Animal Advocacy UW–Madison
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Animal Advocacy UW–Madison-
Jiarui Wang Student of University of Wisconsin-Madison
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United States
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Rising Star
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Overview
Given the incomprehensible scale of the animal suffering in today's world, our organization's goal is to help the broader public identify the best ways of helping animals by educating about the suffering of animals, highlighting effective animal charities, and connecting students with professionals in the animal advocacy space. Our organization's primary programming is the Animal Ethics Fellowship in which members are split into groups and an expert facilitator guides them through a curriculum over the course of 5–8 weeks. The curriculum covers topics such as moral circle expansion, carnism, anti-speciesism as a social justice issue, the pros and cons of ethical consumerism, insect suffering, and wild animal suffering. It is not necessary to be an "animal lover" to be a part of our group. We believe that the moral arguments for ending oppression and suffering, wherever they occur, are not arbitrarily restricted to members of our own species, and you do not have to be someone who enjoys the company of animals or someone who is fascinated by animals to accept these positions.