Hive Slack

One message away from 3000+ animal advocates

The Hive Community was originally launched to fill a gap: the animal advocacy movement lacked a global, inclusive, and interactive space where contributors could easily share knowledge, find opportunities, and have in-depth discussions.

A community that lives in Slack

We chose to host on Slack, a popular digital workplace platform commonly used by businesses and organizations. Our goal is to create an atmosphere that promotes meaningful collaboration and coordination among advocates, as if we were all part of one strong, unified organization. We believe this can substantially bolster the effectiveness and growth of the movement.

Benefits of the platform Slack

Our members have found value in many of the features, including the ability to send direct messages, meet other advocates for one-on-one virtual coffee chats, create specialized channels, and integrate time-saving automations.

  • 3000+ Slack Members

  • 600+ average weekly active members

  • 30+ advocates meeting every 3 weeks for 1:1 chats

  • 15000 messages were sent on Slack in 2023 (excluding our own team messages)

  • 90+ public channels

Recent improvements

We’ve been building out the Slack infrastructure to continue to serve our community with decision-relevant information. To do this, we’ve created a serious of Slack feed bots:

  • Jobs bot: To help you find the latest opportunities in one place, this bot filters through 4 different job boards and automatically posts new listings each day in the Slack jobs channel.

  • Forums bot: To help you stay updated, our latest automation relays new animal advocacy-related FAST Forum and EA Forum posts to our news & updates channel. This posts every Sunday.

  • Events bot: To help you remain engaged, we’ve partnered with Connect for Animals to automate event postings. Each week, this bot will share virtual events in our online events channel, as well as regional events in select city hub channels.

From the Hive Community

  • Meet Cynthia

    Cynthia partnered with Hive to build a dedicated Slack channel with monthly meetings, expanding the reach of their research in the animal advocacy community.

    Cynthia Schuck, Research Director at Welfare Footprint Project

  • Meet Nicoll

    Nicoll found her co-founder, Blake Hannagan, after posting the job ad on Slack. They now host monthly office hours on Measurement, Evaluation, & Learning (MEL) and have a channel in the Hive Slack.

    Nicoll Peracha, Co-founder at The Mission Motor

Our channels and subcommunities

To view these channels, make sure you’re logged into the Hive Slack first! If you’re not yet a member, you can sign up to join.

Default channels

Non-default channels

With 90+ public channels, there are likely several communities that fit your skills, location, and interests!

Our channels are organized into 3 main categories, each starting with a letter to help organize your channel list:

  • (r- and rc-): 30+ Regional and city channels from around the globe!

  • (c-): Cause areas, such as aquatic animals, food systems, longtermism, sustainability, and more

  • (s-): Special interests that cater to specific careers and affinity groups

  • Other channels dedicated to co-working, conferences like Animal & Vegan Advocacy (AVA) Summit, and more.

View the full list in Slack.

Slack resources

  • Community Guidelines

    How and why we encourage productive engagement in the Slack space.

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  • Code of Conduct

    We are dedicated to providing a community that is a safe safe.

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  • Volunteer

    Contribute to the community as a moderator, channel lead, or generalist volunteer.

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Collaborate with us

Hive hosts many animal advocacy-related groups on our Slack, supporting them by offering private or public channels and providing a platform to share their work. If you are interested in collaborating with us, please reach out! Some examples might to host events together, migrate a group to the Hive Slack, or speak at a conference.