Bruce Friedrich
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.
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[edit] 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]
[edit] 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]
[edit] Writing
- Contributor to Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?: Reflections on the Liberation of Animals, Lantern Books 2004, ISBN 1-59056-054-X
- Introduction to E. G. Smith Collective (2004). Animal Ingredients A to Z: Third Edition. AK Press. ISBN 978-1902593814.
- Singer, Peter (2005). In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1405119412. Chapter 15, Effective Advocacy: Stealing from the Corporate Playbook p. 187
- Wrote the Foreword of the book Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism (2008) by Mark Hawthorne. ISBN 978-1846940910
- 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.
[edit] Multimedia
- Bill O'brien, Bruce Friedrich (1995). The Plutonium Circus (VHS tape). Amarillo, TX.
- Alec Baldwin (2003). Meet Your Meat (DVD). Directed by Bruce Friedrich
- Bruce Friedrich (2003). Vegetarianism in a Nutshell (audio file).
- Bruce Friedrich (2004). "American Candidate" (TV series).[10]
[edit] References
- ^ The Huffington Post. "Bruce Friedrich". http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-friedrich. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
- ^ a b Heffern, Rich. "Bruce Friedrich: Advent and factory farms". National Catholic Reporter. http://ncronline.org/blogs/eco-catholic/bruce-friedrich-advent-and-factory-farms. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ "Does God Support Factory Farms?". http://www.serv-online.org/Bruce-Friedrich.htm.
- ^ a b Hermann, Peter (27 May 2011). "Baltimore police tell teacher to stop leafleting at Inner Harbor". Baltimore Sun. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-inner-harbor-leaflets-20110526,0,2915796.story?page=1. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ 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
