Vegan Communication: How to either Damage or Empower the Vegan Movement - Melanie Joy [IARC2018]

The way vegans communicate with each other can either damage or empower the vegan movement. In this talk, psychologist, activist, and communication and relationship specialist Dr. Melanie Joy discusses how one kind of vegan communication is causing serious problems in the movement and costing animals' lives – and what vegans can do to fix it. --- Who is Dr. Melanie Joy? Dr. Melanie Joy is a Harvard-educated psychologist, international speaker, organizational consultant, trainer, and relationship coach. She is the author of the award-winning book "Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism", as well as "Strategic Action for Animals" and the award-winning book "Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters". Dr. Joy has developed and implemented vegan advocacy trainings for more than a decade, and she specializes in effective communication, organizational leadership, the psychology of social change, interpersonal relationships, and preventing and treating burnout. She has trained vegan advocates and given her acclaimed carnism presentation on six continents and her work has been featured in major media outlets around the world. Dr. Joy is the eighth recipient of the Ahimsa Award – previously given to the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela – for her work on global nonviolence, as well as the Empty Cages Prize – previously given to Tom Regan – for her contribution to furthering the cause of animal rights, and the Peter Singer Prize for strategies to reduce the suffering of animals, and the video of her recent TEDx talk on carnism (   • Toward Rational, Authentic Food Choices | ...  ) is in the top 1% of the most-viewed TEDx talks of all time. Dr. Joy is also the founding president of the charitable organization, Beyond Carnism (http://www.carnism.org/), a co-founder of ProVeg International, and the co-director of the Center for Effective Vegan Advocacy (CEVA): http://www.veganadvocacy.org/ ----- To get informed when further inspiring talks about veganism and animal rights are edited and online, please subscribe to this channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/VeganKana... Come and visit the next animal rights conference in Luxembourg: https://ar-conference.org/ Subscribe to The International Animal Rights Conference Facebook Page:   / arconf