• You Still Have Time to Host a Meatout Event
• AR2007 Signs 65 Presenters, 50 Groups
• Equal Justice Alliance Seeks Attorneys
• Book Review: "Earth Voice - Food Choice"

You Still Have Time to Host a Meatout Event

Is your community represented in the world's largest annual grassroots diet education campaign?

Please visit our Events page to find out, then sign up on the Registration page to receive free display & handout materials.

Meatout is right around the corner… on March 20th, but you can get active any time throughout the month of March.

Here are some quick and easy ways to host a Meatout event:

* Send Meatout e-cards with the Meatout message and your personal greetings to your family and friends.

* Host a Meatout Snack at your school, workplace, or social event by picking up some vegan snack foods.

* Arrange a Food Sampling to make visitors aware of the delicious meat & dairy alternatives available in stores.

* Set up an Information Table or an Exhibit at your local library, park, university, or any other busy public spot.

*Arrange a Video Screening of "Healthy You, Healthy Planet" (available from us) or "An Inconvenient Truth" (rent or buy), and explain the link between animal agriculture and global warming.

Meatout 2007 is co-sponsored by In Defense of Animals, SoyBoy, E-Magazine, Vegetarian Times, PETA, Vegan Outreach, & Mercy for Animals.

Please take a look at the 2006 photo gallery, review the detailed Action Center page, then register your event, even if your plans are only tentative.

AR2007 Signs 65 Presenters, 50 Groups

The Animal Rights 2007 National Conference has signed 65 presenters from more than 50 groups. They include Lorri Bauston, Mitchell Bolt, Michael Budkie, Karen Davis, Alex Hershaft, Pattrice Jones, Elliot Katz, Marti Kheel, Greg Lawson, Howard Lyman, Anthony Marr, Jack Norris, Lauren Ornelas, Paul Watson, and Nathan Winograd.

You can register with your credit card on-line or by calling 800-632-8688. You may send payment to AR2007/FARM, 10101 Ashburton Lane, Bethesda, MD 20817 (please provide names, postal & e-mail addresses, phone numbers).

The Conference will be held July 19-23 at the Westin LAX Hotel in L.A. The Hotel offers superb meeting and exhibit space, vegan cuisine, cruelty-free personal care products, and dog beds.

We were able to negotiate a room rate of only $90/95/100/105 + tax (14%) for single and multiple occupancy. To make a reservation, call 800-937-8461 and mention Animal Rights 2007. For more discounts, visit our Lodging page.

The program will have 120 sessions including several workshops on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and global warming . Other features are rap sessions, campaign reports, videos, exhibits, Newcomer Orientation, job interviews, Networking Receptions, and the Awards Banquet. A number of post-conference activities are planned.

Exhibits registration is now open. 90 tables will exhibit literature and merchandise of animal rights and vegan organizations and enterprises.

Please visit the AR2006 Mementos, including photo gallery, schedule, and testimonials, then take advantage of the discounted registration rate.

Equal Justice Alliance Seeks Volunteers

Equal Justice Alliance (EJA) is a coalition of animal and other social justice groups spearheaded by FARM to protect freedom of speech and assembly for activists by defeating the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA).

AETA brands animal activists as 'terrorists,' abridges our freedom of speech and assembly, and is exceptionally broad, vague, and contradictory. It cleared Congress in a controversial, underhanded maneuver, catching most Members unaware.

We are creating a supportive climate for animal activism in the federal legislative and legal communities through legal and public conferences and through Congressional briefings and personal visits.

Here are some ways you can help:

* Promote the Equal Justice Alliance by distributing our promo cards at local events. Contact EJA Promo.

* Get your organization to join EJA by contacting EJA membership.

* As an attorney, ask your local bar association to draft a statement opposing AETA. Contact EJA Legal for guidance.

* As an attorney or a law student, arrange a forum about AETA.  Contact EJA Legal for guidance.

* Become our Congressional Coordinator polling Members of Congress on their position on AETA and maintaining a contact database.

* Become our Media Coordinator sending news releases on EJA activities and soliciting interviews.

* Become our Website Coordinator updating the EJA website periodically.

Please visit the EJA website to learn more about AETA and how to support our campaign. If you're an attorney, please contact our Executive Director.

Book Review: "Earth Voice - Food Choice"

Earth Voice - Food Choice is a “how to” manual for anyone who wants to initiate a healthy food and education project in his/her school, camp, or other institution. It contains a history of the USDA's impact on school meals and field tested tactics for introducing vegan meals in schools. The tactics cover students presentations, actions students can take, useful information for food personnel, institutional size recipes that fit within the USDA’s meal pattern requirements, delicious recipes for home use, handouts for students and parents, letters of introduction, news articles, and notices.

The companion DVD provides a lecture on the benefits of vegan meals in schools for high school & middle school students as well as adults.

Earth Voice Food Choice Manual (200 pp)                                         $27.95 + S&H
Earth Voice Food Choice DVD (39m + 57 m of bonus features)    $24.95 + S&H
Complete set (one of each)                                                                   $50.00 + S&H
www.earthvoicefoodchoice.com, Earth Walk, PO Box 4315, Sedona AZ 86340