Animal-inclusive constitutionalism
- commitment
- 5 hrs/week
- flexibility
- No mentee proposal
The project
- Developing animal-inclusive constitutional education videos which discuss how constitutional values and rights naturally apply to all humans and animals. These videos are used as educational material in schools, colleges, organisations and trainings. (You can watch the video series here:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKS3c7omdX_zF4Kr-V7KKEMe277cc_8eQ&si=dtsVQHlK915iUFhu)
- Research on impact of videos and workshops on people's perceptions and practices
- Developing a website highlighting the work of DoD on Constitutionalism for Animals
- Buiding a Communication Strategy for engaging with alumni to sustain their interest and support their journey for animal advocacy
- Social Media Advocacy
The mentee's role
- For Video Making: Researching, Helping with Script Writing, Recording, Video Editing
- Research: Analyse data on impact of workshops, interview workshop participants to understand how the workshop impacted their perception about animals and whether there were any changes in their practices, understand the reasons, the limitations, the constraints and suggest pathways for future action.
- Website Development: Develop an engaging website that highlights the work on animals and constitutionalism and acts as a platform where people can seek support regarding their queries and concerns around animals and sentience, rights etc.
- Creating a Community of DoD alumni (those who have gone through DoD workshops) to support their journey of learning, transformation and advocacy for the rights of animals.
- Create Social Media Posts around Animals and their rights in Constitutional Democracies and around the larger work of DoD
Who I'm looking for
- Commitment: Once the mentee takes on a project, they drive it, reaching out for support and clarification wherever required.
- Knowledge of, belief in and respect for democratic values for all - humans and animals alike.
- Passion for engaging the public in dialogues on democracy inclusive of humans and animals
- Preference would be given to people from historically marginalised backgrounds
Questions for applicants
- Can you take on a project and complete it even in the face of challenges?
- Are you comfortable with communicating challenges, confusion that you may be facing in your work?
Support offered
- Offering relevant tech support (eg. licensed software for video editing)
- Training (eg. training for video editing, research or communication)
- Regular Feedback and Review
- Availability to address any concerns, queries, constraints etc.
- format
- Research & writing · Other
- topic
- Macrostrategy · Other
Anjor Bhaskar
Dialogues on Democracy and Development / Azim Premji University
I am the founder of Dialogues on Democracy and Development (DoD) is a voluntary, unfunded initiative that works at the intersection of democracy, justice, sustainability, and animal rights.
Animals are central to our work, but we approach animal advocacy in a way that is rooted in constitution and sustainability education..
Through this work, we have seen measurable shifts where participants reduce animal product consumption and, in some cases, adopt plant-based diets.
Over the past five years, we have:
- Conducted 40+ workshops across India, engaging 4500+ participants
- Developed the video series “Siddhant Samvidhan Ke”, reaching 100,000+ people
- Successfully introduced plant-based and sustainability frameworks within institutional spaces, including universities
What is unique about DoD is that we do not treat veganism as a standalone lifestyle issue. We position it within a broader framework of ending all forms of oppression and building justice for all—humans, animals, and the natural world. This allows us to engage audiences that traditional advocacy often finds difficult to reach, and to build more durable, values-driven change.
We are now developing an online course, “Constitution, Climate, and Me”, which translates this approach into a scalable format. Our goal is to make these ideas accessible to students, institutions, and communities at scale, particularly in a country with over 250 million students across schools and higher education.