December Retreat Reflection: The Moral Roots of Psychological Safety

One of the most pressing issues impacting our country today, is divisibility, especially as a result of the conversation of...

#5: How Change Can Stick

1: “There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or authority, but those who lead...

#3: Exploring Different Issues

The current state of mind: stuck. There are so many important issues, in my view, to focus on. I’ve read...

#3 The Price of Spilt Milk

This weekend I attended a conference at Shelburne Farms, in which we discussed the humanization of school systems. We had...

#2: Changing my Perspetive

For around half a year now, I have been interested in animal cruelty. I started to become more aware of...

#2 When the Red Paints Peels

In studying some of the most influential leaders from across the world, an important commonality appears in the depth of...

Organizations: Animal Rights Advocacy: Mercy for Animals: alicec@mercyforanimals.org PETA: peta2@peta.org American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA): lobby@aspca.org Humane Society...

Interview Questions for Dairy Farmers, and Veal Producers

For Interviews With Dairy Farmers: Interview Goal: Through out interviews with Dairy Farmers, I am hoping to determine the role...

Interview Questions for Animal Advocates and Dairy Producers

For Interviews With Animal Rights Advocates: Interview Goal: We are hoping to have footage of an animal rights advocate explain...

December Retreat: The Veal Deal

Each teams progression was evident in the faces of the “What’s the Story” students on a snowy Saturday morning, ranging...

Week 2: Conventions With Intentions

In the past week, we discussed the various different people that have relationships to the dairy and veal industries. Part...

#8: I Have Some Questions To Ask You

A week or so ago I met with Lina and Bob and we made a plan for the next few...

Nov Retreat: The Beginning of the End (Of Animal Cruelty)

The nervousness lay thick in the air Saturday morning, as Mr. O’Leary stood at the foot of the room, discussing...

NOV. Retreat: Put It On The Back Burner

Yesterday we all walked into the What’s the Story? retreat worried about how this would play out. Most of us...

#7 Behind the Color Red

7 years ago, in 2009, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture suspended the operations of...

#6 The Breakdown

#4 The Five Freedoms

Shimon Peres, the former President of Israel, famously stated that “you are only as great as the cause you serve.” Peres’s...

What's the Story? – The Young Filmmakers' Social Action Team

animal cruelty