The Foundations of a Movement 2005: AR Conference - New York City, July 9-10

[Daniel]

The Foundations of a Movement 2005:
An Animal Rights Conference

Join Friends of Animals, during the weekend of 9-10 July in New York City, where we'll get together to enjoy a Raw Food Demonstration from local New York chefs, and also get down to business addressing some of the most pressing matters in animal advocacy. We'll bring the dairy business into focus; we'll be talking about desperation and intimidation in animal advocacy, and getting beyond them. We'll discuss the questions arising in animal advocacy since the rise of anti-terror legislation. We'll introduce a new vegan cookbook, Dining with Friends. We'll be talking with lawyers, authors, and advocates for progressive ideas.

When
Saturday, July 9, 8:30am-5pm
Sunday, July 10, 8:30am-4:30pm

Where
American Management Association Conference Center
1601 Broadway at 48th Street, New York, NY 10019 (map (http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=opvukup_0TqliU7hSEAnayDJxOMTqA--&csz=New+York+NY+10019&country=us&cat=&trf=0))

Cost
$75 for both days, Saturday & Sunday/paid in advance
$50 for Saturday only/$35 for Sunday only
$20 Student Rate for both days, Saturday & Sunday - with valid student ID



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Panels and Speakers on:

Activism
Mainstreamer or innovator? Strategies of and for the next generation.
Welfare and authority: The rise of intimidation tactics in animal protectionism.
Public education through the Internet.
Current legal issues of interest to activists.
When good legislation goes bad: The high cost of false victory.

Feminism, Ecology, and Untangling the Threads of Domination
Treading lightly on the earth.
Heterosexism, the concept of male violence, and hunting.
Conservation and canned hunts.
Animal rights vs. the dairy business.
Of Mice and Men (http://www.friendsofanimals.org/actionline/winter-2005/catharine-mackinnon-of-mice-and-men.html): Catharine MacKinnon’s Feminist Fragment on Animal Rights.
Rescue and respect: Are they compatible?

Diet
Cuisine for liberation.
The pure vegetarian diet: Current knowledge about health and healing
A raw food demonstration.

Latest Confirmed Speakers Include:

Mark Potok (http://www.friendsofanimals.org/news/2005/march/mark-potok-to-give-keynote-address.html)
Editor, Intelligence Report, The Southern Poverty Law Center (http://www.splcenter.org/), Montgomery, AL

Vicky Crosetti
Executive Director, Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley (http://www.humanesocietytennessee.com/), Knoxville, TN

Christine DorchakVice President, GREY2K USA (http://www.grey2kusa.org/)

Priscilla Feral
President, Friends of Animals

Peter Galvin
Conservation Director, Center for Biological Diversity (http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/)

Lee Hall
Legal Director, Friends of Animals

Daniel Hammer
Staff Writer, Friends of Animals

A. R. Hogan
Science Journalist

Loren Lockman
Founder and Director of the Tanglewood Wellness Center (http://www.tanglewoodwellnesscenter.com/index.php), Frederick, MD

Brian Luke
Ecofeminist author

Brad Miller
National Director, The Humane Farming Association (http://www.hfa.org/about/index.html)

Nathan Searles
Web Manager, Friends of Animals

Jay Tutchton
Environmental Law Clinical Partnership (http://www.law.du.edu/envclinic/), University of Denver, College of Law

Richard Twine
Sociologist, Institute for Environment, Philosophy and Public Policy at Lancaster University, and the Centre for Economic and Social Aspect of Genomics

Mickey Z
Activist and author (http://www.mickeyz.net/news/mickeyz/fullarticle/suggested_reading_for_a_january_weekday/); columnist for Veg News

[Daniel]

Mickey Z. Ready to Speak on Spin for Vegans
at Friends of Animals Conference

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Mickey Z., "Meat the Press" columnist for VegNews, will entertain and inform a diverse group of activists with a talk entitled "Welcome to Spin World: Corporate Propaganda for Vegans."

Mickey will demystify the ways in which companies bewitch, bother, and bewilder us. The talk will also address various techniques used by the mainstream media to portray vegetarian activists in ways that suit the interests of big business.

As always, Mickey Z. will be encouraging "the subversive pleasure of thinking for yourself."

Join Friends of Animals, Mickey Z., and their guests at Foundations of a Movement: An Animal Rights Conference (in New York City on Saturday and Sunday 9-10 July 2005; Mickey's talk is scheduled for Saturday).

The pleasure of thinking for yourself will go wonderfully with samples from a multi-course, gourmet raw food demonstration from the very popular New York restaurant Pure Food & Wine. This demonstration, and all conference refreshments, will be purely plant-based.

Talks will also address farming, biodiversity, and organic living; and participants will hear about the latest trends in biotechnology and species modification, as well as recommended methods of empowerment for activists in this area.

Friends of Animals will introduce their new cookbook Dining with Friends: The Art of North American Vegan Cuisine, which includes recipes both for dining and for activism. The book begins with a Foreword by John Robbins, and includes many great raw and cooked ideas from outstanding contributing chefs from all over the continent and beyond. Mickey Z.'s fine work will also be available (http://www.mickeyz.net/).


You can reserve your spot now at http://www.friendsofanimals.org/the-foundations-of-a-movement/index.html (or 203.656.1522).