![]() Please look after each other, the animals, and the global poor for me. “He left us this farewell note ‘Please forgive me. Unfortunately, Jamie and Sarah Bloom Raskin narrated, “Tommy began to be tortured later in his 20s by a blindingly painful and merciless disease called depression, a kind of relentless torture in the brain for him, and despite very fine doctors and a loving family and friendship network of hundreds who adored him beyond words and whom he adored too, the pain became overwhelming and unyielding and unbearable. He also cheerfully opposed sectarian holier-than-thou sanctimoniousness among a handful of vegans he met and would say, ‘I’m working for a vegan world, not a vegan club.’” “He recruited gently and lovingly - but supremely effectively - dozens and dozens of people, including his parents,” Jamie and Sarah Bloom Raskin added, “to the practice of not eating animals, and it will be hard to find anyone his age who has turned more carnivores into vegans than him. “I’m working for a vegan world, not a vegan club” This post was written by General Counsel Daina Bray, who had the honor of working with Tommy Raskin during his 2020 Mercy For Animals internship.Tommy Raskin. Your love can become the engine of a quest for justice.”ĭuring the service, Tommy’s family announced that they would remember Tommy on his birthday every year, establishing January 30 as the “Day of Good Deeds for Tommy.” We look forward to joining the Raskins in remembering Tommy through good deeds every January and are committed to continuing our work in his honor. Raskin described what we can all learn from Tommy, including that “the love you have for the people and the animals that you know can quickly pour over and become love for the people and animals you don’t know. When Representative Raskin shared that he wished he could stay at the service telling stories about Tommy until everyone committed “to going vegan for at least one week in Tommy’s honor,” socially distanced attendees honked from their cars to show their support. representative Jamie Raskin, said that Tommy “lived as though the truth were actually true” in deciding how he would treat people and animals. College is a time when people do think about moral. Tommy’s father understood his son was not just an ordinary man but a man of beliefs and putting that belief into work. his family and Demby had the same idea about Tommy. He was battling with depression for a long time. Tommy’s memorial service-full of moving memories from family and friends-reminded us of how Tommy lived his values every day. Tommy Raskin was a 25 and second-year student of the Harvard school. Tommy learned so much about being an effective lawyer, writer, and advocate at Mercy For Animals, and we want others to enjoy the same experience while building the strength of the animal rights movement. In announcing their motivation for the grant to Mercy For Animals, Tommy’s sister, Hannah Raskin, shared: Tommy charmed us with his kindness and wit, and he convened regular meetings with the other summer legal interns to debate moral issues around humanity’s mistreatment of animals. Tommy applied his legal skills and dazzling intellect during his time with us, contributing to a number of legal projects, including to our impact litigation work. ![]() The memorial fund chose Mercy For Animals not only because our work to protect farmed animals and to end the exploitation of animals for food was close to Tommy’s heart but also because we had the great pleasure of hosting Tommy as a legal intern during the summer of 2020, between his first and second years as a student at Harvard Law School. His kindness, passion, & empathy inspires our continued advocacy & remains in our hearts. We had the honor of working alongside Tommy Raskin. Mercy For Animals sends our love & deepest condolences to Sarah Bloom, & the whole Raskin family. ![]() The other inaugural gift went to Oxfam America to support its humanitarian work in Yemen, another cause about which Tommy cared deeply. Mercy For Animals received a $15,000 grant to fund the conversion of our 2022 summer legal internship program from an unpaid to a paid opportunity, to ensure that the program is accessible to all law students. We are honored to share that the Raskin family announced, during Tommy’s recent memorial service, that Mercy For Animals would be one of two inaugural recipients of grants from The Tommy Raskin Memorial Fund for People and Animals through the Greater Washington Community Foundation. Tommy Raskin was a special person with a huge heart for people and animals. ![]()
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