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DESCRIPTION:Liberation movements throughout history have relied on the energy, passion, 
 and creativity of grassroots activists. Now, it's time for grassroots 
 animal rights activists to join together to take the animal rights movement 
 to the next level. The first annual Grassroots Animal Rights Conference 
 (GARC) will provide the forum for doing that by providing an opportunity 
 for grassroots activists from throughout North America to come together to 
 learn, organize, and mobilize.Speakers \n\n               So far the 
 following have been confirmed:      Lorri Bauston, Co-founder, Farm 
 Sanctuary        Dr. Alex Hershaft, PhD, President, Farm Animal Reform 
 Movement        Lorri Bauston, Co-founder, Farm Sanctuary        Aryenish 
 Birdie, Co-founder, Students of Hampshire for Animal Rights Education 
 (SHARE)        Sarahjane Blum, Media Spokesperson, GourmetCruelty.com       
  David Cantor, Executive Director, Responsible Policies for Animals, Inc    
     Lawrence Carter-Long, Issues Specialist, In Defense of Animals        
 Rod Coronado        Karen Davis, PhD, Founder, United Poultry Concerns, 
 Inc.        Shawn DeLeo, Community Animal Project, Syracuse, NY        Dr. 
 Michael Greger, MD, Vegan Research Institute        Caryn Hartglass, 
 Executive Director, EarthSave International        Kevin Jonas, Stop 
 Huntington Animal Cruelty (SHAC)        pattrice jones, Coordinator, Global 
 Hunger Alliance        Dr. Melanie Joy, PhD, Professor of Psychology, 
 University of Massachusetts, Boston         Marti Kheel, Founder, Feminists 
 for Animals Rights        Helen Matthews, Boston Ecofeminist Action         
 Jamie Moran, Friends of Jeffrey Luers        Lance Morosini, Organizer, 
 Speak Out for Animal Rights        Carol Moon, Humane Educator, Farm 
 Sanctuary        Peter Muller, Vice President, Committee to Abolish Sport 
 Hunting (CASH)        Charles Patterson, Author, Eternal Treblinka        
 Hillary Rettig, Author, How Not to Burn Out: A Guide to Building a 
 Sustainable Activist Career        Nathan Runkle, Founder, Mercy for 
 Animals        Ryan Shapiro, Campaigns Coordinator, Gourmetcruelty.com      
   Marjorie Spiegel, Executive Director, Institute for the Development of 
 Earth Awareness (IDEA)        Andy Stepanian, Long Island Animal Defense 
 League         Adam Weissman, Activism Center at Wetlands Preserve    \n\n  
 Come   to GARC                  \n\n               GARC will be held in New 
 York City, March 31 - April 3, 2005. All animal rights activists are 
 invited to attend. We particularly welcome women, persons of color, and 
 persons born outside the United States. Housing and food costs will be kept 
 low.                    \n\n Help Build GARC\n\n         GARC is the 
 process of building the grassroots. Please begin your participation now by 
 helping us build a terrific conference. We welcome not just your labor, but 
 your creativity and ideas. We especially need help in outreach, publicity, 
 contacting speakers, and fundraising.                We strive to provide 
 an interesting, affirming, and resume-building volunteer experience. 
 adam@grassrootsar.org, aryenish@grassrootsar.org, hillary@grassrootsar.org. 
  Email us if you wish to volunteer. If you want to help with publicity, 
 email hillary@grassrootsar.org. And if you are interested in establishing 
 the GARC agenda, please email aryenish@grassrootsar.org.                    
                                     GARC's Uniqueness               GARC is 
 unique in having been designed by grassroots animal rights activists for 
 grassroots animal rights activists. Our agenda is being designed based on 
 survey answers from hundreds of animal rights activists.                
 GARC is also unique in its focus on breaking down the barrier between 
 audience and organizer, its strong focus on the link between animal abuse 
 and other forms of oppression both inside and outside our movement, its 
 orientation towards activist skill and strategy sharing over issue 
 information, and its particular focus and recognition on the grassroots 
 segment of the movement.                    \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/01/27/56403.php
SUMMARY:Grassroots Animal Rights Conference in NYC
LOCATION:4-day Conference in New York City\n  Grassroots Animal Rights Conference  
 PO Box 344  New York, NY  10108  USAhttp://www.grassrootsar.org/index.html
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/01/27/56403.php
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