Speaking Event: Globalization and Animals -- A Talk with Dr. Michael Greger

February 16, 2003

Please join us on February 28th for a very special talk by Dr. Michael Greger entitled "Corporate Globalization: Trading Away Our Right to Protect Animals." Dr. Greger's powerful talk last year about Mad Cow Disease was so well received, and we're thrilled he's returning again to talk about another important issue that effects all of us -- human and non-human animals alike.

Dr. Michael Greger will share his research about how global trade agreements and institutions such as GATT, NAFTA, and the World Trade Organization (WTO) have affected animals. He will offer his understanding of what impact the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (the expansion of NAFTA) will have on animals as well. This is a riveting and thought-provoking talk, infused with vast historical background and even humor, about what may be the greatest threat ever posed to animal protection.

Whether you consider yourself a human rights activist, a feminist, an animal activist, an environmentalist, a social justice activist -- or just someone who wants to know more about the destructive consequences of corporate globalization, please join us for this very special talk.

WHEN: Friday, February 28th -- 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 14th St. at Castro. Directions: http://www.uuoakland.org/directions.htm

COST: $5 donation to provide Dr. Greger with an honorarium (Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds)

RSVP: Although we do not require advance notice of your attendance, it would certainly help us get an idea of how many people will be attending. Simply reply to compassionatecooks.

FOOD/DRINK: There will be light refreshments, including snacks and beverages

Cesar Chavez, President of the United Farm Workers of America, once wrote that "kindness and compassion toward all living things is a mark of a civilized society. Conversely, cruelty, whether it is directed against human beings or against animals, is not the exclusive province of any one culture or community of people. Racism, economic deprival, dog fighting and cock fighting, bullfighting, and rodeos are cut from the same fabric: violence. Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well ourselves."

For the animals,

Colleen Patrick GoudreauFounder Unitarian Universalists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Oakland Chapter)

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"As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together." ~Isaac Bashevis Singer

"The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans anymore than black people were made for whites or women for men." ~Alice Walker

"Nonviolence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages." ~Thomas Edison

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