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BRIEFINGS — NOT ESSAYS

Vegans, We Have Your Back.

What we do:

We empower people to engage others in conversations about veganism and animal ethics with confidence. After those conversations, you can send your friends here for validation, reliable citations, further exploration, and deeper insights.

We serve as a trusted resource for the veg-curious, everyday vegans, and activists—offering the evidence and information needed to strengthen arguments and inspire further exploration.

How we do it:

We provide a knowledge base of consistently structured briefings that answer objections, dive into related topics, and offer guidance and resources for effective advocacy. For those doing outreach, selected briefings may also include videos, slides, flashcards, and infographics.

Our Briefings…

In General…

Our briefings are written for a general audience but in a manner useful for advocacy. They are consistently structured and to the point.

Some provide additional content for advocacy and outreach.

The Plan

By providing briefings on a wide range of topics, this site will be a comprehensive resource for the veg-curious and vegans alike.

We’ve only just begun.

Learn about our three-year plan.

BRIEFINGS — NOT ESSAYS

Structured Briefings on Animal Ethics and Veganism

Our briefings are written for a general audience but constructed in a manner useful for advocacy. They are consistently structured, succinct, and to the point.

Selected briefings will provide additional content and media for advocacy and outreach.

Our plan to produce briefings on a wide range of topics will make this site a comprehensive resource for veg-curious visitors and the vegan community.

We’ve only just begun.

Learn about our three-year plan.

What Makes Us Unique

A Knowledge Base

Our topics are organized in a hierarchy, allowing you to quickly find the information you need. Top-level sections include:

Core Briefings
Objections
Ethics and Philosophy
Animals and Exploitation
Environment
Human Health
Advocacy

Structured Briefings

Our briefings use consistent top-level headings with concise bullet points for easy reading. Headings include:

Context
Key Points
Counterclaims
Supplementary Info
Further Study
Advocacy Resources
Footnotes

Advocacy Resources

Selected briefings will also contain tools to help with advocacy. These include:

Social Media Sharing Image
Memes and Infographics
Flash Cards
Companion Videos
Presentation Slides
Advocacy Notes

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Visitor Personas

The Veg-Curious

The veg-curious are intrigued by the arguments supporting veganism but are wary of misinformation.

They want a trustworthy, non-judgmental website that offers concise, logical, evidence-based information.

The Everyday Vegan

Everyday vegans sometimes find themselves confronting false information, answering specific objections, or defending their dietary choices.

They want a reliable website they can both use and send others to—a site that educates and provides credible sources.

The Advocate

Advocates have a passion for speaking out about the consequences of animal exploitation and are eager to improve.

They appreciate outreach tips, visuals to amplify their message, flash cards to help remember key points, and slides to craft the perfect presentation.

Our Mission and Vision

Mission

To educate others on the devastating and far-reaching consequences of animal exploitation by providing and publicizing well-organized, consistently structured information, as well as guidance for taking action.

Vision

A world where informed choices lead to a more just and compassionate world, benefiting both human and non-human animals, and fostering environmental sustainability and healthier lifestyles.

Fact Checking

We use paid, independent, credentialed, non-vegan fact-checkers to ensure a high standard of accuracy and credibility. Published briefings are currently being fact-checked. In the future, we will require fact-checking prior to publication.

GREG FULLER

A Word from Our Founder

“I have spent years traveling across the United States, volunteering at outreach events, working festivals, doing tabling, and giving talks.

“During that time, I have had literally hundreds of conversations on veganism and animal rights, answering objections and covering various topics.

“It was from these direct experiences that I envisioned the concept for this site. This is the site I wanted then, and from conversations with other activists over the years, I know that the need for this resource is real.”

Since I started developing this platform, it has been refined and tweaked many times based on feedback from my advisors. Thanks to everyone who contributed.

Frequently Asked Questions

Non-violence
- We are non-violent in word, action, and thought.
Anti-oppression
- Although we focus on animal rights, we’re against all forms of oppression—not just speciesism.
- We recognize that the foundations of oppression are the same regardless of who is being oppressed.
Creativity
- Passion and effectiveness—together—create change. Every effective idea is welcome.
Education
- Those who don’t know can’t do better. Let’s inform.
Factual accuracy
- The truth needs no embellishment.
Togetherness
- Our strength is our connectedness, numbers, and teamwork.
Respect for non-vegans
- Respect for animals doesn’t mean disrespect for humans.
Integrity
- We strive for honesty, ethical behavior, and accountability.

While we do consider ourselves an animal rights organization, we also care about the detrimental impacts of animal exploitation on humanity and the environment.

These causes are complementary, and here is how they relate:

There are multiple doors to veganism. One is the environmental devastation caused by animal agriculture; another is plant-based vegan diets’ ability to lower the risk of chronic disease. Once someone goes through either or both of these doors, they are often more receptive to the ethics of veganism.
Animal agriculture and those who benefit from it often promote disinformation on these topics. This disinformation keeps well-intended people from considering veganism. We need to counter that.

That said, we believe veganism is grounded in ethics, and that ethics provide the strongest argument.

Also, many vegans, perhaps the majority, are also environmentalists and health-conscious.

By promoting veganism, we help not only non-human animals but also humans and the environment that sustains us all.

At vBriefings, we favor the rights-based approach to animal ethics, but we also recognize that other ethical frameworks, if followed to their logical conclusion, could also lead to supporting the ending of all animal exploitation.

Also, note that the term animal rights is often used to describe a general concern for animals rather than rights-based ethics.

We primarily focus on ethics and therefore have no need to claim a vegan diet is the only way to be healthy. We do see a need to counter misinformation and disinformation that might compel some to reject veganism. And we certainly don’t want to spread falsehoods ourselves.

There is a scientific consensus that plant-based diets lower the risk of chronic disease and have other health benefits. (See our briefings on this.)

But that’s not to say veganism can cure all. We are cautious about who we quote, and we guard against hyperbole, cherry-picking, and unfounded claims.

For our website to be most effective, it needs to offer briefings on a wide range of topics. We have identified over 100 topics to cover first.

Each briefing involves not only research but also writing, editing, and for some briefings, the creation of videos, flash cards, slides, memes, and infographics. That takes time.

Content is being migrated from justiceforanimals.org to vBriefings and rewritten to meet current standards.

Once all the content is migrated, visitors to justiceforanimals.org will be redirected to vbriefings.org.

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Each briefing is a production in itself, which can involve not just research, writing, and editing, but also the creation of videos, flash cards, slides, memes, and infographics.

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Your donation will help us fulfill our mission of providing clear, concise, and evidence-based briefings on a wide range of topics related to veganism and animal ethics, as well as accompanying videos, infographics, slides, and flash cards.

Note: vBriefings, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. EIN: 99-0669204.

Note: The name Givebutter is a takeoff on Give Better. They have no affiliation with the dairy industry.

Please contact us if you see a problem or have a suggestion. Your comments will be carefully considered.

We can be reached at:
team @ vbriefings.org