Dr. Wayne Hsiung (vegan): Attorney and Animal-people Rights Activist, Part 2 of 2

Dr. Wayne Hsiung (vegan) is an American attorney, animal-people rights activist, co-founder & executive director of the nonprofit The Simple Heart Initiative, and co-founder of the grassroots animal-people rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE). Now over a decade into his law career, he uses his legal skills to pave the way for an Animal Bill of Rights that will give animal-individuals a legal standing as living beings, not things.

Today, we will learn more about the organizations he has co-founded – Direct Action Everywhere and The Simple Heart Initiative. Direct Action Everywhere is a grassroots animal-people rights network based in Berkeley, California, United States, that mobilizes thousands of citizens to protest peacefully in cities worldwide. Many of its demonstrations have brought global attention to the animal-people cruelty of the livestock industry.

“The mission of Direct Action Everywhere is to achieve revolutionary social and political change for animals in one generation.” “Direct Action Everywhere has created a road map to animal-people liberation, titled, ‘DxE’s Roadmap to an Animal Bill of Rights.’ Focused on United States as an example, the strategic roadmap lists milestones and mechanisms to achieve them, leading up to the goal of several federal laws being passed to end animal-people raising operations by 2040.” “The Simple Heart is an organization built to tell the stories that inspire people to be a part of that (DxE) movement.”