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Adam Sugalski, executive director of OneProtest

Duncan — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 17:38:19 +0000

Adam Sugalski—executive director of OneProtest, a Florida-based advocacy organization perhaps best known for its high-profile, successful effort to help halt the Florida bear hunt—recalls how he first stepped into the role of advocate when, as a professional artist, he was invited to a circus protest and realized the appearance of the signs and other materials […]

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Dr. Lisa Kemmerer, professor of philosophy and religions, editor of “Bear Necessities” anthology

Duncan — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 04:00:24 +0000

Dr. Lisa Kemmerer—a professor of philosophy and religions at Montana State University Billings, who has written and/or edited none books—discusses her unusual, stop-start path as an academic, including what drew her to Harvard Divinity School, where she earned her Masters degree. Kemmerer addresses her prolific writing career, and the conceptual (and actual) wanderlust that has driven […]

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Avalon Theisen, 14-year-old environmentalist, animal advocate and educator

Duncan — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 04:00:22 +0000

Avalon Theisen—the 14-year-old Tampa environmentalist, animal advocate, and founder of Conserve It Forward—describes what Conserve It Forward is and does, and what prompted her to launch it 2010 (at age nine). She explains how the organization has evolved, including adding an element that reflects her growing interest in “a plant-based lifestyle,” noting that she’s working […]

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Dr. Steven Tauber, author of “Navigating The Jungle: Law, Politics, and the Animal Advocacy Movement”

Duncan — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 04:00:41 +0000

Dr. Steven Tauber–Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Government & International Affairs at the University of South Florida, whose just-published book is “Navigating The Jungle: Law, Politics, and the Animal Advocacy Movement”—discusses how, because he experienced allergies and asthma as a child, he did not grow up with any animals. As an […]

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