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November 03, 2004Liberation Now!
It's not every weekend that 300 kids assemble in front of a Nieman Marcus store and in unison chant "Nieman Carcass! How many animals did you kill today?" through bullhorns or 20 activists behind Colonel Sanders masks march in a parade giving out stickers depicting the Colonel slitting the throat of a bloody chicken. Conferences such as Liberation Now offer hundreds of young animal rights activists from all over the world, including star street teamer Kevin Loder from Oregon, a chance to get together to learn, discuss and get active.
Among some of the other exciting events happening this past weekend in Berkeley, California were: Carroll Adams speaking on the link between feminist critical theory and animal rights, one activist dressing up like a giant bunny and handing out "Be a Bunny’s Honey" stickers at a Halloween parade, reflections on the animal rights movement's light-speed progress from Paul Shapiro of Compassion Over Killing, Michael Gregor, M.D., talking on globalization and the animal rights movement, Bruce Friedrich speaking on effective advocacy for animals and Alka Chandna speaking on working for an animal rights organization.
There were tons of workshops on everything from "Pursuing a Career in Pre-law" to "How We Did an Open Rescue". We all had a chance to ask some of the big names in animal advocacy all of those questions that have been eating away at us, while we ate away at some of the best vegan food I’ve had in a long time.
If you’re interested in networking with activists in your area, learning more about effective advocacy techniques, learning more about animals rights, eating great vegan food, or just having fun while fighting for a cause, you should definitely check out DemandLiberation.com and come to one of the regional conferences in Philadelphia, Boston, Gainesville, Austin & Minneapolis.
Posted by dwilson at November 3, 2004 02:44 PM
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Liberation Now was awesome! Both me and my boyfriend went. Here are some of the pics that SARA has on thier site:
http://www.defendanimals.org/libnow/gallery/
Posted by: edithjg at November 5, 2004 04:48 PM
Wow, sounds like a busy weekend.
This blog has really awesome colors.
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at November 9, 2004 02:50 PM
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