Animal Liberation Press Office

August 21-24, 2008
Austria

Global Animal Rights Gathering- Austria
Details Soon!

http://www.ar2008.info/

It's now 10 years since the Animal Rights Gatherings went international. Come and celebrate the first decade of international get-togethers at a beautiful spot to the South of Vienna, Eastern Austria, at the foot of the massive Schneeberg mountain .

The international Animal Rights Gatherings attract around 400 activists from all across Europe and beyond. It is a time to get together and talk, to socialise and build up networks . On Thursday, there will be a big demo march in Vienna in the afternoon. A train connection and coaches will bring you to the venue campsite afterwards. Please bring your tent and sleeping bags . There is enough space for all to put up their tent, and there is running water, electricity and toilets, but not much more infrastructure.

Entrance free! There is no participation fee.
The vegan food provided will be kept at the lowest cost.

August 14-18, 2008
Washington, DC

AR2008 Conference- Washington DC
Save the Date!

The Animal Rights 2008 National Conference will be held on on August 14-18 at the Hilton Mark Center in Alexandria, VA, a Washington, D C suburb. The hotel offers free shuttle service to the Metro and the Washington National Airport.

This is our most attractive venue since we started hosting the conferences in 1981. The building has lots of sunlight, and we have the entire conference level. It adjoins a small lake and a botanical preserve with running trails.

The 2008 program will offer a number of new features, including plenary presentations by prominent leaders of the consumer, environmental, and social justice movements, and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich.

Early e-mail registration will open in January.

Register Now.

July 25-27, 2008
Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois

MENDING THE HEARTLAND: Building a Unified Midwestern Animal Liberation Movement

A call out for organizers, workshop proposals and attendees.
Conference Website here.
More Information: ADL Chicago, http://chicago.animaldefense.info/

This summer, Animal Defense League Chicago, in conjunction with the Activist Alliance at Roosevelt University, will be hosting MENDING THE HEARTLAND: Building A Unified Midwestern Animal Liberation Movement. We are calling for all interested animal rights organizers and activists to come to Chicago, July 25th through 27th, 2008 to come together and brainstorm, learn, discuss, and create.

What do we need in order for this to happen?
We need you!

The first open planning meeting for the conference will be announced soon. We invite all individuals and groups interested in organizing for the conference to attend this open meeting to help with the every day details of the conference, along with approving workshops, getting sponsors, etc. While we at ADL Chicago hope the conference will be a melding of organizations and individuals, we are organizing this conference along 4 main principles, outlined and explained below in our mission statement.

Additionally, we are looking for workshop presenters! Proposal submissions will be due in June, more information will be posted soon.

June 27-29, 2008
Portland, Oregon

Let Live
letlive@foodfightgrocery.com

Animals belong to themselves, not to us. They should not suffer in our systems of food, science, entertainment and fashion. Instead, they should live free of the tyranny we put upon them. But they cannot claim this freedom alone. "Let Live" is a grassroots forum for people who want to help. Through an open, respectful, and friendly environment this conference will provide an opportunity for attendees to learn skills and strategies to become better advocates for the animals, no matter ones experience level in activism.

This conference is for first-timers, experienced activists, and anybody in between who hopes to make a real difference for animals and build a stronger, more effective community and animal liberation movement. This conference is for anybody who wants to live and let live.

"Let Live" is taking place in Portland, Oregon, June 27th-29th, 2008. It will be held this year on the campus of Portland State University. It is being organized by Vegans for Animal Advocacy, with support from No Compromise Magazine, Herbivore Magazine, and Food Fight Grocery. Much more info to come soon, please check the conference website ( http://www.letliveconference.org ) often and subscribe to the blog to stay up to date. Any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch. See you in June.

Thanks.
The "Let Live" Crew
http://www.letliveconference.org

April 25-27, 2008
Salt lake City, Utah

Confronting Cruelty
Animal Rights Conference 2008

Some of the topics will include:

Increasing penalties for cruelty to companion animals and passage of Henry's Law
Abuse of animals in laboratories and factory farms
Harms of climate change and environmental catastrophes for people, animals, and ecosystems
Strategies to fight the pet overpopulation crisis
The controversy surrounding "The Green Scare" and more militant forms of animal activism

A full program and list of speakers is available here.

February 23, 2008
Montana State University , Billings

6 th Annual
International Conference for Critical Animal Studies

Program Theme:
Animal and Earth Advocacy: Links of Life

Sponsored by:
MSU-B Philosophy Faculty, Green Theory and Praxis,and Institute for Critical Animal Studies

Just out of the starting gates of the 21 st century, the world is experiencing tremendous changes. From devastating hurricanes and earthquakes to an increase in endangered species and ever-diminishing forests. What are the problems, specifically, for nonhuman animals and the earth? What links tie environmental and nonhuman animal advocacy? How might we address global concerns through education, the arts, ethics, justice, culture, science, history, technology, policy, media, economics, and spirituality?

We invite proposals from all community members, including but not limited to nonprofit organizations, political leaders, activists, professors and students. We are especially interested in topics reaching across the disciplines of environmental and animal advocacy. Paper presentations should be fifteen to twenty minutes in length.

Deadline for proposals and abstracts: January 1, 2008. Please send proposals and abstracts, each no more than 500 words. We are receptive to different and innovative formats, including, but not limited to roundtables, panels, community dialogues, theatre, and workshops. You may propose individual or group ‘panel' presentations, but please clearly specify the structure of your proposal. Preference will be given to papers focusing on the program theme, linking environmental and nonhuman animal advocacy.

Accepted presenters will be notified by email by January 15, 2008. Please send proposals, abstracts, and biographies electronically to:

Conference Chair:
Dr. Lisa Kemmerer
lkemmerer@msubillings.edu

December 14-16 , 2007
Third Annual DIY Festival - Los Angeles

From 1pm - 6pm. $3 Donation ( no one turned away for lack of funds)
Southern California Library for Social Studies & Research
6120 South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, Ca. 90044
(Between Slauson & Gage Ave - off the 110 Freeway)
Tel (323)759-6063

more information...

November 9-11th, 2007

Massachusetts: Smash the State, Crush the Cage conference

SMASH THE STATE, CRUSH THE CAGE, a strategic conference for the fortification of the Northeastern animal liberation movement, will be held at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts from Friday, November 9th until Sunday, November 11th.

Conference organizers Hampshire Animal Liberation Advocacy (HALA!) are soliciting facilitators for workshops, talks and skill shares. The goal of this conference is to invigorate the struggle against state, corporate and cultural oppression of nonhuman animals. Anyone with skills or information to bring is encouraged to do.

Housing and as much food as we can scrounge will be provided for all attendees. All are welcome save representatives of the military, police and/or federal agencies. A talk on conference security standards will be our opening event.

Want more information? Contact halaconference@yahoo.com
Spread it far and wide: http://halaconference.50megs.com/

Saturday April 28th, 2007

5th Annual Animal Liberation Conference Series

SARO's 5th Annual Liberation Conference Series:
Agriculture, Imperialism and War Conference
10AM-4PM, Hall of Languages, Syracuse University Campus, Syracuse NY

Panels include: Government rulings and Monsanto contracts in Iraq, rainforest destruction, NAFTA and Immigration issues in South America, Political Prisoners Speak Out, Global Warming and Agriculture and more!
Several panel presentation spots still open- email toneuteriscuter@msn.com with topic submissions!

Later that day: Jericho movement Political Prisoner Teach in 8PM-11PM, Free Vegan Ice Cream Social with Radical Movies- 10PM-2AM.

Hosted by: Syracuse Animal Rights Organization ( www.myspace.com/animalrights ) and the Syracuse Chapter of the Jericho Amnesty Movement for Political Prisoners ( www.syracusejericho.org )

Attendees: Please contact us directly for housing information, rideshares and any other general questions. More updates very soon, contact us with any questions, presentation submissions etc. SARO: www.myspace.com/animalrights