Their Lives, Our Voices: Midwest Animal Advocacy Conference 2008!

Join hundreds of others this summer at the Midwest's premiere animal advocacy conference, "Their Lives, Our Voices." This conference is being hosted by Compassionate Action for Animals and will take place in Minneapolis at the Hubert H. Humphrey Conference Center from Friday June 6 through Sunday, June 8.

Their Lives, Our Voices' focus is on animal advocacy efforts targeted at farmed animals and practical ways to help animals in your community. We want as much attendee participation and networking as possible, so we're hoping you can come and make this a great event.

Register by April 11th, and get a special half-price registration deal! Register for only $50 or, if you're a student, $20!

Don't miss this exciting speaker line-up:

• Gene Baur (Farm Sanctuary)
• Paul Shapiro (Humane Society of the United States)
• Collen Patrick-Gourdeau (Compassionate Cooks)
• Freeman Wicklund and Nathan Runkle (Mercy for Animals)
• Erica Meier (Compassion Over Killing)
• Matt Ball (Vegan Outreach)
• And many more!

PLUS: Unique to this conference is our "Call for Speakers" allowing YOU to share your expertise by presenting on a topic related to animal rights and activism. If your presentation(s) are selected you will receive free entry. Learn more and submit a proposal

Visit our website now to learn more about the event and register at this special price!

CAA's 10th Anniversary Celebration Banquet

We've been advocating for the animals for ten years now, and we hope you can celebrate with us at our Banquet on April 4!

Our annual banquet is an opportunity for you to meet other animal advocates, share delicious vegan food and drinks, participate in a fantastic silent auction (including original art, gift certificates, concert tickets, and much more)!

Please support us by ...

• Attending the banquet. There is a suggested donation of $35 per person, $30 per person for two adults or more, and $15 per child, but any level of a contribution is appreciated. You can RSVP online, or for more information, contact unny@exploreveg.org. An RSVP is required to attend the event.
• Inviting supportive friends, family, and associates to this fun evening.
• Volunteering to prepare or serve food, or help clean up. For more information, contact Unny Nambudiripad at unny@exploreveg.org.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Date: Friday, April 4
Time: Reception and Silent Auction begin at 6:00 PM
Location: Mississippi Room at Coffman Memorial Union, 300 Washington Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN

Article: Upton Sinclair, Now Playing on YouTube

By Kim Severson, as printed in the New York Times
March 12, 2008

An undercover vegan wired with a camera no bigger than a sugar cube spent six weeks last fall working at a Southern California slaughterhouse. To fit in, he brought sandwiches made with soy riblets and ate them in a dusty parking lot with the other workers.

He tried not to worry about the emotional toll that long days escorting cows to the kill might have. He had more practical concerns, like whether the camera switch hidden in his pocket would fail or a cow would smash into him and crack the recording equipment taped to his body.

The Humane Society of the United States first gave a 32-minute video made from his footage to the San Bernardino County district attorney, then in January released an edited version on its Web site and to a newspaper. The video showed workers flipping sick dairy cows with forklifts, prodding them with electricity and dragging them with chains to be processed into ground meat, some of which likely ended up in chili and tacos at public school cafeterias.

Read the full article here.