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Progress for Farm Animals with Paul Shapiro of the Humane Society

How Animal Advocates Are Making History and Building a More Humane Society

Please join Paul Shapiro of the Humane Society of the United States to learn about how you can help farm animals! This exciting event will kick-off our eighth annual Veg Week.

Want to be inspired, amused, entertained, saddened, and did we say inspired? This is the workshop for you! Hear from one of the nation's most seasoned farm animal advocates on why these animals' plight is so dire, the truly amazing work that's being done to help them, and how YOU can get involved and take action for the too-often forgotten and terribly abused billions of animals who suffer in the meat, egg, and dairy industries.

Time: October 01, 2011 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 300 Washington Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455

About Paul

Paul Shapiro has played an integral role in numerous successful legislative and corporate campaigns to improve the plight of farm animals.

Paul Shapiro of the Humane Society of the United States Shapiro's work has helped enact farm animal protection laws in California, Arizona, Michigan, Maine, Colorado, and Oregon. He's also worked with dozens of companies, including some of the world's top retailers, to improve animal welfare in their supply chains.

Shapiro founded Compassion Over Killing in 1995 and served as its campaigns director until January 2005. While there, he worked as a farm animal cruelty investigator and led initiatives such as the successful effort to end the use of the misleading "Animal Care Certified" logo on battery cage egg cartons nationwide.

Get the info from our website.

Veg Week events!

Please join us for our 8th annual Veg Week!

Compassionate Action for Animals (CAA) started our celebration all things veg back in 2004. Over the course of one week we celebrate vegetarian diets, educate the public about compassionate food choices, and inspire respect for farm animals. Events include a potluck, a dine-out, a cooking class, and much more. Check out our calendar below for a full list of events and times, and please join us! If you haven't already, take the pledge and get discounts at restaurants and more!

Progress for Farm Animals with Paul Shapiro on Saturday, October 1

Please join Paul Shapiro of the Humane Society of the United States to learn about how you can help farm animals!

Cooking Class: Three Course Seasonal Menu on Monday, October 3rd

Revel in the harvest with this seasonal autumn menu. Simple ingredients transform into a rustic yet elegant three-course dinner.

Shop With a Vegan on Tuesday, October 4th

Not sure where to start at the store to get healthy vegan food? Come on out and shop with a vegan!

Vegan Bake Sale on Thursday, October 6th

Satisfy your inner sweet tooth through CAA's very own baketivists!

Dine-Out, Everest on Grand on Thursday, October 6th

Come enjoy delicious Nepalese, Tibetan and Indian food with some incredible company.

Vegan After Dark at Jasmine 26 on Friday, October 7th

Let's celebrate the hard work of the volunteers that made Veg Week possible.

Veg Week Potluck on Saturday, October 8

What better way to celebrate Veg Week and try some great veg food than with a vegan potluck?

Chicken Sanctuary Tour on Sunday, October 9th

Most of us are familiar with chickens as providers of eggs and meat, but we've had little opportunity to meet individual chickens and get to know their personalities. Please join us at the home of Leah and Brian Wasieleski, where they have 29 chickens living in peace.

Get full descriptions with dates, times, and locations for all of these great events on our website!

We need your help to support Veg Week 2011

Veg Week is upon us, and I'd like your help to make it happen! Can you make a donation of $100, $50, or $25 today to support our work?

Veg Week gives opportunities for people in a wide variety of circumstances to be empowered to help animals. Last week, I spoke to a young woman who said that she can't empathize with animals that she doesn't know. She told me that she doesn't know chickens. I quickly invited her to our chicken sanctuary tour that we're hosting on October 9, where she can meet chickens living in peace and get to know their unique personalities and see how they are living, thinking, and, when crammed in crates in factory farms, that they are greatly suffering individuals.

For those who don't know what vegans get in a grocery store, we're offering a shopping tour with a vegan. For those who are unaware of the plight of animals on factory farms, we're distributing leaflets about the cruelties of modern animal agriculture at our Vegan Food Showcase on September 28. And for those who want to learn about the national efforts underway to advocate for farm animals, we're hosting a presentation by Paul Shapiro of the Humane Society of the United States on October 1.

We have several more events and projects that help people take one more step to living out their latent compassion. Whether they're looking to socialize with other animal advocates, want to learn about vegetarian nutrition, or would like to try new vegan foods, Compassionate Action for Animals' Veg Week has something for them. But we need your participation, too, for this to happen. Please donate online or mail a check to PO Box 13149, Minneapolis, MN 55414 to help out.

Yours for the animals,

Unny Nambudiripad
Executive Director