S8E2: (Mis)representation and Activism with Christopher Eubanks and Carrie Freeman

Carrie Freeman is a Professor of Communication at Georgia State University in Atlanta, USA. Carrie researches and teaches strategic communication for activists, environmental communication, and critical animal & media studies, with a specialty in food issues. Her award-winning books include The Human Animal Earthling Identity: Shared Values Unifying Human Rights Animal Rights & Environmental Movements (UGA, 2020) and Framing Farming: Communication Strategies for Animal Rights (Brill, 2014) and a coedited 2015 anthology Critical Animal & Media Studies: Communication for Nonhuman Animal Advocacy. She co-authors style guidelineswith Dr. Debra Merskin. Active in the grassroots animal rights movement since the 1990s, Carrie serves as faculty advisor for GSU’s student animal rights group, the PEACE Club. She takes a compassionate conservation approach as cohost of her eco radio program and podcast (In Tune to Nature) on Radio Free Georgia.  (Photo credit: Anne Packwood).

Christopher “Soul” Eubanks is a social justice advocate, international public speaker and non-profit director raised in Atlanta, Ga that has dedicated himself to doing advocacy work that advocates for collective liberation. After learning the horrors of animal exploitation, Christopher became vegan, began doing community organizing and helped to co-organize Atlanta’s first ever animal rights march. He has spoken across the globe from South Africa to Harvard University. Christopher has been featured in Vox Media’s Future Perfect 50, this series highlights 50 individuals around the world composed of thinkers, activists, and scholars working on solutions to today’s (and tomorrow’s) biggest problems. Christopher is the founder of APEX Advocacy, a non-profit animal rights organization that teaches grassroots activism and creates various campaigns to empower Black, Indigenous and People of color to advocate for animal rights.