Saving Our Planet - One Bite at a Time - July 2005
Table of Contents
- Animal Rights 2005 Takes Los Angeles by Storm
- AR2005 Awards Go to Casey Kasem, Gretchen Wyler, and Others
- World Farm Animals Day Planning Under Way
- Sabina Fund Needs Your Help
Animal Rights 2005 Takes LA by Storm
More than 800 people registered for the Animal Rights 2005 National Conference at the Westin LAX Hotel in Los Angeles on July 7-11. Nearly a hundred speakers representing 80 organizations participated in over a hundred sessions, including plenaries, workshops, raps, & campaign reports.
Other highlights included premiere screenings of several new videos, literature and merchandise exhibits by 80 organizations, Newcomer Orientation, Awards Banquet (see story below), & performances by AR musicians.Post-conference activities included verbal communications and humane education training, vegan nutrition Q&A, and a demonstration at UCLA, which was covered by four TV stations and UCLA's student paper.
This year's conference co-sponsors were Farm Animal Reform Movement, In Defense of Animals, New England Anti-Vivisection Society, The Animals Voice, and Vegetarian Times. Additional support was provided by Animal Rights Online, DawnWatch, Satya, VegNews.
We offer our special thanks to AB Foods, Clearly Natural, Dr. Bronners, Follow Your Heart, Native Foods, Play Food, Turtle Island Foods (Tofurky), and Whole Foods Market for providing tasty treats and cruelty-free products.
Photos of the conference are now available online. Recordings may be purchased at $9 per session, or $159 for the entire conference (plus $2 S&H). Orders can be placed with JOB CRS | 4610 South Dakota Ave NE | Washington, DC 20017-2723 | JOB_CRS@att.net | 202-269-2000.
Kasem, Wyler, Others Win Awards
Gretchen Wyler, founder of Ark Trust and the Genesis Awards, and Vegan Outreach founders Jack Norris and Matt Ball were elected to the U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame by the speakers at the Animal Rights 2005 National Conference in Los Angeles.
Following a 50-year acting career, Gretchen Wyler joined the boards of the Fund for Animals and ASPCA, then launched the Genesis Awards in 1986.
Matt Ball and Jack Norris founded Vegan Outreach in 1995 to produce and distribute millions of brochures promoting a vegan diet.
The Grassroots Animal Activist of the Year Award was presented to Marr Nealon of Los Angeles. The Rosenberg Youth Award went to Rick Kump of Titusville, FL.
Famed radio host Casey Kasem received the Celebrity Animal Advocate of the Year Award. Prior recipients are Linda Blair, James Cromwell, Dennis Kucinich, Bill Maher, and Alicia Silverstone.
In Defense of Animals honored TV star Wendie Malick with a Distinguished Guardian Award.
Visit www.ARConference.org for more photos.
World Farm Animals Day Plan Begins
Get a headstart on planning your activities for World Farm Animals Day on October 2nd, the one day a year when all activists are conscience-bound to express their outrage at the treatment of animals in factory farms and slaughterhouses.
For the 23rd annual observance, activists in hundreds of communities will leaflet, set up information tables, and show undercover footage of factory farm atrocities in their communities. Others will conduct slaughterhouse vigils or hunger strikes locked in cages to dramatize the conditions of farmed animals. More than two dozen countries will take part.
Please check out www.WFAD.org for an early start and your free Action Kit!
Sabina Fund Needs Your Help
Since 1999, we have awarded grants to more than 100 groups in the U.S. and 30 other countries. The FARM Sabina Fund has received two dozen grant applications from grassroots groups promoting veganism, mostly in developing countries. We would like to provide them small grants of $500-$1,000 for their worthy projects, but we cannot do it without your help.
If you choose to sponsor a group's project with a donation of $500 or more, we will send you the group's proposal and subsequent report with photos. We will gratefully accept and pool smaller contributions to provide additional grants.
Please visit the Sabina Fund website for more photos and a listing of proposed projects. To make a contribution, please visit our Online Donation Form and choose the Sabina Fund as the program you wish to support.
Our friends at The Vegetarian Site will donate 10% of your all purchases during the month of August to FARM. Check out their wide selection of vegan, sweatshop-free shoes, belts, hemp products, and more — even juicers!
FARM Heroes
This space recognizes the people who ensure FARM's survival and effectiveness.
Gretchen Primack, a vegetarian since age 13, is the vice president on the board of Catskill Animal Sanctuary and a regular volunteer at the Ulster County SPCA. Gretchen is a major supporter of FARM's billboard education program. She contributes a significant portion of her earnings to animal causes.
Armaiti Khorshed May, a recent graduate of UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and a longtime advocate of animal rights, made a special donation to FARM at AR2005 in memory of her late beloved brother.
Daniel Byram May was known among his peers and family members for his compassion, service, and sense of humor. He is pictured below.
FARM is a national nonprofit 501(c)(3) public interest organization that advocates humane treatment of farmed animals & plant-based eating. To learn more about our seven national programs, visit us on the web at www.farmusa.org.
FARM is supported entirely by donations from caring folks like you. Because our staffers take reduced or no compensation, our overhead is below 5% - so your donations go directly to support our programs.
Please sign up your friends to keep them informed of our campaigns.
Caring Gifts
For t-shirts, books, and other fun stuff, check out our gifts page.
"Animal Rights Now!" Awareness Bracelets in pink and burgundy.
$2 each; $5/3