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{{Short description|American animal activist}}
{{for|the Northern Irish footballer|Matt Ball (footballer)}}
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| education = [[University of Illinois]] (<small>[[Master of Science|MS]]</small>); [[Carnegie Mellon University]] (<small>[[Master of Science|MS]]</small>)
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| known_for = Co-founder and past Executive Director of [[Vegan Outreach]]
| known_for = Co-founder and President of [[One Step for Animals]]
| notable_works = ''The Animal Activist's Handbook'' (with [[Bruce Friedrich]]) (2009)
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'''Matthew Michael Ball''' (born January 2, 1968)<ref name="familyrecord_Matt">{{cite web|title=Ball Family - Matthew Michael Ball|url=http://familyrecord.us/fr/ball/ball_matthew_michael/matthew.htm|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6NyjTb2lf?url=http://familyrecord.us/fr/ball/ball_matthew_michael/matthew.htm|archivedate=2014-03-10|accessdate=2014-03-06|website=Family Record|quote=Martin Ball › Virgil George Ball › Cornelius Francis Ball › Matthew Michael Ball}}</ref> is an American [[animal rights|animal activist]]. He is co-founder and President of One Step for Animals,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onestepforanimals.org/team.html|title=One Step's Team|website=One Step for Animals}}</ref> and Senior Media Relations Specialist for [[The Good Food Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gfi.org/our-team|title=Meet Our Team!|website=The Good Food Institute|date=2016-01-11}}</ref> Previously, he was Director of Engagement and Outreach at [[Farm Sanctuary]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ccc.farmsanctuary.org/advocacy-every-day-matt-ball/|title=Every Day is Animal Advocacy Day for Matt Ball - Farm Sanctuary – Compassionate Communities|website=ccc.farmsanctuary.org}}</ref> and before that, Senior Advisor for VegFund.<ref>{{cite web|title= Official Announcement |website= A Meaningful Life, A Better World |date= 2014-09-25 |url= http://www.mattball.org/2014/09/official-announcement.html |accessdate=2015-01-21 |quote= We are very excited to announce that Matt Ball is joining the VegFund team!}}</ref> In 1993, Ball co-founded Vegan Outreach.<ref name=Ball>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanternbooks.com/author.html?au=2292 |title=Matt Ball |publisher=[[Lantern Books]] |location=[[New York City]] |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6NVzEoggr?url=http://www.lanternbooks.com/author.html?au=2292 |archivedate=2014-02-20 |url-status=live |accessdate=2014-02-19 }}</ref> Ball served as the group's Executive Director for 21 years. Ball is credited with helping shift the animal rights' movement to a more utilitarian focus,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://qz.com/829956/how-the-vegan-movement-broke-out-of-its-echo-chamber-and-finally-started-disrupting-things/|title=How the vegan movement broke out of its echo chamber and finally started disrupting things|first=Chase|last=Purdy}}</ref> including a focus on chickens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2016/08/animal_activists_crunched_the_numbers_to_learn_that_the_creature_most_in.html|title=Save the Chicken|first=Daniel|last=Engber|date=18 August 2016|via=Slate}}</ref> He is the co-author, with [[Bruce Friedrich]], of ''The Animal Activist's Handbook'' (2009),<ref>The "Biographies" chapter in {{cite book |last1= Ball |first1= Matt |author1-link= Matt Ball |last2= Friedrich |first2= Bruce |author2-link= Bruce Friedrich |date= 2009-04-06 |title= The Animal Activist's Handbook: Maximizing Our Positive Impact in Today's World |publisher= [[Lantern Books]] |isbn= 978-1590561201 |lay-url= https://www.webcitation.org/6NDoulWLI?url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/donna-albergotti/a-blueprint-for-effective_b_185776.html |laysource= [[The Huffington Post]] |laydate= 2009-04-13 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/animalactivistsh0000ball }}</ref> and ''The Accidental Activist'' (2014).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theaccidentalactivist.weebly.com|title=The Accidental Activist|website=The Accidental Activist}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Animal Rights Hall of Fame]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://arconference.org/hall-of-fame.htm |title=U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame |website=Animal Rights National Conference |publisher=[[Farm Animal Rights Movement]] |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6O9JOgyRV?url=http://arconference.org/hall-of-fame.htm |archivedate=2014-03-17 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2014-03-17 }}</ref>
'''Matthew Michael Ball''' (born 1968)<ref name="familyrecord_Matt">{{cite web|title=Ball Family - Matthew Michael Ball|url=http://familyrecord.us/fr/ball/ball_matthew_michael/matthew.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140306020704/http://familyrecord.us/fr/ball/ball_matthew_michael/matthew.htm|archive-date=2014-03-06|access-date=2014-03-06|website=Family Record|quote=Martin Ball › Virgil George Ball › Cornelius Francis Ball › Matthew Michael Ball}}</ref> is an American [[animal rights|animal activist]]. He is co-founder and President of One Step for Animals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onestepforanimals.org/team.html|title=One Step's Team|website=One Step for Animals}}</ref>
Previously, he was Director of Engagement and Outreach at [[Farm Sanctuary]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ccc.farmsanctuary.org/advocacy-every-day-matt-ball/|title=Every Day is Animal Advocacy Day for Matt Ball - Farm Sanctuary – Compassionate Communities|website=ccc.farmsanctuary.org}}</ref> and before that, Senior Advisor for VegFund.<ref>{{cite web|title= Official Announcement |website= A Meaningful Life, A Better World |date= 2014-09-25 |url= http://www.mattball.org/2014/09/official-announcement.html |access-date=2015-01-21 |quote= We are very excited to announce that Matt Ball is joining the VegFund team!}}</ref> In 1993, Ball co-founded [[Vegan Outreach]].<ref name=Ball>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanternbooks.com/author.html?au=2292 |title=Matt Ball |publisher=[[Lantern Books]] |location=[[New York City]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127132112/http://www.lanternbooks.com/author.html?au=2292 |archive-date=2013-01-27 |url-status=usurped |access-date=2014-02-19 }}</ref> Ball served as the group's Executive Director for 21 years. Ball is credited with helping shift the animal rights' movement to a more [[Utilitarianism|utilitarian]] focus,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://qz.com/829956/how-the-vegan-movement-broke-out-of-its-echo-chamber-and-finally-started-disrupting-things/|title=How the vegan movement broke out of its echo chamber and finally started disrupting things|first=Chase|last=Purdy|date=13 November 2016 }}</ref> particularly with a focus on chickens.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2016/08/animal_activists_crunched_the_numbers_to_learn_that_the_creature_most_in.html|title=Save the Chicken|first=Daniel|last=Engber|date=18 August 2016|journal=Slate}}</ref> He is the co-author of ''The Animal Activist's Handbook'' (2009),<ref>{{cite book |last1= Ball |first1= Matt |author1-link= Matt Ball |last2= Friedrich |first2= Bruce |author2-link= Bruce Friedrich |date= 2009-04-06 |chapter=Biographies |title= The Animal Activist's Handbook: Maximizing Our Positive Impact in Today's World |publisher= [[Lantern Books]] |isbn= 978-1590561201 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/animalactivistsh0000ball}}
*{{cite news |author=Donna Albergotti |title=A Blueprint For Effective Activism |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/donna-albergotti/a-blueprint-for-effective_b_185776.html |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |date= 2009-05-13}}</ref> author of ''The Accidental Activist'' (2014),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theaccidentalactivist.weebly.com|title=The Accidental Activist|website=The Accidental Activist}}</ref> and author of ''Losing My Religions'' (2022).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.losingmyreligions.net/|title=Losing My Religions|website=Losing My Religions}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Animal Rights Hall of Fame]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://arconference.org/hall-of-fame.htm |title=U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame |website=Animal Rights National Conference |publisher=[[Farm Animal Rights Movement]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130703201839/http://arconference.org/hall-of-fame.htm |archive-date=2013-07-03 |access-date=2014-03-17 }}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Ball was born in [[Toledo, Ohio]].<ref name=familyrecord_Matt/> His parents are Cornelius Francis Ball and Judith Anderson Ball, both of Toledo.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://familyrecord.us/fr/ball/ball_cornelius_francis/cornelius.htm |title= Ball Family - Cornelius Francis Ball |website= Family Record |accessdate= 2014-03-06 |quote= }}</ref> Cornelius Ball is a graduate of the [[University of Notre Dame]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.archives.nd.edu/Commencement/1959-08-04_Commencement.pdf |title= Commencement Exercises |date= 1959-08-04 |publisher= [[University of Notre Dame]] |page= 15 |accessdate= 2014-03-06 |quote= THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS ... The Degree of Bachelor of Arts on: ... Cornelius Francis Ball, Rye, New York}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://responsibleeatingandliving.com/favorites/matt-ball-accidental-activist/|title=Matt Ball, The Accidental Activist|date=5 August 2014}}</ref> He also held a research fellowship in the Department of Biology at the University of Pittsburgh.<ref name=Ball/>
Ball was born in [[Toledo, Ohio]].<ref name=familyrecord_Matt/> His parents are Cornelius Francis Ball and Judith Anderson Ball, both of Toledo.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://familyrecord.us/fr/ball/ball_cornelius_francis/cornelius.htm |title= Ball Family - Cornelius Francis Ball |website= Family Record |access-date= 2014-03-06 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://responsibleeatingandliving.com/favorites/matt-ball-accidental-activist/|title=Matt Ball, The Accidental Activist|date=5 August 2014}}</ref> He also held a research fellowship in the Department of Biology at the University of Pittsburgh.<ref name=Ball/>


Ball married Anne Green, a fellow vegan and coworker at Vegan Outreach, on February 20, 1993 in [[Urbana, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.veganoutreach.org/enewsletter/20020408.html |first=Frank |last=French |title=On Being Vegan |date=2002-04-08 |type=Enewsletter |publisher=[[Vegan Outreach]] |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6NVzot4bJ?url=http://www.veganoutreach.org/enewsletter/20020408.html |archivedate=2014-02-20 |url-status=live |accessdate=2014-02-19 |quote=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. }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |date= 2005-08-26 |chapter= Notes on contributors |editor-last= Singer |editor-first= Peter |editor-link= Peter Singer |title= In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave |publisher= [[Wiley-Blackwell]] |isbn= 978-1405119412 |lay-url= http://ethics.iit.edu/eelibrary/node/3499 |laydate= 2010-02-24 }}</ref> Their daughter Ellen Katya Green was born on July 16, 1994, in Pennsylvania and was raised as a vegan.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://familyrecord.us/fr/ball/green_ellen_katya/ellen.htm |title= Ball Family - Ellen Katya Green |website= Family Record |accessdate= 2014-03-06 |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/realveganchildren#ellen |title=Vegan Children |date=April 2013 |website=VeganHealth.org |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6NW0XnuZy?url=http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/realveganchildren |archivedate=2014-02-20 |url-status=live |accessdate=2014-02-19 |quote=[Since Ellen's] birth, along with her parents Matt Ball and Anne Green, she has lived as a vegan. }}</ref> They live in [[Tucson, Arizona]].
Ball married Dr. Anne Green, a fellow advocate and co-founder of Vegan Outreach, on February 20, 1993 in [[Urbana, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.veganoutreach.org/enewsletter/20020408.html |first=Frank |last=French |title=On Being Vegan |date=2002-04-08 |type=Enewsletter |publisher=[[Vegan Outreach]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140110103453/http://www.veganoutreach.org/enewsletter/20020408.html |archive-date=2014-01-10 |url-status=live |access-date=2014-02-19 |quote=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. }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |date= 2005-08-26 |chapter= Notes on contributors |editor-last= Singer |editor-first= Peter |editor-link= Peter Singer |title= In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave |publisher= [[Wiley-Blackwell]] |isbn= 978-1405119412}}
*{{cite book |title=In defense of animals: the second wave |type=Catalog record |publisher=Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions |url=http://ethics.iit.edu/eelibrary/node/3499}}</ref> Their child Elwen Katya Green was born on July 16, 1994, in Pennsylvania and was raised as a vegan.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://familyrecord.us/fr/ball/green_ellen_katya/ellen.htm |title= Ball Family - Ellen Katya Green |website= Family Record |access-date= 2014-03-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/realveganchildren#ellen |title=Vegan Children |date=April 2013 |website=VeganHealth.org |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416014533/http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/realveganchildren |archive-date=2013-04-16 |url-status=live |access-date=2014-02-19 |quote=[Since Ellen's] birth, along with her parents Matt Ball and Anne Green, she has lived as a vegan. }}</ref> They live in [[Tucson, Arizona]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}


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 Monday]]s or eating fewer chickens."<ref>{{cite book |last= Ball |first= Matt |author-link= Matt Ball |date= 2013-03-25 |chapter= Chapter 1 |editor-last= Davidow |editor-first= Ben |title= Uncaged: Top Activists Share Their Wisdom on Effective Farm Animal Advocacy |edition= [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]] |location= [[San Francisco]] |publisher= Ben Davidow |asin= B00C0NF36G |lay-url= https://www.webcitation.org/6O3Jmuop8?url=http://spot.humaneresearch.org/content/three-insights-uncaged |laysource= [[Humane Research Council]] |laydate= 2013-10-22 }}</ref>
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 Monday]]s or eating fewer chickens."<ref>{{cite book |last= Ball |first= Matt |author-link= Matt Ball |date= 2013-03-25 |chapter= Chapter 1 |editor-last= Davidow |editor-first= Ben |title= Uncaged: Top Activists Share Their Wisdom on Effective Farm Animal Advocacy |edition= [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]] |location= [[San Francisco]] |publisher= Ben Davidow |asin= B00C0NF36G}}{{sps|date=June 2022}}
*{{cite web |author=Ben Davidow |title=Three Insights from Uncaged |url=http://spot.humaneresearch.org/content/three-insights-uncaged|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314000844/http://spot.humaneresearch.org/content/three-insights-uncaged |archive-date=2014-03-14 |website=[[Humane Research Council]] |date=2013-10-22}}</ref>

==Interviews==
*{{cite web|title=Be Joyous and Humble: An Interview with Matt Ball|year=2002|website=[[Vegan Outreach]]|quote=Don’t argue. Offer information, and be honest and humble. Read ''[[How to Win Friends and Influence People]]''}}
*{{cite web|title=麥特保爾 Matt Ball 的訪談(更長版本)|trans-title=Be Joyous and Humble: An Interview with Matt Ball|language=Chinese|year=2002|website=[[Vegan Outreach]]|quote=別和他爭論。提供資訊﹐並且要誠實和謙卑。讀讀<[[:zh:卡內基溝通與人際關係|怎樣交朋友和影響別人]]>這 本書}}. Written in [[traditional Chinese characters]].
*{{cite web|title=麦特保尔 Matt Ball 的访谈(更长版本)|trans-title=Be Joyous and Humble: An Interview with Matt Ball|language=Chinese|year=2002|website=[[Vegan Outreach]]|quote=别和他争论。提供资讯，并且要诚实和谦卑。读读<[[:zh:卡內基溝通與人際關係|怎样交朋友和影响别 人]]>这本书}}. Written in [[simplified Chinese characters]].
*{{cite web|title=Interview with Matt Ball by EarthSave Portland|year=2003|author=EarthSave Portland|authorlink=EarthSave#EarthSave|website=[[Vegan Outreach]]|quote=In general, people ... don’t want to be miserable. They want to be happy. Only those who seek solace (and/or identity) in rage will react well to arrogance and loathing; we can’t limit [our outreach] only to the conceited.}}
*{{cite web|title=Interview with Matt Ball by Fuente Vegana|date=January 2010|author=Fuente Vegana|website=[[Vegan Outreach]]|quote='Rights,' 'veganism,' and other human constructs are irrelevant -- all that matters is reducing as much suffering as possible.}}
*{{cite web|title=Ayudar a los animales: Entrevista con Matt Ball|language=Spanish|trans-title=Helping animals: Interview with Matt Ball|date=January 2010|website=Fuente Vegana|quote='Los derechos', 'el veganismo' y otras construcciones humanas son irrelevantes, todo lo que importa es reducir la mayor cantidad de sufrimiento posible.}}
*{{cite web|title=Meet The Man Behind Vegan Outreach|date=2010-12-08|website=MadeJustRight-EarthBalanceNatural|quote=I'll take medicines that have been tested on animals, I'll drink tap water filtered with bone char, I'll eat a veggie burger cooked in a non-vegan restaurant, etc. -- all things that some vegans consider to be 'non-vegan.'}}
*{{cite web|url=https://arzonetranscripts.wordpress.com/2011/02/12/matt-ball-interview/|title=ARZone interview with Matt Ball|last=|first=|date=2011-02-12|website=Animal Rights Zone Transcripts|access-date=|quote=So the point isn't to show how into veganism I am, how much I know, how easy it is for me, or even, necessarily, what it will be like for them in X months. Rather, our goal should be to engage the person from where they are at the moment.}}
*{{cite web|url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/blog/ace-interviews-matt-ball/|title=ACE Interviews: Matt Ball|last=|first=|date=2014-04-08|website=[[Animal Charity Evaluators]]|location=San Diego|access-date=|quote=Suffering is the bottom line, and reducing suffering as much as possible must be the singular goal. To choose the best tactic for reducing suffering as much as possible, all other considerations need to be set aside.}}
*{{cite interview|last=Ball|first=Matt|subjectlink=Matt Ball|interviewer=Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan|title=Interview with Matt Ball|website=[[Our Hen House]]|location=New York City|date=2014-06-21|url=https://www.ourhenhouse.org/MattBallEpisode232.pdf|accessdate=2015-01-21}}
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*"[https://goop.com/wellness/food-planet/clean-meat/ Clean Meat May Solve Our Factory Farming Problem]," ''goop'' (Interview), 2019-02-28.


==Publications==
==Publications==
*{{cite book|last=Ball|first=Matt|author-link=Matt Ball|date=2014-06-30|editor-last=Green|editor-first=Anne|location=|pages=|title=Accidental Activist: Stories, Speeches, Articles, and Interviews by Vegan Outreach's Cofounder|publisher=[[Lantern Books]]|isbn=978-1-59056-454-7|laysource=Vegan Street|laydate=December 2014|quote=}}, Foreword by [[Peter Singer]], Introduction by [[Paul Shapiro (activist)|Paul Shapiro]].
*{{cite book|last=Ball|first=Matt|author-link=Matt Ball|date=2022-10-01|title=Losing My Religions: A half-failed life of airplanes, agony, animals, basketball, bliss, cameras, chaos, cops...|publisher=One Step for Animals}}.
*{{cite book|last=Ball|first=Matt|author-link=Matt Ball|date=2014-06-30|editor-last=Green|editor-first=Anne|title=Accidental Activist: Stories, Speeches, Articles, and Interviews by Vegan Outreach's Cofounder|publisher=[[Lantern Books]]|isbn=978-1-59056-454-7}}, Foreword by [[Peter Singer]], Introduction by [[Paul Shapiro (activist)|Paul Shapiro]].
*{{cite web|last=Ball|first=Matt|author-link=Matt Ball|url=https://ccc.farmsanctuary.org/be-a-better-advocate/read-essays-and-books/ameaningfullife/|title=A Meaningful Life: Making a Real Difference in Today's World|date=December 2013|orig-year=2005|access-date=|website=[[Vegan Outreach]]}}
*{{cite web|last=Ball|first=Matt|author-link=Matt Ball|url=https://veganoutreach.org/advocacy/AMLDec08.pdf|title=A Meaningful Life: Making a Real Difference in Today's World|type=16-page pamphlet|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408041236/https://veganoutreach.org/advocacy/AMLDec08.pdf|archive-date=2014-04-08|access-date=|date=December 2013|website=[[Vegan Outreach]]}}
*{{cite web|last=Ball|first=Matt |author-mask=2 |author-link=Matt Ball|url=https://ccc.farmsanctuary.org/be-a-better-advocate/read-essays-and-books/ameaningfullife/|title=A Meaningful Life: Making a Real Difference in Today's World|date=December 2013|orig-date=2005|website=[[Vegan Outreach]]}}
*{{cite web|last=Ball|first=Matt|author-link=Matt Ball|url=https://www.psychaanalyse.com/pdf/DONNER%20UN%20SENS%20A%20SA%20VIE%20par%20Matt%20Ball.pdf|title=Donner un sens à sa vie: comment agir dans le monde aujourd'hui|language=French|trans-title=Giving a meaning to one's life: how to act in the world today|access-date=|date=|year=2012|website=[[Vegan Outreach]]}}
*{{cite web|last=Ball|first=Matt |author-mask=2 |author-link=Matt Ball|url=https://veganoutreach.org/advocacy/AMLDec08.pdf|title=A Meaningful Life: Making a Real Difference in Today's World|type=16-page pamphlet|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408041236/https://veganoutreach.org/advocacy/AMLDec08.pdf|archive-date=2014-04-08|date=December 2013|website=[[Vegan Outreach]]}}
*{{cite web|last=Ball|first=Matt |author-mask=2 |author-link=Matt Ball|url=https://www.psychaanalyse.com/pdf/DONNER%20UN%20SENS%20A%20SA%20VIE%20par%20Matt%20Ball.pdf|title=Donner un sens à sa vie: comment agir dans le monde aujourd'hui|language=fr|trans-title=Giving a meaning to one's life: how to act in the world today|year=2012|website=[[Vegan Outreach]]}}
*{{cite book|last=Ball|first=Matt|author-link=Matt Ball|date=2013-03-25|chapter=Chapter 1|editor-last=Davidow|editor-first=Ben|title=Uncaged: Top Activists Share Their Wisdom on Effective Farm Animal Advocacy|edition=[[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]]|location=[[San Francisco]]|pages=|publisher=Ben Davidow|asin=B00C0NF36G|isbn=|laysource=[[Humane Research Council]]|laydate=2013-10-22|quote=}}
*{{cite book|last=Ball|first=Matt |author-mask=2 |author-link=Matt Ball|date=2013-03-25|chapter=Chapter 1|editor-last=Davidow|editor-first=Ben|title=Uncaged: Top Activists Share Their Wisdom on Effective Farm Animal Advocacy|edition=[[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]]|location=[[San Francisco]]|publisher=Ben Davidow|asin=B00C0NF36G}}{{sps|date=June 2022}}
*{{cite book|last1=Ball|first1=Matt|author1-link=Matt Ball|last2=Friedrich|first2=Bruce|author2-link=Bruce Friedrich|date=2009-04-06|title=The Animal Activist's Handbook: Maximizing Our Positive Impact in Today's World|pages=|publisher=[[Lantern Books]]|isbn=978-1590561201|location=|laysource=[[The Huffington Post]]|laydate=2009-04-13|quote=|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/animalactivistsh0000ball}} Foreword by [[Ingrid Newkirk]].
*{{cite book|last1=Ball|first1=Matt |author-mask=2 |author1-link=Matt Ball|last2=Friedrich|first2=Bruce|author2-link=Bruce Friedrich|date=2009-04-06|title=The Animal Activist's Handbook: Maximizing Our Positive Impact in Today's World|publisher=[[Lantern Books]]|isbn=978-1590561201|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/animalactivistsh0000ball}} Foreword by [[Ingrid Newkirk]].
*{{cite book|last=Ball|first=Matt|author-link=Matt Ball|date=2005-08-26|pages=|chapter=Chapter 14: Living and Working in Defense of Animals|editor-last=Singer|editor-first=Peter|editor-link=Peter Singer|location=|title=In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave|publisher=[[Wiley-Blackwell]]|isbn=978-1405119412|laysource=|laydate=2010-02-24|quote=}}
*{{cite book|last=Ball|first=Matt |author-mask=2 |author-link=Matt Ball|date=2005-08-26|chapter=Chapter 14: Living and Working in Defense of Animals|editor-last=Singer|editor-first=Peter|editor-link=Peter Singer|title=In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave|publisher=[[Wiley-Blackwell]]|isbn=978-1405119412}}
*{{cite book|last1=Eisman|first1=George|last2=Ball|first2=Matt|author2-link=Matt Ball|last3=Green|first3=Anne|year=1994|origyear=1984|title=The Most Noble Diet: Food Selection and Ethics|edition=4th|location=[[Burdett, New York]]|publisher=Diet-Ethics|isbn=978-0961443511}} Foreword by [[Michael Klaper]], M.D.
*{{cite book|last1=Eisman|first1=George|last2=Ball|first2=Matt |author-mask2=2 |author2-link=Matt Ball|last3=Green|first3=Anne|year=1994|orig-date=1984|title=The Most Noble Diet: Food Selection and Ethics|edition=4th|location=[[Burdett, New York]]|publisher=Diet-Ethics|isbn=978-0961443511}} Foreword by [[Michael Klaper]], M.D.


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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.mattball.org/ A Meaningful Life, A Better World] (Matt Ball's blog)
*[http://www.mattball.org/ A Meaningful Life, A Better World] (Matt Ball's blog)
*[https://arzonetranscripts.wordpress.com/2011/02/12/matt-ball-interview/ ARZone interview with Matt Ball]
*[https://animalcharityevaluators.org/blog/ace-interviews-matt-ball/|title=ACE ACE Interviews: Matt Ball]
*[https://www.ourhenhouse.org/MattBallEpisode232.pdf Our Hen House interview with Matt Ball]
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For the Northern Irish footballer, see Matt Ball (footballer).
Matt Ball
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Toledo, Ohio, US
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Illinois (MS); Carnegie Mellon University (MS)
Known forCo-founder and President of One Step for Animals
Notable workThe Animal Activist's Handbook (2009)
Websitewww.mattball.org

Matthew Michael Ball (born 1968)[1] is an American animal activist. He is co-founder and President of One Step for Animals.[2]

Previously, he was Director of Engagement and Outreach at Farm Sanctuary,[3] and before that, Senior Advisor for VegFund.[4] In 1993, Ball co-founded Vegan Outreach.[5] Ball served as the group's Executive Director for 21 years. Ball is credited with helping shift the animal rights' movement to a more utilitarian focus,[6] particularly with a focus on chickens.[7] He is the co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook (2009),[8] author of The Accidental Activist (2014),[9] and author of Losing My Religions (2022).[10] He was inducted into the Animal Rights Hall of Fame in 2005.[11]

Biography

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Ball was born in Toledo, Ohio.[1] His parents are Cornelius Francis Ball and Judith Anderson Ball, both of Toledo.[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.[5]

Ball married Dr. Anne Green, a fellow advocate and co-founder of Vegan Outreach, on February 20, 1993 in Urbana, Illinois.[14][15] Their child Elwen Katya Green was born on July 16, 1994, in Pennsylvania and was raised as a vegan.[16][17] They live in Tucson, Arizona.[citation needed]

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."[18]

Publications

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  • Ball, Matt (2022-10-01). Losing My Religions: A half-failed life of airplanes, agony, animals, basketball, bliss, cameras, chaos, cops... One Step for Animals..
  • Ball, Matt (2014-06-30). Green, Anne (ed.). Accidental Activist: Stories, Speeches, Articles, and Interviews by Vegan Outreach's Cofounder. Lantern Books. ISBN 978-1-59056-454-7., Foreword by Peter Singer, Introduction by Paul Shapiro.
  • —— (December 2013) [2005]. "A Meaningful Life: Making a Real Difference in Today's World". Vegan Outreach.
  • —— (December 2013). "A Meaningful Life: Making a Real Difference in Today's World" (PDF). Vegan Outreach (16-page pamphlet). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-04-08.
  • —— (2012). "Donner un sens à sa vie: comment agir dans le monde aujourd'hui" [Giving a meaning to one's life: how to act in the world today] (PDF). Vegan Outreach (in French).
  • —— (2013-03-25). "Chapter 1". In Davidow, Ben (ed.). Uncaged: Top Activists Share Their Wisdom on Effective Farm Animal Advocacy (Kindle ed.). San Francisco: Ben Davidow. ASIN B00C0NF36G.[self-published source?]
  • ——; Friedrich, Bruce (2009-04-06). The Animal Activist's Handbook: Maximizing Our Positive Impact in Today's World. Lantern Books. ISBN 978-1590561201. Foreword by Ingrid Newkirk.
  • —— (2005-08-26). "Chapter 14: Living and Working in Defense of Animals". In Singer, Peter (ed.). In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1405119412.
  • Eisman, George; ——; Green, Anne (1994) [1984]. The Most Noble Diet: Food Selection and Ethics (4th ed.). Burdett, New York: Diet-Ethics. ISBN 978-0961443511. Foreword by Michael Klaper, M.D.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Ball Family - Matthew Michael Ball". Family Record. Archived from the original on 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2014-03-06. Martin Ball › Virgil George Ball › Cornelius Francis Ball › Matthew Michael Ball
  2. ^ "One Step's Team". One Step for Animals.
  3. ^ "Every Day is Animal Advocacy Day for Matt Ball - Farm Sanctuary – Compassionate Communities". ccc.farmsanctuary.org.
  4. ^ "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!
  5. ^ a b "Matt Ball". New York City: Lantern Books. Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2014-02-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ Purdy, Chase (13 November 2016). "How the vegan movement broke out of its echo chamber and finally started disrupting things".
  7. ^ Engber, Daniel (18 August 2016). "Save the Chicken". Slate.
  8. ^ Ball, Matt; Friedrich, Bruce (2009-04-06). "Biographies". The Animal Activist's Handbook: Maximizing Our Positive Impact in Today's World. Lantern Books. ISBN 978-1590561201.
  9. ^ "The Accidental Activist". The Accidental Activist.
  10. ^ "Losing My Religions". Losing My Religions.
  11. ^ "U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame". Animal Rights National Conference. Farm Animal Rights Movement. Archived from the original on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  12. ^ "Ball Family - Cornelius Francis Ball". Family Record. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  13. ^ "Matt Ball, The Accidental Activist". 5 August 2014.
  14. ^ French, Frank (2002-04-08). "On Being Vegan" (Enewsletter). Vegan Outreach. Archived from the original on 2014-01-10. 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. ^ Singer, Peter, ed. (2005-08-26). "Notes on contributors". In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1405119412.
  16. ^ "Ball Family - Ellen Katya Green". Family Record. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  17. ^ "Vegan Children". VeganHealth.org. April 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2014-02-19. [Since Ellen's] birth, along with her parents Matt Ball and Anne Green, she has lived as a vegan.
  18. ^ Ball, Matt (2013-03-25). "Chapter 1". In Davidow, Ben (ed.). Uncaged: Top Activists Share Their Wisdom on Effective Farm Animal Advocacy (Kindle ed.). San Francisco: Ben Davidow. ASIN B00C0NF36G.[self-published source?]
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