Matt Ball

Matt Ball
Born (1968-01-02) January 2, 1968
Toledo, Ohio, US
Residence Tucson, Arizona, US
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Illinois (MS); Carnegie Mellon University (MS)
Known for Co-founder and past Executive Director of Vegan Outreach
Notable work The Animal Activist's Handbook (with Bruce Friedrich) (2009)
Spouse(s) Anne-Marie Green[1]
Children Ellen

Matthew Michael Ball (born January 2, 1968[2]) is an American animal activist. He is co-founder and President of One Step for Animals,[3] and former Director of Engagement and Outreach at Farm Sanctuary,[4] having previously been Senior Advisor for VegFund.[5] In 1993, Ball co-founded Vegan Outreach.[6] Ball served as the group’s Executive Director for 21 years. Ball is credited with helping shift the animal rights' movement to more utilitarian focus,[7] including a focus on chickens.[8] He is the co-author, with Bruce Friedrich, of The Animal Activist's Handbook (2009).[9] He was inducted into the Animal Rights Hall of Fame in 2005.[10]

Biography

Ball was born in Toledo, Ohio.[2] His parents are Cornelius Francis Ball and Judith Anderson Ball, both of Toledo.[11] Cornelius Ball is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.[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.[6]

Matt Ball married Anne Green on February 20, 1993 in Urbana, Illinois;[2][14] their daughter Ellen Katya Green was born on July 16, 1994, in Pennsylvania[15] and was raised as a vegan.[16] Matt and Anne live in Tucson, Arizona. Anne is also vegan[17] and used to work for Vegan Outreach.[18]

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."[19]

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Notes

  1. ↑ "Descendents of James McNamara and Joanne Moore". Ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-06. Anne-Marie Green
  2. 1 2 3 "Ball Family - Matthew Michael Ball". Family Record. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-06. Martin Ball › Virgil George Ball › Cornelius Francis Ball › Matthew Michael Ball
  3. ↑ http://www.onestepforanimals.org/team.html
  4. ↑ https://www.farmsanctuary.org/about-us/leadership/
  5. ↑ "Official Announcement". A Meaningful Life, A Better World. 2014-09-25. Retrieved 2015-01-21. We are very excited to announce that Matt Ball is joining the VegFund team!
  6. 1 2 "Matt Ball". New York City: Lantern Books. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  7. ↑ http://qz.com/829956/how-the-vegan-movement-broke-out-of-its-echo-chamber-and-finally-started-disrupting-things/
  8. ↑ http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2016/08/animal_activists_crunched_the_numbers_to_learn_that_the_creature_most_in.html
  9. ↑ The "Biographies" chapter in Ball, Matt; Friedrich, Bruce (2009-04-06). The Animal Activist's Handbook: Maximizing Our Positive Impact in Today's World. Lantern Books. ISBN 978-1590561201. Lay summary – The Huffington Post (2009-04-13).
  10. ↑ "U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame". Animal Rights National Conference. Farm Animal Rights Movement. Archived from the original on 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  11. ↑ "Ball Family - Cornelius Francis Ball". Family Record. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  12. ↑ "Commencement Exercises" (PDF). University of Notre Dame. 1959-08-04. p. 15. Retrieved 2014-03-06. THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS ... The Degree of Bachelor of Arts on: ... Cornelius Francis Ball, Rye, New York
  13. ↑ http://responsibleeatingandliving.com/favorites/matt-ball-accidental-activist/
  14. ↑ French, Frank (2002-04-08). "On Being Vegan" (Enewsletter). Vegan Outreach. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 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. ↑ "Ball Family - Ellen Katya Green". Family Record. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  16. ↑ "Vegan Children". VeganHealth.org. Davis, California: Jack Norris. April 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-02-19. [Since Ellen's] birth, along with her parents Matt Ball and Anne Green, she has lived as a vegan.
  17. ↑ Ball, Matt (2009-06-07). "Letter to a Young Matt". Vegan Outreach. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-02-19. I’m married to a vegan
  18. ↑ Singer, Peter, ed. (2005-08-26). "Notes on contributors". In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1405119412. Lay summary (2010-02-24).
  19. ↑ Ball, Matt (2013-03-25). "Chapter 1". In Davidow, Ben. Uncaged: Top Activists Share Their Wisdom on Effective Farm Animal Advocacy (Kindle ed.). San Francisco: Ben Davidow. ASIN B00C0NF36G. Lay summary – Humane Research Council (2013-10-22).

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