August 4, Live Smart™ by Living Compassionately

[Guest guest]

Live Smart™ by " Living Compassionately: How Choosing a Vegan Diet

Helps Create a Kinder World " with Erika Meier, Executive Director

of Compassion Over Killing

 

Ms. Meier spent three years as an Animal Control Officer for the

Washington Humane Society (WHS) in Washington, DC rescuing sick,

injured, and homeless animals as well as enforcing animal protection

laws. Prior to working for WHS, she worked in PETA's (People for the

Ethical Treatment of Animals) Research, Investigations, and Rescue

Department. Ms. Meier, with a decade of animal advocacy and proven

leadership, was appointed Executive Director of Compassion Over

Killing (COK) in January 2005.

 

COK works to end animal abuse by focusing on cruelty to animals in

agriculture and promotes vegan eating as a way to build a kinder

world for all of us, both human and nonhuman. COK's undercover

investigations inside factory farms have been featured in various

newspapers, including the New York Times and the Washington Post.

http://www.cok.net/

 

August 4, 2005 (First Thursday of every month.)

7pm, Vegan Dinner; 8-9pm, Talk

Host: Ms. Carrie Smith

RSVP: (202) 636-8423 or Email: cas19

Venue: Bahá'í Center, 5713 16th Street, N.W.

(cross street is Montague at the signal)

Washington, D.C. 20011-6811

Directions: http://dcbahai.org/contact/directions.html

Bahá'í Center's Tel. (202) 291-5532 or http://dcbahai.org/

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New Event at the Center on 16th Street! August 5th 7pm-9pm

(Friday after Live Smart™.)

 

You are invited to Devotional Gatherings with prayers, music and

readings from scriptures of the Bahá'í Faith and other world

religions followed by, " A Bahá'í Perspective on Nobility: An

Interactive Reflection, " with Ms. Maria Meredith. Ms. Meredith

is a lifelong Bahá'í who holds a masters degree in education, has

taught for 7 years, and is currently a Program Manager for an after

school and summer program.

 

For more information about the youngest world-embracing independent

religion visit our official websites:

Global: http://www.bahai.org/

U.S. National: http://www.usbahai.org/

U.S. Youth: http://www.bahaiyouth.com/

D.C. Local: http://dcbahai.org/

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Live Smart™ is a Bahá'í-inspired event designed to increase

awareness of how to live a healthy and sustainable lifestyle by

integrating the spiritual and scientific arms of knowledge.

http://projects.takingitglobal.org/livesmart

 

Live Smart™ is free and open to the public and friends of the

Bahá'í Faith. Donations are not accepted.