For Advocates in Asia, by Advocates in Asia.

This year’s Animal Advocacy Academy workshops will be held in 10 different Asian countries, each tailored to fit the current status of the country’s animal advocacy movement.

About Animal Advocacy Academy

  • Animal Advocacy Academy is a series of workshops for people to learn how to become an effective advocate for animals. Through attending Academy, participants can also connect with like-minded individuals, develop and share new ideas and projects.

    This year, we will be hosting Academy workshops in 10 different countries, each tailored to address issues and share skills and knowledge that are relevant in the country.

    Workshop topics include: speciesism, nonviolent and effective communication, sustainable advocacy, movement ecology, movement building, intersectional advocacy, strategy and fundraising, and more.

  • Everyone and anyone at any stages of your journey through veganism or animal justice advocacy. Don’t hesitate to attend even if you still don’t identify as an activist or advocate - this is the perfect opportunity for you to learn about it!

  • It’s a pay-what-you-can basis fee. Your donation will help us continue empowering and supporting advocates across Asia.

  • Unlike last year, there is no English Academy this year. Each country’s workshops will be in the local language or bilingual (English and local language), so you might not be able to get the most of it unless you understand the local language.

    If you’d like our Academy to be developed and hosted in your country / language, please send us a message at info@animalallianceaisa.org

2022 Academy Results

Testimonials From 2022

  • The academy has been such a wonderful experience. I learned so much from all of the speakers and the host. I really appreciate how everything was done very timely and the visual materials used were very helpful.

    English Academy

  • I liked the effective communication approach. it opened my eyes to better convey my message.

    English Academy, Workshop 1

  • It was very interactive and engaging. The host and speakers were very inviting as well.

    English Academy, Workshop 1

  • To utilise the knowledge from today, I'm planning to research on how to measure the effectiveness of my movement, and also think in different perspectives among the four political identities.

    English Academy, Workshop 2

  • I am grateful to have learned so so so much today about being compassionate towards people, viewing them as allies and not enemies.

    English Academy, Workshop 1

  • Seeing social movements being unpacked in a more concrete steps helps me a lot to understand a movement in more objective way and help me identity the current and next step of actions.

    English Academy, Workshop 3

  • This workshop made me become more humble about advocating for veganism. It's not a black and white issue because different groups come from different backgrounds with privilege gaps.

    English Academy, Workshop 4

  • I feel prepared to conquer my world through positive actions!!!! I feel empowered and insightful

    English Academy, Workshop 5

  • I liked learning how to strategize to move forward the vegan movement in our country.

    English Academy, Workshop 5

  • Networking time really inspired me!

    English Academy, Workshop 6

  • I'm excited to start the vegan projects in my country to further the vegan advocacy.

    English Academy, Workshop 6

  • Lots of insightful information was shared, effective communication is something I would definitely implement

    Urdu Academy, Workshop 1

  • The way it has broadened my understanding of many topics, I’ll pass on the same understanding to everyone else I converse with

    Urdu Academy, Workshop 3

  • The discussion very easy to understand and well crafted for even those who are new to the animal alliance movement. This kind of discourses are few and far in India. So being a part of this well researched and dedicated workshop was such a joy and a change.

    Hindi Academy, Workshop 1

  • The session was very engaging and the speakers were amazing. It really gave me so much insight and provided tools to enable us to undertake our journeys within the movement. This was an amazing session! Thanks for bringing it to us! More people in India need to know about this.

    Hindi Academy, Workshop 1

  • The exercise questions were a highlight and they really probed me to think more. I really liked the discussion on the theories of power and theories of change. It helped me to understand how much we can learn from the social justice movements.

    Hindi Academy, Workshop 2

  • There was a space given for a free expression without judgement which really helped us in putting our points across and discuss effectively.

    Hindi Academy, Workshop 3

  • 家族や友人、これから出会う方々にヴィーガンのことをどう伝えていくべきかとても勉強になりました。

    Japanese Academy, Workshop 1

  • 社会運動をエコロジーとしてとらえ、すべてのアプローチが連動し、価値があることを示してくれたことです。

    Japanese Academy, Workshop 2

  • 大きく視野を広げて色んな繋がりを作って変化を起こす事が重要と感じた！

    Japanese Academy, Workshop 2

  • 今の私達の活動がどのステージにあるか明確に気付けた！そしてこれから向かう先のステージを予想、想像しながらこれからの活動のやり方などプロセスを考えていかなければいけないと改めて感じた。

    Japanese Academy, Workshop 3

  • 自分自身にも周りにも優しく、誰でも運動にかかわれるようなヴィーガンになりたいと改めて思い、発信の仕方や言葉の使い方に気を配っていこうと思います。

    Japanese Academy, Workshop 4

  • 情報収集、分析、ゴールの設定など、段階を知ることがきたのが、自分だけではなかった発想なので興味深かったです。

    Japanese Academy, Workshop 5

  • 他の人のプロジェクトを聞き、自分には予想のつかないアプローチを聞くことができた。

    Japanese Academy, Workshop 6

Our Network Partners

We are grateful to be supported by Open Philanthropy and Mobius via The Pollination Project Foundation.