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We welcome you to write about any topic related to your experience with or perspective on the animal research industry. Here are some ideas to get started: + Experiences as a student, trainee, technician, veterinarian, researcher, educator, or other professional connected to animal research + Stories of animals you knew in the lab and what they taught you + Moments of ethical conflict, moral distress, or moral injury + What helped you begin questioning animal research or seeing it differently + What you wish more people knew about animal research + How animal research shaped your relationship with science, animals, yourself, or your community + Reflections on identity, guilt, grief, compassion, or responsibility after working with animals in labs + The challenges of speaking honestly about animal research in academic, professional, or advocacy spaces + What support you wish had existed when you were in the field + How you found healing, connection, or support after your experience + Barriers to leaving animal research or transitioning into work that better aligns with your values + Your transition to, or interest in, ethical non-animal research methods or other work that better aligns with your values + Reflections on education and informed consent for students entering courses, degrees, or careers involving animal use + What meaningful change could look like within institutions that use animals + Ideas for resources, policies, programs, or conversations that could better support people impacted by animal research + Responses to common narratives about animal research, scientific progress, or “necessary” harm + Reflections on what science without suffering could or already looks like + Reflections on relevant news, policies, legislation, institutional changes, media coverage, or public conversations related to animal research, worker well-being, transparency, or non-animal methods + Why Justify’s work matters to you