| Circus Demonstrations in Houston |
Multiple dates & times (see details on our website!) Location: Public sidewalk area at Reliant Stadium in Houston Members of Society of PEACE, HART, ISWA, PETA and others will be teaming up again this year for peaceful demonstrations to educate the public about animal circuses. Volunteers are needed at the demos to hold signs and hand out leaflets. Carpooling is available! Coordinated by Society of PEACE Secretary Stacey Halsch and PETA activist Jacob Calle. CLICK HERE to volunteer at the upcoming Circus Demos
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| 2008 Animal Law Institute in Houston |
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Location: South Texas College of Law in Houston The State Bar of Texas Animal Law Section presents the "2008 Animal Law Institute". Presentations will be given by several animal law experts. This informative seminar is open to law students, attorneys and non-attorneys. RSVP's are required by July 16th! Click HERE for more info and register for the Seminar
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| Take the "Vegan Relationship Survey" |
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Author Marcia Butterflies Katz from www.veganpoet.com is conducting an online vegan relationship survey for her new book. The survey takes about 5 minutes to complete. Answers can be given anonymously or you may give permission to use your name.
Click HERE to take part in the Vegan Relationship survey online
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Society of PEACE E-News & Events
"Promoting PEACE & Compassion for ALL Beings"
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JULY 2008
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Dear Society of PEACE Members & Supporters:
We wish to thank everyone who attended
our "Celebrate
Freedom by Keepin' it Vegan" Picnic on
July 5th in Houston. Even with the possibility of rain,
we still had high attendance and enjoyed delicious
vegan
food! There are still plenty of
events & activities taking
place this month, including demonstrations,
cooking classes, seminars, meetups and more!
In the coming months, our E-newsletter will take
on a
fresh, new look as we prepare to introduce the
redesign of our website. We enjoy hearing from our
members & supporters and welcome your
feedback
on ways to
improve our E-newsletter and website features. In
addition to a unveiling a new & improved website, we'll
be adding more features to our newsletter, including
a monthly "Member Spotlight", more book reviews and
links to our newsletter archives. If you have a favorite
veg cookbook or other book you'd like to review for our
newsletter, let us
know. We'll also be
announcing a "Name our
Newsletter" contest
very soon!
Thank you for your continuous support!
Together, we have the power to save billions of lives -- ours and theirs! GO VEG!
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LOCAL EVENTS & OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES
Animal Advocacy & Veg-friendly Events for July & early August 2008
Be sure to check our online calendar for more events and updates throughout the month!
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NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE
Animal, Earth & Vegetarian Issues in the News
- "The World Peace Diet"
Interview with Will Tuttle, Ph.D. - Abolitionist
Online, by David Horton
- "The Only
Diet For A Peacemaker Is A Vegetarian Diet" -
National Catholic Reporter, by John Dear S.J.
- "Environmental
Consequences of Livestock" - EVLiving.com
Editorial
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"The Year of Eating Dangerously" -
BaltimoreSun.com, by Stephen J. Hedges
- "The Meat of the Matter: Our Livestock Industry
Creates More Greenhouse Gas than Transportation
Does" - E Environmental
Magazine, by Jim Motavalli
- "Think Before You Eat: The Widespread Effects
of Factory Farmed Meat" - E Environmental
Magazine, by Brian Colleran
- "Making the Vegan Choice?" -
IAfrica.com, by Greta Wilson
- "Green Eats: Vegan Food for
the Soul" - SFWeekly.com, by Catherine
McCulloch
- "Going Vegetarian" - American Chronicle, by
Saqqara Aleister
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"Children and Animal Cruelty" - WRAL.com, by
American
Humane
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"Vermont 'Student Choice' Bill Becomes Law -- Now
the 10th State to Guarantee
Students'
Right to Refuse Animal Dissection" - National Anti-
Vivisection Society press release
- "Overstock.com Joins List of
Other Retailers Going Fur-free" - Yahoo
News/Reuters, reporting by Alexandria Sage
- "I Love Moo: Tales from a NY Animal
Sanctuary" - WashingtonPost.com, by Andrea
Sachs
To view and share more news, join our Message Board Forum
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ACTION ALERTS
Take Action for Animals!
Ask High School Board to Permanently
Remove Chicken
Slaughter from the School Curriculum!
Chickens
are
not recognized under any animal protection laws in
the U.S. Polite letters encouraging a permanent ban
on the chicken slaughter curriculum are needed! Click here to take action!
Request Sanctuary for Jenny the
Elephant!
The Dallas Zoo recently
announced that it
plans to relocate Jenny to a zoo in Mexico. Polite calls
& letters to the Mayor of Dallas are needed, requesting
relocation to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee.
Take action online here!
Rescued Iowa Pigs Still Need Help!
Farm Sanctuary is in need emergency relief
funding for their recent pig rescue efforts in the
flooded parts of Iowa. Many of the rescued pigs are
pregnant. Funding for supplies, materials and
medical care is needed, as they will live out their lives
in peace at the sanctuary. Click here to learn how you can help
with Farm Sanctuary's emergency pig rescue
fund.
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NATIONAL CONFERENCES, SEMINARS & FESTIVALS
Summer & Fall 2008
- -
"The World Peace Diet" Retreat - July 18-20, 2008
(Columbiaville, Michigan)
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"Taking Action for Animals" Conference - July 19-
21, 2008
(Arlington, Virginia)
- - 38th
International Vegetarian Union "World Vegetarian
Congress" - July 27 - August 3, 2008 (Dresden,
Germany)
- - Farm Sanctuary's "Country
Hoe Down" - August 2-3, 2008 (Watkins Glen, NY)
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National Animal Rights Conference 2008 - August
14-18, 2008
(Washington, DC)
- - The Animal Acres Gala - September 6, 2008
(Acton, CA)
- - London Vegan Festival - September 7,
2008 (London, England)
- - "Raw Spirit"
Eco-Peace Vegan
Festival - September 12-14, 2008 (Sedona, AZ)
- - NY
Vegetarian Expo 2008 - September 13, 2008
(Sarasota Springs, NY)
- - "Speaking
Their Truth" Conference - October 3-5,
2008 (Raleigh, NC)
- - World Veg
Festival - October 4-5, 2008 (San Francisco, CA)
- -
"One Earth: Globalism & Animal Law"
Conference - October 17-19, 2008 (Portland, OR)
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