third-year law student, revived the University of South Carolina’s student chapter of the Animal Legal Defense Fund [ALDF] in 2023. Formerly an elementary school teacher, Mercer is passionate about bringing justice to corporations and individuals that use their wealth to evade accountability and exploit the vulnerable, including nonhuman animals. Using tabling, Lunch-and-Learns,…