Taking Action for Animals: Pro Vegan/Raw DC Event July 28-30th

[Guest guest]

Hello,

 

It seems rare that a pro-vegan/raw event takes place in DC, I will be

going. If anyone else goes and would like to meet up, just to

introduce ourselves we could exchange cell numbers later.

 

Felicia

 

http://www.takingactionforanimals.com/schedule/...

 

Ronald Reagan/ITC Building

 

Schedule 2007 Saturday, July 28

 

 

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8:00 AM – 8:00 PM Registration Open

 

9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Taking Action for Farm Animals Speaker: Gene Baur

Session: Plenary

 

9:45 AM – 10:30 AM Eating Green – for Ourselves, the Planet, and

Animals Speaker: Michael Jacobson Session: Plenary

 

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM Vegan Diets: Science Weighs In Speaker: Neal

Barnard Session: Plenary

 

11:30 AM – 3:30 PM Exhibit Hall Open

 

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Break – Lunch served in the Exhibit Hall

 

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Book Signing—Erin Williams

 

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Book Signing—Michelle Rivera

 

1:15 PM – 2:15 PM Perspectives from the Field Speaker: Diane

Halverson Speaker: Nicolette Hahn Niman Speaker: Paul Willis Session:

Plenary

 

2:15 PM – 3:00 PM Being a Joyful Vegan in a Non-Vegan World Speaker:

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau Session: Plenary

 

3:30 PM – 4:15 PM The Farm Bill, Congress, and Livestock Agribusiness

Speaker: Wayne Pacelle Session: Plenary

 

4:15 PM – 5:00 PM Whole Foods Market: The Journey Towards

Transparency, Accountability and Responsibility with Farm Animal

Welfare Speaker: Margaret Wittenberg Session: Plenary

 

5:00 PM – 5:45 PM Talking with the Enemy? Speaker: Philip Lymbery

Session: Plenary

 

5:45 PM – 6:30 PM Break – Please visit the Exhibit Hall

 

6:30 PM – 9:30 PM Banquet Dinner

 

Sunday, July 29

 

 

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Sunday Schedule Chart (pdf)8:00 AM – 6:30 PM Registration Open

 

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Getting Down to Business: Corporate Campaigns

Speaker: Josh Balk Speaker: Matt Prescott Session: Workshops Track:

3: Changing Corporate and Public Policies

 

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM The Cutting Veg: Info and Insights for Better

Advocacy Speaker: Caryn Ginsberg Speaker: Che Green Session:

Workshops Track: 2: Communicating the Message

 

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Behavior of Rescued Farm Animals in a Sanctuary

Setting: Teaching People the Truth Speaker: Jenny Brown Speaker:

Karen Davis Speaker: Susie Coston Session: Workshops Track: 1: Taking

Action for Farm Animals

 

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Emergency Response: Animals in Disasters Speaker:

Allan Kornberg Speaker: Dick Green Speaker: Melissa Rubin Session:

Workshops Track: 4: Exploring the Issues

 

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Highway to Hell: Long Distance Transport of Farm

Animals Speaker: Dena Jones Speaker: Monica Engebretson Speaker:

Peter Brandt Session: Workshops Track: 1: Taking Action for Farm

Animals

 

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Advances for Farm Animals: How and Why We're

Winning Speaker: Jeff Lydon Speaker: Paul Shapiro Session: Workshops

Track: 3: Changing Corporate and Public Policies

 

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Building an Effective Campaign Speaker: Caryn

Ginsberg Speaker: Heidi Prescott Session: Workshops Track: 2:

Communicating the Message

 

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Companion Animals in Your Community Speaker: Cory

Smith Speaker: Nicole Paquette Session: Workshops Track: 4: Exploring

the Issues

 

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Protecting Horses and Other Equines Speaker:

Chris Heyde Speaker: Karen Brown Speaker: Keith Dane Session:

Workshops Track: 4: Exploring the Issues

 

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Teaching Youth about Farm Animal Issues Speaker:

Zoe Weil Session: Workshops Track: 2: Communicating the Message

 

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM International Action for Farm Animals Speaker:

Andrea Gavinelli Speaker: Joyce D'Silva Speaker: Miyun Park Session:

Workshops Track: 1: Taking Action for Farm Animals

 

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Book Signing—Erik Marcus

 

10:30 AM – 3:00 PM Exhibit Hall Open

 

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM In the Courts: Litigation for Farm Animals

Speaker: Bruce Wagman Speaker: David Wolfson Speaker: Peter Petersan

Session: Workshops Track: 3: Changing Corporate and Public Policies

 

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Book Signing—Zoe Weil

 

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Break—Lunch served in the Exhibit Hall

 

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Book Signing—Julie Lewin

 

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Mainstreaming Vegetarianism Speaker: Erik Marcus

Speaker: Matt Ball Session: Workshops Track: 2: Communicating the

Message

 

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Factory Farming, Global Warming, and the

Environment Speaker: Danielle Nierenberg Speaker: Joyce D'Silva

Session: Workshops Track: 1: Taking Action for Farm Animals

 

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Book Signing—Karen Davis

 

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM The Dangers of Animal Cloning Speaker: Jaydee

Hanson Speaker: Tracie Letterman Session: Workshops Track: 4:

Exploring the Issues

 

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Direct Democracy: Ballot Initiatives for Farm

Animals Speaker: Jennifer Hillman Speaker: Julie Janovsky Session:

Workshops Track: 3: Changing Corporate and Public Policies

 

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Break—Please visit the Exhibit Hall

 

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Book Signing—Dr. Michael Greger

 

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM State Legislation: How to Get a Bill Passed

Speaker: Kelly Peterson Speaker: Nicole Paquette Session: Workshops

Track: 3: Changing Corporate and Public Policies

 

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Outreach on Farm Animal Issues Speaker: Erica Meier

Speaker: Kim Sturla Session: Workshops Track: 2: Communicating the

Message

 

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Inside Look at Live Poultry Markets: Suffering,

Filth, and Bird Flu Speaker: Karen Davis Speaker: Michael Greger

Session: Workshops Track: 1: Taking Action for Farm Animals

 

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM The Global Wildlife Trade Speaker: Adam Roberts

Speaker: Allan Kornberg Speaker: Barbara Cartwright Session:

Workshops Track: 4: Exploring the Issues

 

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM Electing Humane Lawmakers Speaker: John Phillips

Speaker: Julie Lewin Speaker: Sara Amundson Session: Workshops Track:

3: Changing Corporate and Public Policies

 

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM Science-Based Farm Animal Advocacy Speaker: Cheryl

Leahy Speaker: Jim Webster Speaker: Sara Shields Session: Workshops

Track: 1: Taking Action for Farm Animals

 

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM Animal Cruelty and Fighting Speaker: Dana Campbell

Speaker: John Goodwin Session: Workshops Track: 4: Exploring the

Issues

 

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM Working with the Media Speaker: Bruce Friedrich

Speaker: Karen Dawn Session: Workshops Track: 2: Communicating the

Message

 

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Veterinary Issues and Animal Protection Session:

Workshops Track: 4: Exploring the Issues

 

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Responding to Common Defenses of Factory Farming

Speaker: Nathan Runkle Speaker: Paul Shapiro Session: Workshops

Track: 2: Communicating the Message

 

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Becoming a Citizen Lobbyist Speaker: Nancy Perry

Speaker: Stephanie Vance Session: Workshops Track: 3: Changing

Corporate and Public Policies

 

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Reaching Out and Building Coalitions Speaker:

Caitlin Winans Speaker: lauren Ornelas Session: Workshops Track: 1:

Taking Action for Farm Animals

 

6:45 PM – 8:00 PM Briefing for Lobby Day Participants Session:

Special Interest

 

6:45 PM – 8:00 PM Running a Grassroots Campaign on " Chicken Scratch "

Speaker: Carie Lewis Speaker: Grace Markarian Session: Special

Interest

 

6:45 PM – 8:00 PM Student Delegates – Meet and Greet Session: Special

Interest