Kelvey Vander Hart on appealing to wide range of political and religious beliefs

Kelvey Vander Hart from the Wilberforce Institute joins us to share her approach to animal advocacy from a politically right-of-center view and how her Christian faith guides her activism.

• The importance of bipartisan approaches to engage the masses in animal advocacy
• Why animal welfare should be a cross-cutting issue that transcends political affiliation
• How political coalitions can be built around specific animal welfare issues rather than comprehensive platforms
• Reforming government subsidies that prop up factory farming and removing barriers to innovation
• The connection between Christian values of mercy, compassion, and justice and animal welfare
• Ways to engage faith communities in animal advocacy through shared values
• The pragmatic necessity of working with people across the political spectrum to achieve progress
• The story of William Wilberforce, who helped abolish the slave trade and founded the world's first animal welfare organisation

Next week is our 50th episode where we'll be interviewing five guests and reflecting on the last two years since the podcast launched. Watch out for this special celebratory episode on April 15th.

Resources:

• The Wilberforce Institute’s website 
• The Wilberforce Institute’s newsletter sign-up page
• The Wilberforce Institute’s X account 
• Kelvey Vander Hart’s website 
• Kelvey Vander Hart’s LinkedIn 
• The Saltwater Chronicles
• Media recommendations 
  • How to Be a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery
  • Blackfish 
  • Fear Factories by Matthew Scully 
• Some articles I’ve written related to bipartisan animal advocacy, limited government animal advocacy
  • “Cut Government, Save Animals: Here Are 3 Awful Agencies and Programs DOGE Can Eliminate Entirely”
  • “Big Government Won’t Protect Animals” 

With thanks to Tom Felbar (Ambedo Media) for amazing video and audio editing!

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