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Mission
The principle objective of ARAUNY is the prevention and abolition of all forms of animal abuse and exploitation. Begun in Rochester NY in 1989, our all-volunteer grassroots nonprofit organization strives to promote a better understanding of the effects of human actions and attitudes toward nonhuman animals. Please join us. Read more...
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New photos from events in 2009
Upcoming and recent events
Friday, November 27, 2009
Wear Your Own Skin demo
aka Fur Free Friday
ARAUNY is hosting this peaceful, legal, educational demo the day after Thanksgiving. Join us! Together we will not only protest the use of, and
profitting from selling dead animal skin (fur, wool, leather, down, silk, etc.), but we will advocate the Alternatives: bamboo, soy, hemp, synthetics.
Signs will be provided, or you may bring your own.
ARAUNY requests the following of participants. Please:
* do NOT wear any animal skin to this demo (no leather, down, wool, etc.)
* park on side streets - but not in the store's plaza
* please, do NOT speak to or shout at customers. They are the ones we really need to reach, teach,
enlighten. Our mere presence in front of that store
already makes them squirm (though they may not show it). This is a case where our silence will be much
louder than verbal attacks. Even though we may feel
like shouting, it is not productive, plus it gives them reason to dismiss all AR activists, rather than
seeing us as approachable. We want them to consider our points!
Hopefully, as they drive away with their new furs, they'll at least be aware they are doing something they
need to rethink! Again, please refrain from
speaking to or shouting at customers.
* 11/27/09 (Friday, the day after Thanksgiving)
* Held Projansky Fur Store, 2240 Monroe Ave, Rochester NY 14618
* 12:00noon - 1:30pm
Remember:
- dress for the weather
- there are no bathrooms close by (you'd have to drive some distance)
Thank you for your advocacy, and we look forward to you joining ARAUNY in this
"Wear Your Own Skin" demo.
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
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* 7:00pm
* Brighton Town Hall AUDITORIUM, 2300 Elmwood Ave, Rochester NY
* Wheelchair accessible rear entrance
* FREE
* Open to the Public
Lecture, followed by Q&A.
Dana Campbell is an Adjunct Professor of Animal Law at Cornell University, Ithaca NY. Currently residing in Rochester NY, she is the Senior Attorney for the Criminal Justice Program of the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF). She is also a pro-bono attorney for Animal Rights Advocates of Upstate NY. Read more in her biography on her Cornell faculty web page.