The Raven Corps: Youth Activists Making a Difference
Dedicated to making the world a better place for people, animals, and the environment, Ravens believe they are not the future of the movement. Instead, they believe they are the movement.
KRISTA KIHLANDER: ‘The Raven Corps is a youth-powered nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon. High school and college-aged advocates empower other “Ravens” to promote a plant-based diet in the spaces they know best: their own communities.
Advocating for a plant-based diet is a large part of what The Raven Corps does. The organization recognizes that factory farming is a leading contributor to the current climate crisis, and is able to see how a plant-based diet can counter this crisis…
In the beginning the Raven Corps was just two lunch-time animal rights clubs in Portland high schools. These clubs eventually evolved into Youth for the Voiceless, and now into The Raven Corps. Currently the Raven Corps has five Corps locations with four on the west coast of the U.S. and one in Australia.
Dedicated to making the world a better place for people, animals, and the environment, Ravens believe they are not the future of the movement. Instead, they believe they are the movement. They are here right now to make a difference as capable and innovative change-makers…
Ravens are advocating for some of the most complex issues of our time: climate change, animal welfare, ocean depletion, environmental racism, and public health. These issues will not be solved overnight, but due to the diverse actions of Ravens, solutions are being brought to the forefront each day…
In addition to face-to-face, communal activism, The Raven Corps utilizes social media as another form of outreach. Through contests and giveaways they engage with those interested in learning more about their mission, in turn spreading awareness for the issues they are working to solve’. SOURCE…
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