Role Footballer Nationality American Height 1.78 m | Spouse(s) Anne-Marie Green Current team Wealdstone F.C. Name Matt Ball | |
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Notable work The Animal Activist's Handbook (with Bruce Friedrich) (2009) | ||
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Matthew Michael Ball (born January 2, 1968) is an American animal activist. He is co-founder and President of One Step for Animals, and former Director of Engagement and Outreach at Farm Sanctuary, having previously been Senior Advisor for VegFund. In 1993, Ball co-founded Vegan Outreach. Ball served as the group’s Executive Director for 21 years. Ball is credited with helping shift the animal rights' movement to more utilitarian focus, including a focus on chickens. He is the co-author, with Bruce Friedrich, of The Animal Activist's Handbook (2009). He was inducted into the Animal Rights Hall of Fame in 2005.
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Biography
Ball was born in Toledo, Ohio. His parents are Cornelius Francis Ball and Judith Anderson Ball, both of Toledo. Cornelius Ball is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. Before founding Vegan Outreach, Matt Ball obtained an M.S. in Forest Ecology at the University of Illinois, and an M.S. in Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, during which time he was a Department of Energy Global Change Fellow. He also held a research fellowship in the Department of Biology at the University of Pittsburgh.
Matt Ball married Anne Green on February 20, 1993 in Urbana, Illinois; their daughter Ellen Katya Green was born on July 16, 1994, in Pennsylvania and was raised as a vegan. Matt and Anne live in Tucson, Arizona. Anne is also vegan and used to work for Vegan Outreach.
Ball says: "[W]e must focus on getting people to consider their first step toward compassion, rather than arguing for our current philosophy or diet. Most non-vegetarians tune out when told to go vegan but may consider starting to make changes like adopting Meatless Mondays or eating fewer chickens."
Interviews
Don’t argue. Offer information, and be honest and humble. Read How to Win Friends and Influence People
別和他爭論。提供資訊﹐並且要誠實和謙卑。讀讀<怎樣交朋友和影響別人>這 本書. Written in traditional Chinese characters.
别和他争论。提供资讯，并且要诚实和谦卑。读读<怎样交朋友和影响别 人>这本书. Written in simplified Chinese characters.
In general, people ... don’t want to be miserable. They want to be happy. Only those who seek solace (and/or identity) in rage will react well to arrogance and loathing; we can’t limit [our outreach] only to the conceited.
'Rights,' 'veganism,' and other human constructs are irrelevant -- all that matters is reducing as much suffering as possible.
'Los derechos', 'el veganismo' y otras construcciones humanas son irrelevantes, todo lo que importa es reducir la mayor cantidad de sufrimiento posible.
I'll take medicines that have been tested on animals, I'll drink tap water filtered with bone char, I'll eat a veggie burger cooked in a non-vegan restaurant, etc. -- all things that some vegans consider to be 'non-vegan.'
So the point isn't to show how into veganism I am, how much I know, how easy it is for me, or even, necessarily, what it will be like for them in X months. Rather, our goal should be to engage the person from where they are at the moment.
Suffering is the bottom line, and reducing suffering as much as possible must be the singular goal. To choose the best tactic for reducing suffering as much as possible, all other considerations need to be set aside.
Even though many vegans are quick to embrace and promote any and all claims that sound vaguely anti-meat, concerns for health have led to billions and billions of chickens suffering immensely