Becca Rogers

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I’m the Head of Pathways at New Roots Institute, where we equip the next generation of leaders with the knowledge and training to help end factory farming. In this role, I support fellows and alumni in securing positions across key sectors of influence—including government, environmental sustainability, and media—while strengthening alumni engagement to build lasting bridges across these fields.

I previously served as Manager of Campaigns, where I built 15+ campaign partnerships, supporting 100+ fellows across 10+ countries as they’ve drive change through institutional food procurement, plant-based and animal welfare legislation, curricular advocacy, and campus education. I’ve also been a career coach since 2020 and worked as an undercover animal cruelty investigator.

Becca Rogers 12 May 2026 14:20 UTC
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in reply to: Sharang Phadke’s comment on: Time Sensitive: Stop One of Biggest Threats for Animal Welfare
Here’s another script doc, which we’ll keep building on:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xNkLlyVZ9RBrWhcGAyeiLuucMYH-L23o5pijDUwDSt0/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.b2xi9ve5fu9b

Becca Rogers 12 May 2026 14:19 UTC
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in reply to: Hailey Sherman’s comment on: Time Sensitive: Stop One of Biggest Threats for Animal Welfare
Here’s another script doc, which we’ll keep building on:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xNkLlyVZ9RBrWhcGAyeiLuucMYH-L23o5pijDUwDSt0/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.b2xi9ve5fu9b

Becca Rogers 12 May 2026 1:41 UTC
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in reply to: Hailey Sherman’s comment on: Time Sensitive: Stop One of Biggest Threats for Animal Welfare
We are working to fix this! Sorry about that! Very strange.

Becca Rogers 12 May 2026 1:39 UTC
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in reply to: Sharang Phadke’s comment on: Time Sensitive: Stop One of Biggest Threats for Animal Welfare
Google has blocked the link and the account which created it. Super bizarre and suspicious. We will fix this soon.

Becca Rogers 6 May 2026 22:16 UTC
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in reply to: Max Blair’s comment on: Time Sensitive: Stop One of Biggest Threats for Animal Welfare
Thanks so much for mentioning this, I added a note about it in!

Becca Rogers 6 May 2026 22:04 UTC
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in reply to: Julia_Wise🔸’s comment on: Time Sensitive: Stop One of Biggest Threats for Animal Welfare
Yes, that’s a really great point. Thanks for flagging. There’s now a 20 second version of the script in this doc.

Becca Rogers 6 May 2026 15:50 UTC
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in reply to: Wayne Chang 🔸’s comment on: Time Sensitive: Stop One of Biggest Threats for Animal Welfare
For anyone specifically interested in helping stop SOB, the strongest recommendation I’ve heard is the American Meat Producers Association (AMPA), especially if they are open to supporting a c4.
AMPA is one of the groups most directly focused on opposing SOB/EATS-style legislation, and they are actively running targeted advocacy efforts aimed at key legislators. I was told that additional funding would be highly useful right now and could be deployed almost immediately (e.g. targeted commercials and rapid-response advocacy in key districts/states).
There are two main giving options:
• AMPA PAC (federal PAC; ~$5k contribution cap): https://secure.anedot.com/american-meat-producers-pac/amppacfedcontrib
• AMPA c4 / association donation link (larger/unlimited support): https://donorbox.org/american-meat-producers-association

Becca Rogers 6 May 2026 15:49 UTC
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in reply to: Benton 🔸’s comment on: Time Sensitive: Stop One of Biggest Threats for Animal Welfare
Amazing! Arkansas is so important.

Becca Rogers 29 Jan 2026 20:32 UTC
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on: Every Forum Post on EA Career Choice & Job Search
Wow, you have saved me so many hours of sorting through past forum posts. Thank you so, so much! 🙌🏼

Becca Rogers 19 Jan 2026 5:06 UTC
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on: Is there a structural mismatch between EA-aligned talent and opportunities?
Just to clarify, when you say EA-aligned here, do you mean roles within the EA ecosystem itself, the types of roles posted on the 80k job board, or more broadly any role where someone could plausibly have high impact on an EA-relevant cause area?
In farmed animal welfare, for example, there are many neglected, high-impact roles across government, media, environmental organizations, industry, and other spaces that I believe EAs are not applying to. This might be because of limited visibility, unclear signaling about whether these roles “count” as EA-aligned, lower perceived prestige or social validation within the community, and a tendency to default to more familiar, well-mapped pathways rather than exploring messier or less clearly defined options that require more independent judgment.
This makes me wonder whether part of the perceived talent bottleneck is less about a lack of opportunities overall, and more about how EA-aligned career paths are defined, signaled, and encouraged. If many impact-relevant roles sit outside EA organizations but are not widely recognized or supported as legitimate EA pathways, that could help explain why motivated candidates feel stuck even while important positions remain unfilled.
That said, if someone is indeed applying to roles where they could make an impact in a relevant cause area, outside of the EA ecosystem, and still not having luck over an extended period, that’s where I start to question interview skills, application quality, references, and other factors. While there is a lot of career support available in the EA space, I’m not sure we offer enough sustained 1:1 career coaching.

Becca Rogers 19 Jan 2026 0:15 UTC
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on: Propose a debate topic—I’ll run one
“Farmed animal advocacy currently underinvests in anticipating future policy and industry shifts relative to responding to current harms.”

Becca Rogers 5 Jan 2026 22:07 UTC
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on: Sentient’s 2025 Year in Review & 2026–2030 Direction
Thank you for all of this essential work! I’m curious how you’re thinking about the role that advances in AI could play in repairing the evidence to impact pipeline: do you find that a significant amount of time is currently spent on manual tasks like evidence review and analysis aligned with identifying legal violations, transcription, creating exposé videos, or similar work?

Becca Rogers 5 Jan 2026 21:52 UTC
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on: Why I Donate: A Personal Story
This is such a thoughtful and unique post. I love how you weave together your personal story, history, statistics, and the rise of animal agriculture. It adds so much depth and context.
I especially resonated with the line, “Through donating, though, I can associate myself with these dreams of what could have been.” That completely captures how I feel about giving as well, and it’s one of the main reasons I became a career coach (and why I now work with students!) – you can’t do everything yourself, but you can help others pursue the paths you might have taken.

Becca Rogers 26 Dec 2025 20:30 UTC
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on: Testing an Idea: A Prototype for Guiding Welfare-Conscious Food Decisions
Just checked out the prototype – it’s cool! I like the idea of using this as a bridge while more rigorous WFF data is still being developed. Curious how you’re thinking about how this might fit alongside existing certifications or labeling schemes once WFF estimates are available (i.e. more complementary, overlapping, or something else)? And who do you see as the most promising early adopters for a tool like this?

Becca Rogers 15 Dec 2025 19:26 UTC
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on: Your Goal Isn’t Really to Get a Job
Really appreciated this framing, Matt! I’m curious whether you have a sense of the extent to which this job-first mindset (or other mindsets which are not serving younger candidates) are reinforced by university career advising systems?

Becca Rogers 18 Nov 2025 16:44 UTC
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on: Funding priorities for Wild Animal Initiative in 2026
Re: institutionalizing wild animal welfare at universities:
- As you build out these hubs, do you envision WAI playing a coordinating role to keep research agendas aligned across universities and prevent the field from developing in isolated silos?
- What structural or institutional barriers within universities have you encountered or think you could encounter that could make the fellowship–hub model challenging to implement?
- Looking ahead, how do you see WAI fellows shaping not only academic research but also high-leverage institutions like USDA Wildlife Services, major conservation NGOs, and policymaking bodies?