Bruce Friedrich
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Farm Sanctuary
Farm Sanctuary is an American animal protection organization, founded in 1986 as an advocate for farm animals. It promotes laws and policies that support animal welfare, animal protection and vegetarianism/veganism through rescue, education and advocacy...
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Friedrich serves on the governing board of the Catholic Vegetarian Society, the advisory board of the Christian Vegetarian Association
Christian Vegetarian Association
The Christian Vegetarian Association is an international, non-denominational Christian ministry that promotes responsible stewardship of God's creation through plant-based eating...
, and is a founding member of the Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians. He has appeared on NBC's Today Show, CNN
CNN
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, Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel
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, MSNBC
MSNBC
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, and Court TV
Court TV
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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 SimonPaul Simon (politician)
Paul Martin Simon was an American politician from Illinois. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985 and United States Senate from 1985 to 1997. He was a member of the Democratic Party...
(D-Ill.) during his first year of college.
He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Iowa's Grinnell College
Grinnell College
Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, U.S. known for its strong tradition of social activism. It was founded in 1846, when a group of pioneer New England Congregationalists established the Trustees of Iowa College....
with majors in English and economics and a minor in religious studies. Before joining People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA
Peta
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) in 1996, he spent six years working in a shelter for homeless families and a soup kitchen in Washington, D.C.
He is vegan
Veganism
Veganism is the practice of eliminating the use of animal products. Ethical vegans reject the commodity status of animals and the use of animal products for any purpose, while dietary vegans or strict vegetarians eliminate them from their diet only...
and lives in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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, with his wife, Dr. Alka Chandna. For two years, Friedrich was a teacher at the Baltimore Freedom Academy
Baltimore Freedom Academy
Baltimore Freedom Academy is a Baltimore City "innovation" charter high school located in the city's Upper Fells Point neighborhood...
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Friedrich had a dispute with the Baltimore City Police Department when he was ordered to leave the Inner Harbor
Inner Harbor
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after handing out leaflets promoting vegetarianism.
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 CandidateAmerican Candidate
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As Director of Vegan Campaigns, Friedrich was responsible for producing Meet Your Meat, a video about factory farming narrated by Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin
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Friedrich is a frequent lecturer and debater on college campuses, including Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Cornell University, The University of Chicago, and dozens of other colleges and universities across the country.
Friedrich considers his work for animal right's to be God's work.
Writing
- Contributor to Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?: Reflections on the Liberation of Animals, Lantern BooksLantern BooksLantern Books is an American book publisher since 1998, first located in Union Square , and now with offices in Brooklyn. It "publishes books for all wanting to live with greater spiritual depth and commitment to the preservation of the natural world." The subject areas that Lantern Books covers...
2004, ISBN 1-59056-054-X - Introduction to 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 ActivismStriking at the RootsStriking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism is a non-fiction book by Mark Hawthorne that examines a number of strategies for animal activism in countries such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States...
(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 NewkirkIngrid NewkirkIngrid Newkirk is a British-born animal rights activist and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals , the world's largest animal rights organization...
, Lantern BooksLantern BooksLantern Books is an American book publisher since 1998, first located in Union Square , and now with offices in Brooklyn. It "publishes books for all wanting to live with greater spiritual depth and commitment to the preservation of the natural world." The subject areas that Lantern Books covers...
, 2009. ISBN 978-1-59056-120-1 - Friedrich is a frequent contributor to The Huffington PostThe Huffington PostThe Huffington Post is an American news website and content-aggregating blog founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, featuring liberal minded columnists and various news sources. The site offers coverage of politics, theology, media, business, entertainment, living, style,...
and Alan.com.