Humane Myth

10/31/2018

In this new video, Humane Myth co-founder and filmmaker James LaVeck explains how anger, grief, disillusionment, and doubt are inevitable rites of passage for those confronting injustice. If understood and addressed in a healthy manner, they open the door to breakthroughs in self-understanding that can revolutionize our work for change.

Award-winning social justice filmmaker James LaVeck explains how activists can transform anger (1:48), grief (12:40), disillusionment (22:27), and doubt (47:05) into powerful vehicles for personal growth and increased effectiveness.

03/03/2018

This news story is just the tip of the iceberg. Our new HumaneMyth essay, Domination Games, offers an in-depth analysis of how power abuse by leadership figures in the US animal movement is harming activists, driving talented people from the work, and fueling the meat industry’s toxic agenda. http://humanemyth.org/dominationgames.htm

The Humane Society of the United States is reeling from a s*xual harassment scandal involving the group's two most prominent leaders. The ABC7 News I-Team has interviewed several Northern California women who say they've been warning about problems at the non-profit for years.

02/19/2018

"It wasn't supposed to happen this way. Remember how excited many vegans were to see Wayne picked as CEO? 'Finally!' was the cry. 'We put a vegan in charge!' But what veganism exists that helps promote the use of animal bodies?" --Lee Hall

Official Post from Lee Hall: The investigation of s*xual harassment at the Humane Society of the United States is important.Without deflecting from it, here are some things a former animal charity VP wants to add to the conversation.The CEO of the Humane Society of the United States has just resigne...

02/16/2018

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DOMINATION GAMES
Coming to terms with a culture of power abuse in the institutional animal advocacy movement

For twenty years, we have witnessed a culture of power abuse grow within the institutional animal advocacy movement. Secrets, lies, and aggressive suppression of criticism have enabled personal damage and betrayal of public trust to continue.

Now, allegations have surfaced in the media of inappropriate s*xual conduct and power abuse by former CEO Wayne Pacelle and former Vice President Paul Shapiro of the Humane Society of the United States, along with former Executive Vice President Nick Cooney of Mercy for Animals. While none of this is a surprise to many veteran activists, it should signal the beginning of a long overdue course correction for our movement.

Sexual harassment, now widely understood to be more about domination than s*x, is but one of several ways that influential leadership figures, not all of them men, have compulsively preyed on those serving the cause. Does harming another in this way arise from a common mindset, regardless of the nature and identity of the victim? Could the same attitudes and addictions that compel some people to exploit and betray the trust of other human beings also make them more likely to exploit members of other species, or an entire cause devoted to their liberation?

The HumaneMyth team examines these questions and more, in our new essay, Domination Games: Coming to terms with a culture of power abuse in the institutional animal advocacy movement.

Learn more at
http://www.humanemyth.org/dominationgames.htm

02/16/2018

Confronting troubling issues within one's own family, or within one's movement, is messy, scary, and often costly. But sometimes, it is necessary...

Coming to terms with a culture of power abuse in the institutional animal advocacy movement.

11/01/2017

Happy - To celebrate, consider sharing the film that has helped so many people awaken to the plight of animals and decide to become joyful vegans. Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home is now available free online in 5 languages, no ads or interruptions. tribeofheart.org/peaceable

Award-winning, life changing film now FREE online in 8 languages: English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish! Watch it. Share it. Join the !

Watch full 78-minute film at http://www.tribeofheart.org/peaceable

05/14/2017

This Mother's Day, consider celebrating ALL mothers, of all species, by sharing this short clip from Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home, and by encouraging people to watch the entire film, now free online in 5 languages at tribeofheart.org/peaceable

The careful way a mama hen teaches and nurtures her chick will amaze and surprise you! This delightful scene from the award-winning documentary Peaceable Kingdom - The Journey Home is sure to delight animal lovers, and anyone interested in animal behavior.

04/02/2017

This new music video by Cate Evans demonstrates the true meaning of being a voice for the vulnerable. Paradoxically, when we take responsibility for bringing to light some of the ugliest things we humans do to others, we come into contact with what is most beautiful in our nature: the capacity to identify with those viewed and treated as nobodies, to publicly stand in solidarity with them, and to become their fierce and uncompromising advocates. This is what it takes to bring a terrible injustice to an end.

Cate Evens - Running Scared off her current album 'Wine for Disaster. This is one of the most important songs that we've ever written. It goes out to every a...

01/16/2017

In past eras, great injustices sparked profound acts of moral conviction, moral courage and moral imagination. We share this 2-minute video with you today in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the countless courageous citizen activists who made a meaningful contribution to the positive evolution of human society. We are forever in their debt.

What is Holistic Nonviolence? Watch this two-minute video introducing a new path for personal transformation and social evolution.

01/03/2017

The powerful, transformational stories of former farmers Harold Brown, Howard Lyman, Cheri Ezell & Jim Vandersluis offer compelling evidence that there is no such thing as "humane" meat, dairy or eggs. Please watch & share this inspiring film and help debunk the !

Full 78-min film at tribeofheart.org/peaceable in EN/ES/FR/DE/PT

Open your eyes... Trust your heart... Take the journey...
Award-winning, life changing film now FREE online in 6 languages!

Full 78-minute film: http://www.tribeofheart.org/peaceable
English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Czech