Matt Ball Explained

Matt Ball
Birth Place:Toledo, Ohio, US
Nationality:American
Education:University of Illinois (MS); Carnegie Mellon University (MS)
Known For:Co-founder and President of One Step for Animals
Notable Works:The Animal Activist's Handbook (2009)

Matthew Michael Ball (born 1968)[1] is an American animal activist. He is co-founder and President of One Step for Animals.[2]

Previously, he was Director of Engagement and Outreach at Farm Sanctuary,[3] and before that, Senior Advisor for VegFund.[4] In 1993, Ball co-founded Vegan Outreach.[5] Ball served as the group's Executive Director for 21 years. Ball is credited with helping shift the animal rights' movement to a more utilitarian focus,[6] particularly with a focus on chickens.[7] He is the co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook (2009),[8] author of The Accidental Activist (2014),[9] and author of Losing My Religions (2022).[10] He was inducted into the Animal Rights Hall of Fame in 2005.[11]

Biography

Ball was born in Toledo, Ohio.[1] His parents are Cornelius Francis Ball and Judith Anderson Ball, both of Toledo.[12] Before founding Vegan Outreach, Matt Ball obtained an M.S. in Forest Ecology at the University of Illinois, and an M.S. in Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, during which time he was a Department of Energy Global Change Fellow.[13] He also held a research fellowship in the Department of Biology at the University of Pittsburgh.[5]

Ball married Dr. Anne Green, a fellow advocate and co-founder of Vegan Outreach, on February 20, 1993 in Urbana, Illinois.[14] [15] Their child Elwen Katya Green was born on July 16, 1994, in Pennsylvania and was raised as a vegan.[16] [17] They live in Tucson, Arizona.

Ball says: "[W]e must focus on getting people to consider their first step toward compassion, rather than arguing for our current philosophy or diet. Most non-vegetarians tune out when told to go vegan but may consider starting to make changes like adopting Meatless Mondays or eating fewer chickens."[18]

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References

  1. Web site: Ball Family - Matthew Michael Ball. live. https://archive.today/20140306020704/http://familyrecord.us/fr/ball/ball_matthew_michael/matthew.htm. 2014-03-06. 2014-03-06. Family Record. Martin Ball › Virgil George Ball › Cornelius Francis Ball › Matthew Michael Ball.
  2. Web site: One Step's Team. One Step for Animals.
  3. Web site: Every Day is Animal Advocacy Day for Matt Ball - Farm Sanctuary – Compassionate Communities. ccc.farmsanctuary.org.
  4. Web site: Official Announcement . A Meaningful Life, A Better World . 2014-09-25 . 2015-01-21 . We are very excited to announce that Matt Ball is joining the VegFund team!.
  5. Web site: Matt Ball . . . https://archive.today/20130127132112/http://www.lanternbooks.com/author.html?au=2292 . 2013-01-27 . live . 2014-02-19 .
  6. Web site: How the vegan movement broke out of its echo chamber and finally started disrupting things. Chase. Purdy. 13 November 2016 .
  7. Save the Chicken. Daniel. Engber. 18 August 2016. Slate.
  8. Book: Ball . Matt . Matt Ball . Friedrich . Bruce . Bruce Friedrich . 2009-04-06 . Biographies . The Animal Activist's Handbook: Maximizing Our Positive Impact in Today's World . . 978-1590561201 . registration .
  9. Web site: The Accidental Activist. The Accidental Activist.
  10. Web site: Losing My Religions. Losing My Religions.
  11. Web site: U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame . Animal Rights National Conference . . https://archive.today/20130703201839/http://arconference.org/hall-of-fame.htm . 2013-07-03 . 2014-03-17 .
  12. Web site: Ball Family - Cornelius Francis Ball . Family Record . 2014-03-06 .
  13. Web site: Matt Ball, The Accidental Activist. 5 August 2014.
  14. Web site: On Being Vegan . Frank . French . 2002-04-08 . Enewsletter . . https://archive.today/20140110103453/http://www.veganoutreach.org/enewsletter/20020408.html . 2014-01-10 . live . 2014-02-19 . Anne and Matt were married in February, 1993, and when Anne became pregnant in the fall of that year, they agreed their child would be raised as a vegan. .
  15. Book: 2005-08-26 . Notes on contributors . Singer . Peter . Peter Singer . In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave . . 978-1405119412.
  16. Web site: Ball Family - Ellen Katya Green . Family Record . 2014-03-06 .
  17. Web site: Vegan Children . April 2013 . VeganHealth.org . https://archive.today/20130416014533/http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/realveganchildren . 2013-04-16 . live . 2014-02-19 . [Since Ellen's] birth, along with her parents Matt Ball and Anne Green, she has lived as a vegan. .
  18. Book: Ball, Matt . Matt Ball . 2013-03-25 . Chapter 1 . Davidow . Ben . Uncaged: Top Activists Share Their Wisdom on Effective Farm Animal Advocacy . . . Ben Davidow . B00C0NF36G.
    • Web site: Ben Davidow . Three Insights from Uncaged . https://web.archive.org/web/20140314000844/http://spot.humaneresearch.org/content/three-insights-uncaged . 2014-03-14 . . 2013-10-22.

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