Why we must care about all issues

What does veganism, antiracism, and all other social causes have in common?

25 years ago, a fishing trip with my father taught me all too vividly that a lot of the things we eat entail a great deal of suffering and death for fellow beings. After that, I never ate meat again.

For the next two and a half decades, I stuck to my vegetables while building a career in migration and inclusion. Yet, the deeper I worked on issues like racism and discrimination, the clearer it became how interconnected everything truly is.

If we aim to create meaningful social change, it must happen on every front. Focusing solely on our favourite cause might yield significant progress within our own area, but does it outweigh the harm we do within all the causes we neglect?

That brings us back to the initial question: What social causes have in common is that they are all essential parts of the solution, but none are enough in themselves.

This was the message I delivered at the International Animal Rights Conference in Luxembourg this weekend, 25 years after that defining fishing trip.

🎬 See the video here: https://lnkd.in/djUQ_q99