Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan sit down with Penimah (Penny) Tehilah, Executive Director of the Animal Activism Collective (AAC), and Suzie Stork, Executive Director of the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (CAFT), for a deep dive into the strategy, structure, and surprising effectiveness of grassroots animal rights campaigning — and why winnable, targeted pressure campaigns are one of the most powerful tools activists have right now.
Penimah (Penny) Tehilah is the Executive Director of the Animal Activism Collective (AAC), an animal rights organization she co-founded in 2020 focused on grassroots mobilization and activist training. Since getting involved in animal rights in 2018, she has helped bring hundreds of new activists into the movement through AAC’s mentorship program, supported the launch of dozens of local grassroots groups across the U.S., and contributed to major wins including over 100 restaurants adopting foie gras-free policies and numerous luxury fashion brands going fur-free.
Suzie Stork is the Executive Director of the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (CAFT), one of the most successful anti-fur organizations in the world, with a decentralized grassroots network spanning more than 50 cities internationally. Under her leadership, CAFT has secured landmark fur-free victories with Vogue, New York Fashion Week, and dozens of luxury brands — while building a scalable organizing model aimed at ending the fur industry entirely and serving as a blueprint for dismantling future industries that exploit animals.
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