Empowerment Through Participation

Produces and distributes print-ready outreach materials such as flyers and business cards to raise awareness about factory farming and support recruitment into the animal advocacy movement.

Enables connections among individuals who care about animals through monthly virtual meetups, online gatherings, and regional team meetings, fostering friendship, mentorship, collaboration, and campaign coordination. Includes events for vegans, volunteers, and regional advocates such as those in the Bay Area.

Organizes an annual national conference that brings together volunteers, advocates, and animal welfare organizations to improve animal and human lives. The conference includes education and training on animal issues and citizen advocacy methods such as lobbying and community engagement.

Hosts public speaking events to help vegans develop communication skills and support animal advocacy, as well as monthly online meditation sessions focused on veganism, compassion, and mindfulness, featuring silent meditation and group sharing.

Operates a free online platform, mobile app, and weekly newsletter to connect individuals with pro-animal events, groups, resources, and advocacy opportunities, including local, virtual, and large-scale events. The platform includes a searchable directory of animal advocacy organizations and curated event listings.

Organizes virtual events aimed at urging companies to fulfill cage-free egg commitments and end the caging of hens, engaging advocates in targeted corporate accountability efforts.

Hosts webinars on the legal and practical aspects of nonprofit board-executive director relationships, including trust-building, conflict navigation, and governance dynamics, to strengthen organizational effectiveness in the animal advocacy sector.

Provides training and education to advocates to support and enact animal protection policies and legislation at local, state, and federal levels, building capacity for effective citizen advocacy.

Produces research publications, including books and reports, on government reform, such as "The Death of Common Sense," "Saving Can-Do," "Not Accountable," and reports proposing new governance frameworks to empower public officials in infrastructure and decision-making modernization.

Engages in public education activities to promote awareness of the need for legal reform and advocates for structural changes in government operations, including calls for a National Infrastructure Board and a special commission to improve government functionality.

Founded Common Good, a nonpartisan organization focused on advocating for government reform and improving public sector decision-making through research, publications, and convenings.

Convenes virtual forums to discuss and promote reform in government operations, including topics such as remaking public service, reducing healthcare and school bureaucracy, and improving legal frameworks for pandemic recovery.

Partners with organizations such as Greenpeace and housing justice groups to co-develop and execute activist projects, often taking primary responsibility for implementation while centering community voices and issues.

Runs experimental activist projects over multi-year periods, building on two decades of experience to test and refine tactics for social change.

Leads targeted advocacy campaigns to pressure corporations—such as Stop & Shop and TotalEnergies—to change practices linked to deforestation, greenwashing, and fossil fuel expansion, often in collaboration with other activist groups.

Stages large-scale public illusions—both physical and digital—to provoke public questioning, shift narratives, and attract media coverage around pressing political and environmental issues, using humor and trickery as core tactics.

Provides intensive, semester-long, and short-term trainings at universities and with activist groups—including at CUNY, NYU, CalArts, and in Belfast—on creative tactics, campaign strategy, and media engagement to build grassroots capacity.

Creates and freely distributes activist methodologies, such as the Meddleverse framework, along with tools, stories, and campaign examples to enable independent use by other activists and organizations.