Bruce Friedrich (born August 7, 1969) is Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives at Farm Sanctuary.[1]
Friedrich serves on the governing board of the Catholic Vegetarian Society, the advisory board of the Christian Vegetarian Association, and is a founding member of the Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians. He has appeared on NBC's Today Show, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and Court TV.
Personal life[]
He served as president of the Cleveland County Young Democrats during his last two years of high school and campaigned for the late Sen. Paul Simon (D-Ill.) during his first year of college.
He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Iowa's Grinnell College with majors in English and economics and a minor in religious studies. Before joining People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in 1996, he spent six years working in a shelter for homeless families and a soup kitchen in Washington, D.C.[2]
He is vegan and lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Dr. Alka Chandna.[3] For two years, Friedrich was a teacher at the Baltimore Freedom Academy.[4]
Friedrich had a dispute with the Baltimore City Police Department when he was ordered to leave the Inner Harbor after handing out leaflets promoting vegetarianism.[4]
Work with PETA[]
Friedrich wrote and made an audio recording of "Veganism in a Nutshell," a popular synopsis of the reasons some choose to go vegan. He appeared as a candidate on the 2004 Showtime reality series American Candidate.
As Director of Vegan Campaigns, Friedrich was responsible for producing Meet Your Meat, a video about factory farming narrated by Alec Baldwin.
Friedrich is a frequent lecturer and debater on college campuses, including Harvard University,[5] Yale University,[6] Princeton University,[7] Cornell University,[8] The University of Chicago,[9] and dozens of other colleges and universities across the country.
Friedrich considers his work for animal right's to be God's work.[2]
Writing[]
- Contributor to Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?: Reflections on the Liberation of Animals, Lantern Books 2004, ISBN 1-59056-054-X
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- Wrote the Foreword of the book Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism (2008) by Mark Hawthorne. ISBN 978-1-84694-091-0
- The Animal Activist's Handbook: Maximizing Our Positive Impact in Today's World, written with Matt Ball, and with a Foreword by Ingrid Newkirk, Lantern Books, 2009. ISBN 978-1-59056-120-1
- Friedrich is a frequent contributor to The Huffington Post and Alan.com.
Multimedia[]
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References[]
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- ↑ Alex Mclease, "PETA Debate: On Tolstoy and Bonsai Trees," The Harvard Crimson 15 September 2009
- ↑ Everett Rosenfeld, "PETA VP On Hand for Meaty Debate," Yale Daily News 4 April 2010
- ↑ Rachel Jackson, "Singer Wins Vegetarian Debate, 75-35," The Daily Princetonian 1 October 2010.
- ↑ Tajwar Mazhar, "Cornell Forensics Society Debates Meat With PETA," The Cornell Daily Sun 1 November 2010.
- ↑ The Chicago Debate Society, News, University of Chicago 2011.
- ↑ American Candidate TV Show
See also[]
- Bruce Friedrich's writing in the Huffington Post
- GoVeg.com - PETA's Vegetarian web site constructed under Friedrich's guidance
- YouTube Interviews with Bruce Friedrich
- Bruce Friedrich's posts at Alan.com, Alan Colmes' Web site
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