S3, Ep6: Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity in Veganism with Aryenish Birdie

<p><strong>This season of The ChickPeeps is brought to you by our friends at Vivo Life! Use our code 'chickpeeps10' to get 10% off your order at</strong> <a href="https://www.vivolife.co.uk/?rfsn=3316041.f04d74&amp;utm_source=Refersion&amp;utm_medium=Affiliates&amp;utm_campaign=3316041"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">vivolife.com</span></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode Evy and Tylor talk to</span> <strong>Aryenish Birdie</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, founder of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Encompass</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, about her work to</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">make the animal protection movement more racially diverse, equitable, and inclusive, and what each of us can do to reach and help more people with our activism.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While you're listening, please take a moment to check out the link to our sponsor. Not only are Vivo Life a great, vegan company, but their support also allows us to continue to produce The ChickPeeps for you! We love them and their products and we think you will too.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode…</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aryenish describes how she inherited her respect for animals from her parents, who bonded as teenagers while protecting stray dogs on the streets of Karachi, Pakistan.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">She remembers her first experience as an activist, campaigning with the help of her mother, against a draconian frog dissection project that was mandated by her school.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aryenish shares what she learned from her years at The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and what prompted her to found</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Encompass</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aryenish tells us about the issues caused by the lack of representation within veganism and the challenges present when promoting diversity within our movement.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">We talk about how animal rights is an ally-led movement and the need for diversity as our movement is only as strong as the voices of which it is composed.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aryenish shares tips on how each of us can promote inclusivity in our activism and create a better world for human and non-human animals.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Links: </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Visit their website at</span> <a href="https://encompassmovement.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Encompass Movement</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Follow their latest work on the Encompass Movement</span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/encompassMVMT/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EncompassMvmt/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Facebook</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/EncompassMvmt"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Twitter</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Sentient Media #EncompassEssays can be read</span> <a href="https://sentientmedia.org/category/encompass-essays/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">People of the global majority can join our Caucus</span> <a href="https://encompassmovement.org/caucus/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Follow Aryenish on</span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/a_vegan_birdie/?hl=en"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">or her self-care 'puttering'</span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/birdietheputteringqueen/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">account</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Resources Aryenish mentioned:</span></p> <p><a href="https://faunalytics.org/no-ones-paying-me-to-cry-burnout-and-animal-advocacy/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">No One's Paying Me To Cry: Burnout And Animal Advocacy</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Food Empowerment Project on</span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/foodempowermentproject/?hl=en"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Instagram</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Black Vegans Rock on</span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/black_vegans_rock/?hl=en"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chistopher Sebastian on</span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/the_christopher_sebastian/?hl=en"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Instagram</span></a></p> <p><strong>Get In Touch:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bonus Content:</span> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ChickPeepsPod"><span style="font-weight: 400;">ChickPeeps Patreon</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram:</span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chickpeepspod/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@ChickPeepsPod</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Facebook:</span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChickPeepsPodcast/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@ChickPeepsPodcast</span></a></p>