Tools For Change Quotes

“The power of visual storytelling has always been my guiding light, and this book is a testament to that power. While my belief in it hasn’t changed, the process of creating this work has deepened my commitment to using my lens as a tool for change. Visual stories have the power to shift perspectives, challenge misconceptions, and inspire action.”
― Tieshka K Smith, Compositions of Black Joy: A Visual Chronicle of the Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival

“[T]he role of video clips revealing the treatment of nonhuman animals in the animal-industrial complex, typically in intensive farms and slaughterhouses, was significant in the men’s vegan transition. This is consistent with previous research that has also found that such visual material is effective in facilitating the transition to veganism and taking up animal activism, through moral shock (Fernandez, 2021; Middleton, 2015).”
― Kadri Aavik, Contesting Anthropocentric Masculinities Through Veganism: Lived Experiences of Vegan Men