Saving Lives - One Bite at a Time -- June 2006
- AR2006 National Conference Highlights
- Sabina Fund Proposals Due July 15
- Get a Start On World Farm Animals Day
- Remember the Animals on Independence Day
- Some of FARM's Favorite Links
AR2006 National Conference Highlights
- 85 speakers and as many exhibits from PETA, IDA, FARM, Sea Shepherd, Vegan Outreach, COK, UPC, Animal Acres, VegNews, Animals Voice, Satya, E Mag., DawnWatch, and 70 other organizations
- 100 sessions on all aspects of animal abuse, organizing, and campaigns, including rap sessions on controversial issues
- 25th Anniversary Observance with movement pioneers Paul Watson, Alex Hershaft, Elliot Katz, Alex Pacheco, Lorri Bauston & Giorgio Cave
- Eyewitness accounts of Katrina rescue, whale battles, and SHAC trial
- Animal Rights Hall of Fame and other awards
The Conference will be held on August 10-14 at the Hilton Mark Center Hotel in Alexandria, a suburb of Washington DC. This is our most attractive venue since we started hosting national animal rights conferences in 1981.
The building has lots of sunlight, and we have the entire conference level. It is located on a small lake, adjoins a botanic garden, and runs a free shuttle to the Metro and National Airport.
Here are three ways to register:
- Register on-line with your credit card or check
- Call 888-327-6872 and have credit card handy
- Send payment & Registration Form to AR2006/FARM, 10101 Ashburton Lane, Bethesda, MD 20817
Upon registering, you will be admitted to the fascinating Conference Community System (CCS), where you can:
- Set up your own profile listing your interests and photo
- Review and search the profiles of other registrants
- Chat with other registrants and the AR2006 Management Team
- Seek or offer rides, housing, employment, and even dinner dates
- Arrange special-interest meetings during meal breaks or on Monday
- Get the latest updates on the conference
This is the big one. Be sure to visit the AR2006 website and to register.
Sabina Fund Proposals Due July 15
Since 1999, the FARM Sabina Fund has awarded small grants to 115 grassroots groups promoting a vegan diet in the U.S. and 27 other countries. The Fund honors the memory of FARM President Alex Hershaft's mother, Sabina.
The $500-1,000 grants have produced amazing efforts by creative, dedicated folks who donate their time, talent, and tenacity and require only minimal seed grants to get started.
Grant proposals are due on July 15. Proposal guidelines, past recipients, and some of their projects are listed on our website.
To make a donation or to submit a grant proposal, please visit our website.
Get a Start On World Farm Animals Day!
Jump-start your fall activism! Begin planning now for World Farm Animals Day on October 2 (Gandhi's birthday)!
This year, we'll be taking to the streets with protests, funeral marches, cage-ins, die-ins, video screenings & much more! Not your style? We're also looking for information tables, feed-ins, Veg Kit distribution, and classroom lectures.
There's an activity for every style... for individuals and groups... for the ambitious and the reserved.
Working together, we'll be a positive force for farmed animal liberationin all 50 states and two dozen other countries.
Please visit our WFAD website soon to register your interest and to receive an Action Kit. You can always update your plans later.
Remember the Animals On Independence Day
Every nation in the world celebrates the date when they achieved freedom from their oppressors. In 1776, the American Declaration of Independence claimed the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for every white male land owner.
Since than, these rights have been extended to women, people of color, and other human animals. It's high time to extend basic rights to nonhuman animals.
Let's seize the occasion of this Independence Day as a starting point in your renewed effort on behalf of animal liberation.
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AR2006 Stars
This space features key speakers at this summer's Animal Rights 2006 National Conference in DC.
Bruce Friedrich is PETA's Vice President for International Grass-roots Campaigns, and has planned and managed most of the group's famed farmed animal campaigns. Before joining PETA in 1996, he worked for a Catholic soup kitchen.
Karen Davis is founder and president of United Poultry Concern, which strives to reduce the consumption and improve the conditions of chickens & turkeys. She has authored four books on this subject.
What is FARM
FARM is a national nonprofit 501(c)(3) public interest organization that advocates vegan eating and humane treatment of farmed animals. To learn more about our national programs, visit us on the web.
FARM is supported by donations from caring folks like you. Because our staffers get reduced or no compensation, our overhead is below 5%, and your donations go directly to support our programs.
Please sign up your friends to keep them abreast of our work.
Caring Gifts
For t-shirts, books, and other fun stuff, check out our gifts page.
New FARM shirt - $12
FARM Mousepad - $4
"Animal Rights Now!" awareness bracelets in pink and burgundy - $2
Bumper sticker - $1
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