Roy Afflerbach, Jo-Anne Basile, Roland Halpern and Allie Taylor: A Better Future for Animals
Species Unite
elizabeth novogratz
5.0 • 911 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
"If a bill has been passed in another state, then you know who the opposition was, you know who the supporters were. And it really helps grease the skids for another state to get something through. It builds and then eventually you get a critical mass. And then hopefully at that point, Congress takes a look at it and passes something nationwide." – Roland Halpern
Last week, Allie Taylor was on the podcast. She runs New York Voters for Animal Rights. Allie and I spoke about how real change happens for animals in the US and that much of it happens at the local level.
The problem is that many people just don't know where to start or how to get involved so that they can actually affect said change. So, Allie and I agreed that it'd be a good idea to bring on some other people running organizations that are similar to hers from other states.
So that is what we did. This conversation is again with Allie Taylor from Voters for Animal Rights of New York, Roy Afflerbach of Pennsylvania, Roland Halpern from Colorado, and Jo-Anne Basile of Connecticut.
It's a conversation about how and where change happens.
LINKS:
New York: https://vfar.org/
Colorado: https://covotersforanimals.org/
Connecticut: https://www.ctvotesforanimals.org/
Pennsylvania: https://humane-pa.org/about-us/about/senator-roy-afflerbach-ret/
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| 0:00.0 | Species, unite, unite. Species. Hi, I'm Elizabeth Novigrats. |
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| 0:34.8 | on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to Podcasts. |
| 0:39.1 | It really helps people to find the show. |
| 0:52.0 | Last week I had Ali Feldman Taylor on the podcast. She runs New York voters for animal rights. I just |
| 0:56.1 | don't think most people really know where to start or how to get involved so that they can |
| 1:00.9 | actually affect real change. |
| 1:03.5 | But this is where real change happens at the local level. |
| 1:07.0 | So Ali and I were talking about this |
| 1:08.5 | and thought it might be a good idea |
| 1:09.9 | to bring some other people running other organizations similar to hers in other states. |
| 1:15.9 | So today's conversation is again with Ali Feldman Taylor from Voters for Animal Rights of New York. |
| 1:22.1 | Roy Aflobach of Pennsylvania, Roland Halpern from Colorado, |
| 1:27.0 | and Joanne Bessile of Connecticut. I'm Roy Offlerbach and in this particular issue I am engaged with a group called |
| 1:48.0 | Humane PA which is a political action committee. |
| 1:51.4 | My name is Ali Taylor, founder and president of Voters for Animal Rights in New York. |
| 1:55.8 | My name is Roland Halprin, and I'm the Executive Director for Colorado Voters for Animals. |
| 2:00.4 | We're out here in Colorado. |
| 2:02.1 | And our mission is basically to identify and help elect |
| 2:04.6 | animal-friendly lawmakers and then once they're in power to work with them to |
| 2:09.1 | pass sensible animal welfare protection laws and we focus on welfare rather than |
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