Jesse Marks on becoming a major grant maker, The Navigation Fund and corporate campaigning
Description
Jesse Marks is the newly appointed Farm Animal Welfare Program Officer for The Navigation Fund, a new major funder in the anti-factory farming space.
We spoke with him about his experience becoming a grant-maker, interpersonal dynamics in funding, new areas he is excited about, how the movement can improve corporate campaigning and much more.
- www.navigation.org
- Navigation Fund Farm Animal Welfare Strategy
- Good Strategy Bad Strategy
- This is an uprising
- How to survive a plague
- www.digital-advocacy.com
- Beautiful Trouble’s “toolbox”
- Link Paul Engler talk at Animal Liberation Conference / DxE
- Rules for Radicals
- James blog on winning
00:00:00 :00 | Intro
00:05:37 :16 | First shrimp welfare campaign ever?
00:08:48 :21 | Transition to a grantmaker role
00:15:58 :10 | New insights on applying for funding
00:26:40 :20 | Priorities in TNF funding and why
00:35:59 :13 | Youth organizing
00:48:30 :21 | How to reach out to TNF for funding
00:50:23 :21 | Where the movement can improve in corporate campaigns
00:55:06 :08 | The importance of focus in programs
01:07:07 :10 | Closing questions
With thanks to Tom Felbar (Ambedo Media) for amazing video and audio editing!
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