Events Calendar
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2006 "Benefits Boutique"
- Thursday, March 30, 2006
- 7:00pm – one hour lecture, followed by Q & A
- Brighton Memorial Library, Learning Center
– 2300 Elmwood Ave, Rochester NY
ARA participated in this OUTREACH + FUNDRAISER:
December 10, 2006, 9am - 1pm
First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Road South, Rochester NY
Various Unitarian church & area activists groups table their message and
sales, immediately following UU church services. Open to the public (free).
2006 "Alternative Fair"
ARA participated in this FUNDRAISER + OUTREACH:
December 1, 2006 (Friday), 6-10 pm
December 2, 2006 (Saturday), 9am-3pm
First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Road South, Rochester NY
Area activist, social justice organizations, and artisans, table their message
and sales. Huge event open to the public ~ very well-attended, and much fun.
$3 for ages 12+, children under 12 free (free child care).
Musical entertainment provided.
An opportunity to purchase holiday gifts you can feel good about. It features hundreds
of fair trade, earth friendly, and/or locally produced goods that support a just and
sustainable world. Tables by local non-profits, and an opportunity to gather in
community with others who are concerned about positive social change.
Sponsored by MetroJustice: (585) 325-2560
www.metrojustice.org
FUR FREE FRIDAY PROTEST - Rochester NY
- Friday, 11/24/06
- 11:30am - 1:00pm
- Held-Projansky Furs, 2240 Monroe Avenue, Rochester NY
ALL are welcome to join us.
Legally - on the Public Sidewalk in front of Held-Projansky Furs
(next to Max Pies, in a little plaza just east of 12 corners -
DO NOT PARK in that PLAZA parking lot! PARK on the many nearby streets)
ARA will be providing signs, or you are welcome to bring your own.
Not much opportunity at this location to leaflet, but will be available.
Remember to dress warmly, and bathrooms require a drive away & back!
We respectfully request that you do NOT wear any LEATHER.
"Don't Let Death Trim Your Coat"
www.FurIsDead.com
PROTEST SHRINE CIRCUS - Rochester NY,
Nov. 3-5, 2006:
ARA will provide signs and literature - and/or bring your own.
Please arrive one hour before each show.
Fri, Nov. 3rd - at 6:30pm (for 7:30pm show)
Sat, Nov. 4th - at 10:00am (for 11:00am show)
Sat, Nov. 4th - at 2:30pm (for 3:30pm show) &
Sat, Nov. 4th - at 6:30pm (for 7:30pm show)
Sun, Nov. 5th - at 11:00am (for 12:00pm show) &
Sun, Nov. 5th - at 3:00pm (for 4:00pm show)
Blue Cross Arena
One War Memorial Square
Rochester, NY 14614
(The Arena is on the corner of Broad and Exchange Streets)
PARKING available all around the area - garages, on street... you will find a spot.
http://www.bluecrossarena.com/directions.htm
http://www.bluecrossarena.com/events.htm
More info on circuses:
http://api4animals.org/a1a_circus.php
http://www.circuses.com
Here are two sites for "Animal-Free Circuses":
API: http://www.api4animals.org/facts?p=419&more=1
PETA: http://circuses.com/pdfs/AnimalFreeCircuses.pdf
November 12, 2006 (Sunday): Michael Greger, MD
"BIRD FLU: A VIRUS OF OUR OWN HATCHING"
7:00pm
Brighton Town Park Lodge, 777 Westfall Road, Rochester NY
(near the intersection of S. Clinton Rd. and Westfall)
Open to the Public (wheelchair accessible)
Free
Cosponsored by RAVS (Rochester Area Vegetarian Society)
and ARAUNY (Animal Rights Advocates of Upstate New York)
Dr. Michael Greger, HSUS Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture,
has just released a book entitled: "Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching".
Vegan potluck precedes lecture at 5:30pm ($3 non-members).
Bring Vegan-only dish to share for eight people
Details at www.RochesterVeg.org.
Thursday, Oct.5, 2006, 7:00pm, Brighton Town Hall Auditorium:
Lecture by David Cantor, President and Founder of Responsible Policies for Animals.
Free and Open to the public. The lecture is titled, "Animal Advocacy: New Insights for a New Direction".
The ARA Book Club met again on Monday, Sept. 18, 2006.
We reviewed Marjorie Spiegel's book:
The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery
(©1988). Find copies in the Rochester Public Library
system,
order through area bookstores, or Amazon.com, or
Alibris.com.
Many thanks to Felicity & Gerry Brach for facilitating this meeting.
9/15/06 "Funeral Motorcade For the Slaughtered" – Anthony Marr
of Vancouver Canada is leading this action across 31 states and 6 Canadian provinces.
ARA is joining this "Motorcade" on Friday, 9/15, travelling east to west of
Rochester NY, advocating for an End to the Slaughter – of seals (for fur), and all
other nonhuman animals exploited for human use.
See: http://www.all-creatures.org/hope/02%20CARE%20Tour.htm.
To join this action, please contact us at: arauny@arauny.org.
08/28/06 ARA-UNY participated in the second annual VegFest in Syracuse recently.
Shawn DeLeo of Community Animal Project did another great job this
year! Guest speakers were: Lauren Ornelas (was from Viva!USA-then-COK),
Harold Brown (FS), Adam Durand (CC), Eddie Lama ("The Witness"), and George
Eisman (Nutritionist). He had musicians, and excellent vegan food vendors,
including some who made the best Vegan cheesecake ever ~ we're all still
raving about it! Folks brought their dogs as intended for this
event. People strolled about, mingling, asking AR questions, engaging in
AR dialogue, sharing experiences, exchanging contact info, all appeared to be
having a great time.
The ARA Book Club met for the fourth time on Monday, August 14, 2006.
We reviewed Matthew Scully's book (©2003, St.Martin's Griffin) entitled
Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy.
Copies available in the Rochester Public Library system, area bookstores,
and through Amazon.com.
The ARA Book Club met for the third time on Monday, July 10, 2006.
We reviewed Carol Adam's book (@2003, Continuum Pub) entitled
The Pornography of Meat (a follow-up to her book @1990,
The Sexual Politics of Meat). Copies available in the Rochester Public
Library system, area bookstores, and through Amazon.com.
ARA to participate in PETA's "Helping Animals 101" Conference
Saturday, June 3, 2006
8:00 am to 6:00 pm
Marriott, 1890 W. Ridge Rd, Rochester, NY 14615
For registration and more details, see:
http://www.helpinganimals101.com/
The "ARA Book Club" met for the second time on Monday May 22, 2006. We
reviewed Joan Dunayer's book (@2001, Ryce Pub) entitled
Animal Equality: Language and Liberation.
This book explores our use of language and how it reflects
on overall perception of and subsequent treatment and attitudes
toward nonhuman animals.
Please join ANIMAL RIGHTS ADVOCATES for a peaceful, legal protest of
Ringling Brothers Circus in Rochester NY:
May 10 - 14, 2006 (Wednesday-Sunday)
Blue Cross Arena, 1 War Memorial Square, Rochester NY 14614
Click here for a map.
(corner of Exchange-Court-Broad Streets, across from Hall of Justice, and directly across from Democrat & Chronicle Hdqts)
ARRIVE ONE HOUR BEFORE EACH SHOW to protest and leaflet. Stay on public
sidewalk, 10-feet-away from building walls ("private property", but the rest
which is vast and wide, is public and legal to be on).
The BIGGEST EVENING for PROTESTING Ringling here will be
OPENING NIGHT: Wednesday, 5/10/06
please arrive at 6:30pm to protest their 7:30pm show
SHOWTIMES: www.circuses.com/circusSchedules.asp
Wed, Thurs, Fri (5/10-11-12) ...
* arrive 6:30pm to protest 7:30pm Show
Saturday (5/13) ...
* arrive 10:30am to protest 11:30am Show
* arrive 2:30pm to protest 3:30pm Show
* arrive 6:30pm to protest 7:30pm Show
Sunday (5/14) ...
* arrive 12:00-noon to protest 1:00 pm Show
* arrive 4:00pm to protest 5:00pm Show
MAKE A POSTER = LARGE, BOLD, DARK LETTERS
MAKE COPIES OF the CHILDREN'S "ELEPHANT" BOOKLET:
http://www.petakids.com/pdf/ElephantComicBook.pdf
LAB VIGIL in ROCHESTER NY:
Thursday, 4/27/06
6:00pm
Animals in Lab at UR-Strong Memorial Hospital (SMH)
- 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester NY
Holding candles (and posters), join us in a SILENT WALK
down Elmwood (approximately 1 mile), stand together on sidewalk, outside of
SMH-Lab. We will read aloud writings and speeches
concerning animals trapped and tortured in all labs, including at SMH.
Candles and large-print writings will be provided.
If you wish to write something relevant to this, and/or read something pre-written, please advise.
MEET in parking lot - turn into unpaved driveway DIRECTLY ACROSS
FROM: 1409 South Ave (Zwick's Wine/Liquor - adjacent to
1000 Elmwood Avenue, Al Sigl Ctr on corner of South Ave & Elmwood, 14620).
Unseen they Suffer,
Unheard they Cry,
In Agony they Linger,
In Loneliness they Die.
ARA will participate in UR Earth Day
Saturday, 4/22/06
UR Campus
12:00 - noon till 4:00pm
Compassionate Egg Hunt
Saturday, April 15, 2006 at 11:00am
Brighton Town Park, 777 Westfall Rd, Rochester.
Cosponsored by: Compassionate Consumers, UR-VEG, and ARAUNY.
Vegan candy in plastic eggs, prizes, "Life of Chicks" coloring books, and more.
Bring your own basket and have fun!
APRIL 11, 2006 ~ ARA addressed Rochester City Council, proposing
an Ordinance to "Ban All Forms of Animal Entertainment in the City
of Rochester NY". We presented each RCC member with a
notebook of info and websites about animals in entertainment,
a petition, a list of U.S. and worldwide locations who've already
banned animal entertainment, the API list of animal-free-circuses, and a
list of USDA citations against Ringling just since 2000 (5-pages worth!).
Alex Chernavsky, ARA Board of Directors, gave a personalized message
relating his childhood enjoyment of animal entertainment, prior to learning
the truth he now knows, addressing "why animals should not be used for
entertainment". Speaking immediately after Alex (we'd synchronized our calls
to City Clerk signing up to speak), Lois Baum addressed alternatives to animal
entertainment, and a focus on the high rate of violence in Rochester -
which should not be enabled by the city, either by sponsoring and/or hosting such events.
ARA Book Club
Monday, March 27, 2006
Penfield Library, Conference Room
Rain Without Thunder, by Gary Francione (@1996, Temple)
PASSING LEGISLATION FOR ANIMALS
Open to the Public (wheelchair accessible)
Sponsored by: Animal Rights Advocates of Upstate NY
Guest Speaker: Jeffery Termini, President of LOHV-WNY
(League of Humane Voters, Western New York)
See: http://www.humanevoters.org/
Learn ways in which we can all engage in the process of
creating and enacting legislation for animals.
Join Animal Rights Advocates of Upstate NY to PROTEST FUR SALES!
SATURDAY, FEB 25, 2006: Protest Held Projansky's New Fur Store:
11:00am - 1pm
Legally on the Public Sidewalk in front of Held Projansky Furs
2240 Monroe Avenue, Rochester NY (next to Max Pies)
Signs and leaflets provided, or you're welcome to bring your own.
PARKING on side streets, or around 12-Corners and walk over.
Held Projansky Furs moved (this week) out of their longtime Pittsford Plaza location, to 2240 Monroe Avenue in Rochester, NY. Let's give them a big "NOT WELCOME" statement at their new location.
For more info on the fur industry, see: www.FurIsDead.com.
Remember to dress warmly, and we respectfully request that you do not come wearing any leather.
Fur protest, all were welcome to join us!
Saturday, Jan. 28th, 2006
Fur Protest was held at Held Projansky's New Location
11:00am - 1pm
Legally on the Public Sidewalk in front of Held Projansky Furs
2240 Monroe Avenue, Rochester NY (next to Max Pies)
Signs and leaflets were provided, or people could bring their own.
For more info on the fur industry, see: www.FurIsDead.com.