This will be a Facebook Live event to be held on the Vegan Publishers' page.

Dr. Casey Taft and Tobias Leenaert discuss their different approaches to animal advocacy strategy. Taft will present a perspective as a clinical psychologist who promotes a clear vegan end goal. Leenaert will present a perspective he describes as more pragmatic that includes encouraging others to reduce animal consumption. The two will compare and contrast their different approaches.

Dr. Casey Taft is co-owner of Vegan Publishers and Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine. He’s an internationally recognized psychologist and clinical researcher in the area of family relationships and abuse prevention, winning prestigious awards for his work from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has published over 100 journal articles, book chapters, and scientific reports. He has recently authored “Millennial Vegan,” “Motivational Methods for Animal Advocacy,” and “Trauma-Informed Treatment and Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence.”

Tobias Leenaert is the author of "How to Create a Vegan World: a Pragmatic Approach" and blogs at www.veganstrategist.org. He is a longtime speaker and strategist, and together with Melanie Joy, gives vegan advocacy trainings all over the world for the Center for Effective Vegan Advocacy (CEVA). He is also co-founder of ProVeg, an international pro-vegan organization with the mission to reduce the global consumption of animals by 50% by the year 2040. Before this, Tobias was director of the Belgian organization EVA for ten years. EVA is the only organization in the world that receives structural government funding. Tobias has been elected as fellow of Ashoka, an international organization that supports high impact social entrepreneurs.
He lives in Ghent, Belgium, with his partner, two dogs, and at least six cats.