ARC In Action meetings are held on the second Saturday of the month
from 10am to 11am at our office at 2615 E. Franklin Ave. in Minneapolis.
Everyone is welcome - you don't have to be a member to attend. Upcoming
topics include:
September 13 - How to Win an Argument About Vivisection
Linden Hills Woofstock, a benefit for Animal
Ark no-kill shelter
Saturday, September 13, 10am to 3pm, 43rd St. and Upton Ave. S., Minneapolis
The Linden Hills neighborhood is rolling out the red carpet with a fun
celebration for you and your canine family members. There will be many
exhibitors, events, and presentations. Stop by ARC's booth to pick up
one of our "Ban Pound Seizure" dog tees, bandanas, or ID tags.
Circle
of Compassion (ARC blog)
ARC
on MySpace
Chicken
Run Rescue
fast & furless
vegan emporium
HumaneMyth.org
Rhymes With
Vegan
If an animal is in immediate danger, call 911. Read this section for more
information.
If you need to find a new home for your companion animal, read the information
in this section.
Newsletters
Fact Sheets
Recommended Reading
Report
from AR2008
ARC's
Program Director, Dallas Rising, just returned from AR2008, the national
animal rights conference in Washington, DC organized by FARM
(Farm Animal Rights Movement). Dallas reported that ARC's name is squarely
on the national map and our new Humane
Farming Myth brochure was a big hit, with many conference participants
asking for copies. There are still few groups focusing on this aspect
of animal rights and it's becoming a popular topic for discussion.
Dallas spoke at three sessions and shared panels with pattrice jones (author of "Aftershock"), Matt Ball (Vegan Outreach co-founder), Camille Hankins (founder of Win Animal Rights), Peter Young (former animal liberation prisoner), Robert Cheeke (Vegan Bodybuilding and Fitness), and Alex Hershaft (Farm Animal Rights Movement).
Dallas is back from the conference with lots of new ideas, connections, and energy to continue her work for animals here in Minnesota. Feel free to contact her to find out how you can get involved, or donate a few dollars to help further ARC's innovative campaigns!
CityPages (8/20
edition) Publishes ARC's Comments about the Animal Humane Society
Click here
to read the story entitled "Minnesota's largest shelter killed more
than 14,000 animals last year. How many were unnecessary?" by reporter
Beth Walton.
Filming
Begins!
It's
an exciting time for the Animal Rights Coalition. This week, filming began
for the vegan cooking show "Rhymes
with Vegan," hosted by local Minneapolis chef, Meagan Holtgrewe.
ARC is sponsoring this cooking show, which will feature awesome, home-style
and hearty vegan recipes, as well as information about veganism. The tagline
for "Rhymes with Vegan" is "grubbin. food." This means
most of the recipes will be dishes we all grew up with (hamburger pie,
stew, chili, burgers, chicken salad, etc.), but Meagan will show you how
to make them vegan!
Check back often on this web site for updates and feast your eyes on some of the dishes from the pilot episode. (photos by Tricia Elsen)
Grilling
and Chilling
Host a vegan barbecue this July or August and have the most fun promoting
veganism you'll have all year! ARC has teamed up with the makers of Tofurky,
Tofutti, Amy's veggie burgers, Veganaise, Yves veggie dogs, and Whole
Soy & Co., to support you in sharing great vegan food with the omnivores
in your life. Our BBQ host packet includes:
*10 stylish postcard invitations to send to your guests
* A suggested menu list to help you plan your event
* FREE Veggie Burgers from Amy's Kitchen and
vouchers for FREE Tofurky Brats for your BBQ
* Coupons from Turtle Island, Yves, Whole Soy & Co., and Follow Your
Heart for you and all of your guests
* Information about veganism/animal issues to share with guests
Our goal is to support 20 BBQ hosts in entertaining 10 guests each for
a total of 200 omnivores having a tasty, relaxed introduction to vegan
eating this summer. Email ARC's Program Director, Dallas
Rising to request a host packet and sign up for this fun volunteer
opportunity.
Calling
All Tofu Tots for VegKins Meetups!
Come and play with other veggie kids while your parents hang out and
talk about grown-up stuff. ARC's VegKins is a social group just for families
raising young vegan and vegetarian children, 5 years old and under. For
more information and upcoming meetup dates, email ARC's Program Director,
Dallas Rising.
Getting
the Word Out about Pound Seizure at the Pride Festival and Parade
ARC's participation in the Minneapolis Pride festival was a great success!
We had hundreds of people visit our booth to learn more about pound seizure
(the sale of cats and dogs from municipal pounds or shelters to research
labs) and to pick up info on going vegan and our new Humane Farming Myth
brochure. Here's the ARC contingent marching in the parade and Warren,
our littlest marcher, showing off his Ban Pound Seizure doggie tee (more
tees in various sizes are available for purchase at the ARC office). (photos
by Tricia Elsen)
ARC
Unveils New Brochure Challenging the Myth of Humane Animal Products
As
the media pay increased attention to the cruelties and abuses commonly
occurring in large-scale, industrial animal farming operations, compassionate
consumers are increasingly seeking alternatives. Labels such as “Cage
Free,” “Free Range,” “Humanely Certified,” and
“Grass Fed,” suggest that those who are willing to pay a higher
price can enjoy eggs, dairy, and meat from small-scale “humane”
farms that treat animals with compassion and respect.
But is the public being misled?
ARC's new brochure "The Humane Farming Myth" answers
this question and is a compelling resource to share with family and friends.
Preview the brochure here
and then contact ARC for copies to share with others.
Also visit the new web resource HumaneMyth.org,
which is an initiative being carried out by an international coalition
of individuals and grassroots organizations, including, among others,
Tribe of Heart and all seven subjects of the film Peaceable
Kingdom: The Journey Home.
Rhymes
with Vegan
Activists and authors pattrice
jones, Gene
Bauer, Hillary
Rettig, and Karen
Dawn stopped by ARC to share their thoughts and stories about their
recently published books (photo by Tricia Elsen).
One of the most exciting parts of the evening was that the event was
catered by local Minneapolis vegan chef, Meagan Holtgrewe. ARC is sponsoring
a new vegan cooking show that Meagan is in the process of producing called,
"Rhymes with
Vegan." ARC looks forward to having Meagan cater many events
to come.
CityPages
(5/21 edition) Publishes ARC's Letter
Click here
to read ARC's Letter to the Editor about "humane" meat, dairy,
and eggs in response to a 5/7 CityPages article entitled "The
best way to help animals may be to eat them".
Pound seizure is the sale of cats and dogs from a pound or shelter to
research labs. Only three states, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Utah, still
have laws requiring that publicly funded pounds and shelters turn over
unclaimed animals for research.
The ultimate fate of these former companion animals is death. But before they die, they may suffer greatly. Visit Minnesota's Shame and Ban Pound Seizure to find out more.
Petting
zoos at malls and fairs allow children to feed, ride, or have their pictures
taken with the animals. Children who visit petting zoos often bring home
much more than their parents bargained for as petting zoos are notorious
for infecting children with potentially lethal bacteria such as E.
coli and salmonella. Click here
for a fact sheet with more details on petting zoos.
Hearing
a lot about violence in schools? You can do something to help: Cut out
dissection! Every year, millions of animals are killed and shipped off
to schools, where young people are given scalpels and told to slice up
the animals’ bodies. What does dissection teach? Not much, except
that it’s OK to chop up animals.
Contact ARC for advice on how to object to dissection at your school. Or call the toll-free Dissection Hotline for information and support for students, parents and teachers who object to dissection.
