The sense of community I’ve felt, mostly because of the IAA slack, has been incredibly wonderful and a big help in my learning.

The Impactful Animal Advocacy Slack space has been a game changer for me. I joined the space while I was job hunting, and it provided the exact sense of community and support that I needed. I learned about conferences, events, and met many people who I now talk with regularly. I found a job posting in the #job-postings channel for a role with New Roots Institute, and I'm happy to say I accepted the job and am very happy in my new position. I don't think I would be where I am now without IAA, and I am so grateful for their work.

I’ve found the IAA Slack very useful for making connections with people in the animal space who I otherwise wouldn’t have met, and I’ve even been able to join a conference and do some volunteering as a result of being in this Slack workspace. In addition to volunteering for Animal Advocacy Careers and IAA, I was also able to help two other organizations think through operational and human resource challenges they were facing in a more ad hoc manner.

I landed my first ever paid animal-advocacy gig!
I posted my editing services in the “offering help” channel in the community and received a message that very same day from an author who ended up becoming a paying client. I’ve never had an easier time finding work, let alone in the animal-welfare movement!

In just one day of being part of the Impactful Animal Advocacy community, I've already come across an exciting volunteering opportunity that aligns with my interests. The creators are hands-on, fostering connections between members, and providing valuable information – which all makes for a genuinely engaged community. It's quickly becoming a go-to space for me.

It's wonderful to encounter such an active community of intelligent, hard-working, and professional people dedicated to animal advocacy.

This community embodies a genuine spirit of giving – from sharing grants and AI tools to conferences. It consistently goes the distance to ensure contributions to animal advocacy are as effective as possible.

The Impactful Animal Advocacy Slack channel makes it a million times easier to contact (almost) anyone in the effective animal advocacy movement. This has allowed me to gather valuable feedback way quicker than I would have otherwise. Huge thanks to everyone in the IAA team!!! Keep up the great work.

Super excited to be on this space which basically breaks international barriers to global collaboration on a single goal; freeing the animals!

A few months ago, I branched out from primarily working with diet change organizations to also working with animal welfare organizations. The resources and the Animal Welfare Library on the IAA website provided me with a wealth of information, and the Slack channel helped me to connect to many relevant people quickly.

To my surprise, IAA also played a role in finding a co-founder for charity The Mission Motor. We are in a start-up phase and are setting up a specialized training program on Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning, which made it challenging to find a suitable co-founder. I posted the job ad on the IAA Slack channel, and a community member told their contact about this role. From the other side of the globe, Blake Hannagan applied and turned out to be the best candidate.

I highly recommend other leaders and founders in animal advocacy to join this community.

This is the main way I interact with the animal advocacy community. It's totally invaluable for chatting with people in our movement. For about a year, I searched but struggled to find other data science people in animal advo. On IAA, I've been able to connect meaningfully with a bunch of them! I also used this platform to provide free AI help to 3 non-profits. I don't know how I'd have connected with them otherwise. Lastly, from the perspective of Bryant research (my employer at time of writing) it's heart-warming to see advocates discussing our research on IAA and how it's helping them.

When I first started advocating for animals I certainly felt alone. This was in the 1990s and I didn't have a computer, or internet, or really any sense of community of folks who cared like I did. Sometimes I thought "am I the only one?"
IAA ensures that people who care about creating a more humane world will never feel that way again. Fighting on behalf of animals is challenging enough going against powerful interests. Doing it alone makes it impossible. Fortunately, IAA won't let that happen.
The most impactful organizations and companies and campaigns are led not by one person but by a groups of folks who have put their hearts on the line. I'm excited to see all that is accomplished by everyone who IAA brings together!

Impactful Animal Advocacy is simply brilliant! Being part of the IAA community helps catalyze our efforts at LIKE A DOG Foundation through immediately helpful connections and continuous learning. Building an actually advanced future requires animal rights and IAA is making a difference right now to the many dedicated people worldwide who are working for that advance. Get involved!

I've found the community and platform helpful, well-maintained, and continually developing with great guidelines.

When I first started working in the animal advocacy space, just under 18 months ago, I knew few advocates and needed to very quickly learn a lot about the movement. IAA has been instrumental in connecting me to advocates from across the globe who I likely wouldn’t have come across otherwise. It’s been a wonderfully supportive space to learn, ask questions and discuss ideas, and I’ve had so many interesting conversations. I highly recommend this community!

I find the IAA Slack space incredibly valuable for a variety of reasons:

- the Slack space enables me to stay up-to-date on animal advocacy related news and resources. I run a nationwide animal advocacy group to which I send weekly digests. Since most newsletters are (understandably!) sent out on a monthly-ish basis, the Slack is my go-to resource for my digests.

- the Slack space helps me connect with animal advocates all over the world. Wherever I, or someone I know, have questions about specific organizations/research projects/etc., the community makes it possible for me to ask relevant experts directly. This feels more personable than if I were to contact them through their E-Mail or elsewhere, which, I believe, creates a lower entry barrier for reaching out. I also started leading a regional channel for German-speaking people that I see a lot of potential in.

- the Slack space helps me help advocates become more invested in effectiveness. When I attend animal advocacy conferences (that are not directly EA-related), I tend to talk a lot about impactful animal advocacy as a field of research/community/practice. Inviting people to the Slack group and thereby providing them with access with "everything they need" to learn more, has by far been the best way of onboarding people into the broader community.

I recently joined the Impactful Animal Advocacy Community and wanted to thank you for sharing it with me. I have gained a lot of knowledge and information in just a few days, and it's amazing to see how much we can accomplish when we work together despite being miles apart.

Being inside the Impactful Animal Advocacy slack space allows me to feel connected to like-minded people around the globe, and just one-click far from starting a conversation with them.
Personally, I take plenty advantage from the tools and resources shared; and I Iove reading the "parents" channel to see how others deals with different aspects from life and work.
The space is in constant improvement, as the creator and moderators are always available and considering all type of suggestions.

The Slack Workspace is a great way to connect and exchange ideas with animal advocates around the globe. For every topic and every request, there is a corresponding channel, and I get the impression that everyone is super helpful. That's why I always like to refer other activists to the Slack Workspace.

Since I joined Impactful Animal Advocacy Slack my judgement towards animal sufferings and cruelty have been redefined into a more emphatic and passionate zest towards animal welfare advocacy void of speciesism. The resources shared and conversations within the community, have also enhanced my knowledge on issues around animal welfare and it's interconnectedness with other issues.

The Impact Animal Advocacy community has provided me also with the ample opportunity of getting a support for laptop to aid my work towards animal welfare and also to be more impactful in my advocacy for a sustainable environment, where everyone's lives matter(both humans and non human animals).

The Impactful Animal Advocacy is really a community for everyone who is passionate about making more impacts around animal welfare and it's interconnectedness through their careers.

It is indeed a community for for everyone, as there are channels for everyone passionate about animal welfare advocacy.

I have connected with other people passionate about the same topics as me. After initiating the idea of a systems mapping group, I found people with similar ideas. We launched a workshop series during a month where we worked on the topic and applied it to a system including animals. The community's vibrant energy inspires for action!

[about our resources and tools channel]: Wow, this is an amazing resource. I haven’t even gotten to look at the section I came for. I saw this channel and have been stuck here for a while. I am blown away by all the great resources being shared. Thank you, everyone, for sharing. Thank you for the warm welcome, for providing this great resource, and for being a voice for animals.

I cherish my involvement in the IAA community. It's truly inspiring to discover the diverse initiatives underway within the movement, explore potential opportunities, and establish meaningful connections with fellow members. I recently applied for a job that was posted in the job-postings channel, and to my delight, I secured the position! I suspect this fantastic opportunity was initially shared on the FAST List. However, since I am no longer subscribed to that listserv, I wouldn't have been aware of it otherwise.

I find the IAA Slack super useful to stay engaged with the community - it lowers the bar for reaching out to other advocates significantly and the curated channels help me to stay up-to-date on niche topics

The IAA Slack space has been a valuable resource for my work at Animal Advocacy Africa. It is generally helpful to stay up-to-date on new developments within the movement and connect with others, especially since I work 100% remotely. More specifically, our team was able to find a highly skilled and committed volunteer via the Slack space. She has taken the lead on analyzing a dataset and writing a blog post on her findings, an important publication for our organization. The collaboration was very productive and we might collaborate again in the future. We probably would not have found this connection without the Slack space.

I was heartened by the number of people in the IAA Slack community who reached out to me in response to a request I made for mentorship with internal impact evaluation for Animal Charity Evaluators. I received judgement-free support and enthusiasm. It made me feel lucky to work alongside such a generous-spirited community of folks. It's not easy to admit our growth areas and ask for what we need, and my request was met with a sincere willingness to help. As a result of reaching out to folks in the IAA Slack channel, I now have an accountability buddy/co-learner, and several experts who have offered varying degrees of mentorship, coaching, and support. This also all happened within the space of about a week and a half, so using the IAA Slack channel has been an efficient way to get the support I was seeking.