About this project!
Too
often, we fail to recognize how forms of violence and oppression are connected.
If we’re able to see and understand these connections, we can better leverage
our collective efforts to bring about positive transformative change. We’ve put together a book
of essays from leading activists who work to end different forms of violence to
help lead us to that path. The book, edited by Will Tuttle, is called Circles of Compassion: Connecting
Issues of Justice. This
could be the push that we need to break out of our confining silos, to build bridges
between movements, and to make the choices that will lead to a peaceful and
just world for all.
We have 28 leading visionary vegan authors who have contributed insightful and inspiring essays to the volume, all on the theme of illuminating the connections between injustice to animals and the various forms of social and ecological injustice, and the keys to creating a world of peace, compassion, and freedom by addressing the hidden roots of our dilemmas.
Below
is the list of contributors and chapter titles.
Foreword
by Carol J. Adams
David
Cantor – Beyond
Humanism, Toward a New Animalism
Angel Flinn – No Innocent Bystanders
Katrina
Fox – Why
Compassion is Essential to Social Justice
Beatrice
Friedlander – A
Woman, A Cat, and a Realization
Lori
Girshick – Interconnected
Injustices and the Struggle for Universal Liberation
Rachel
Griffin – Social
Responsibility, Reflexivity, and Chasing Rainbows
Robert
Grillo – Eating
Animals and the Illusion of Personal Choice
Melanie
Joy – Carnism:
Why Eating Animals is a Social Justice Issue
Lisa
Kemmerer – Sustenance,
Sincerity, and Social Justice
Rita
Laws – Mother
Corn, Father Pumpkin, Sister Bean
Keith
McHenry – Until
Every Belly is Full
Christopher-Sebastian McJetters – Slavery. It's Still a Thing
Dawn
Moncrief – Hunger,
Meat, and the Banality of Evil
David Nibert – Animal Rights Equal Human Rights: Domesecration and Engangled Oppression
Anthony Nocella - Building an Animal Advocacy Movement for Racial and Disability Justice
Richard
Oppenlander – Our
Lifeline Revealed Through the Eye of Justice
Lauren
Ornelas – A
Hunger for Justice
Colleen
Patrick-Goudreau – Veganism:
A Path to Nonviolence
Sailesh
Rao – Climate
Change and Injustice Everywhere
Anteneh
Roba – The Inescapable Net of Mutuality
Marla Rose – The Universal Female: Invisible Threads that Stitch Us Together
Ruby
Roth – Harming
Children to Protect Them
Richard
Schwartz – Connecting
the Dots on Dietary Choices
Kim Sheridan - Looking Behind the Curtain to the Hidden Side of Justice Issues
Jasmin
Singer – The
Gay Animal: A Personal Exploration of Interconnectedness
Gary
Smith – Animal
Rights as a Social Justice Issue
Jo
Stepaniak – Confronting
the Saboteur Within: Advancing a Consciousness of Compassion
Will
Tuttle – Our
Cultural Crisis and the Vegan Solution
Zoe Weil – The MOGO Principle for
a Peaceful, Sustainable, and Humane World
Where does my money go?
To complete the project, we have a goal of $18,000.
Your support will go directly to completing, printing, distributing, and
marketing this book. The more contributions we receive, the more books we can
print and the more we can devote to marketing, public relations, and speaking
engagements for the authors, which maximizes our impact and gets our message
out there. We're donating 50% of all proceeds raised from this book printing to
the Food Empowerment Project, an organization
that seeks to create a more just and sustainable world by recognizing the power
of one’s food choices.
For your support, you'll receive a gift ranging from the eBook to a weekend retreat at Will and Madeleine
Tuttle's vegan bed and breakfast! You'll also receive our gratitude and
personal thanks for making this project a reality.
What else can I do to help?
Any donations are valued and are critical to the success of this book, but we don't just need money! Sharing, posting, and talking about this campaign with your family, friends, and anyone you know will help this project reach its goal.
When will I get the book?
Books will be delivered about three months after the campaign!