Animal Rights Conference 2013

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Dear Friend,

Thank you or honoring us with your presence at this historic, largest-ever animal

rights conerence that will help shape the uture o our movement.

The Animal Rights National Conerences are dedicated to the vision that Animals have

the right to live ree rom all orms o human exploitation. Yet, we recognize that thereare multiple paths, missions, strategies, and tactics or advancing that vision.

Thus, a key mission o our Conerences is to provide a orum where the relative

merits o these paths, missions, strategies, and tactics may be aired and discussed in

an atmosphere o mutual respect. We view such discussions as critical to advancing

the vision o animal rights.

Other key Conerence missions include:

Exposing animal abuses or ood, research, amusement, and more

Training attendees in personal growth and organizing

Oering opportunities to network with activists & recharge our batteries

Providing a orum to potential movement leaders

Reaching out to kindred movements

Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM) has been organizing these Conerences since

1981. This years co-sponsors includeAdy Gil World Conservation, Alley Cat Allies,

Animal Concerns of Texas, A Well-Fed World, Compassion Over Killing, E-Magazine, The

Humane League, In Defense of Animals, Intl Primate Protection League, Kinship Circle,

Mercy For Animals, Tofurky, White Coat Waste Project, and Whole Earth Wellness.

We are grateul to our speakers, exhibitors, and ood and prize donors who make this

conerence possible, and o course, to each o you or making the eort to attend.

Our Conerences have presented a lie-changing experience or a number o peoplewho lead our movement today. We hope that AR2013 will similarly beneft each o you.

Sincerely,

Alex Hershat Jen Riley Michael Webermann

Conference Directors

P.S. Join us next year for AR2014 at the Westin LAX in Los Angeles July 10th - 14th!

Welcome to Animal Rights 2013!

Here are a few tips to enhance yoexperience:

Please display your badge at all timavoid delays.

Please be on time to sessions as a cou

to speakers and other attendees.

Session recordings may be ordered

the AR2013 merchandise table.

Please purchase your banquet ticke

the registration desk by noon on Fr

The hotel ofers vegan breakast opt

between 6am - 11am in the main o

restaurant, and serves vegan bufetin the Terrace East between1:30pm2:20pm and 6pm - 7pm. You may us

the meal coupons in your registrati

bag to get $2 of o the vegan bufe

The Conerence ofers donated snac

between 8am - 8:45am and 9:30pm

-11:00pm.

Please use the special-purpose bull

boards or any notices. Posting on w

and leaeting are prohibited.

Parking is ree or hotel guests (just

show your room key when exiting t

garage). For all others, parking is $5day (no in/out; tell the attendant yo

are with the Animal Rights Conere

The pool is open 10am - 10pm. The

weight room can be accessed with y

room key any time.

Questions? Feel ree to stop by theWelcome/Inormation Center in the lo

Alex Hershat - Conference Chair

Jen Riley - Operations & Exhibits

Michael Webermann - Program

William Sidman - Registration

Maggie Funkhouser - Registration

Lynn Davis - Registration & Auction

Cathy LaSusa - Work Scholars

& Information Center

Alex Felsinger - Merchandise

Parker Pillsbury - Merchandise

Shemirah Brachah - Food

Steve Calnan - Visuals

Jamie Platt - Audio

Bruce Zeman - Security

Cara Frye - Photography

Introducing Our Management Team:

Special thanks to graphic designer Robin Helritch ([email protected]) Printed on recycled paper with veggie inks


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Program OverviewFor full program schedule, see pages 7 14

4:00pm 5:30pm

4:00pm 9:00pm

6:00pm 7:00pm

7:20pm 9:30pm

9:30pm 11:00pm

Welcome Reception & Video Screening

Registration

Dinner

Opening Plenary

Networking Reception & Singles Mingle

Thursday, June 27 (See page 8 for details)

7:30am 8:15am

8:00am 8:45am

Friday, June 28 (See pages 8 9 for details)

Group Workout & Yoga

Free Morning Snack

Registration

Morning Plenary I

Exhibits

Choose Your Workshops

Lunch


Dinner

Evening Plenary

Networking Reception & Singles Mingle

7:30am 8:15am

8:00am 8:45am

8:00am 8:00pm

9:00am 10:15am

10:15am 6:00pm

10:30am 1:20pm

1:30pm 2:20pm

2:30pm 5:50pm

6:00pm 7:00pm

7:20pm 9:30pm

9:30pm 11:00pm

Saturday, June 29 (See pages 10 12 for details)


Free Morning Snack

Registration

Morning Plenary II

Exhibits


Lunch


Banquet Dinner

Award Ceremony & Beneft Auction

Networking Reception & Evening Snack

7:30am 8:15am

8:00am 8:45am

8:00am 6:00pm

9:00am 10:15am

10:15am 6:00pm

10:30am 1:20pm

1:30pm 2:20pm

2:30pm 5:50pm

6:15pm 7:20pm

7:30pm 9:20pm

9:30pm 11:00pm

Sunday, June 30 (See pages 13 14 for details)


Free Morning Snack

Registration

Morning Plenary III

Exhibits


Lunch & Special Sessions


Closing Plenary

Dinner

Celebration o Animal Rights

7:30am 8:15am

8:00am 8:45am

8:00am 5:00pm

9:00am 10:15am

10:15am 6:00pm

10:30am 1:20pm

1:30pm 2:20pm

2:30pm 5:20pm

5:30pm 6:50pm

7:00pm 8:00pm

8:00pm 11:00pm

8:00am 8:45am

Meet at 9:00am

Meet at 12:00pm

Snack

Lobbying

Anti-vivisection Demonstration

Monday, July 1


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Our Exhibitors

A Vegan Lie

A Well-Fed World

all-creatures.org

Alley Cat Allies

America or Animals

American Vegan Society

Animal PlaceAnimal Rescue Corps

Animals and Society Institute

Anonymous or Animal Rights

Bruce & Hobbes

Carnism Awareness & Action Network

CATS RULE! Feline Rescue

Citizens Against Equine Slaughter

Compassion Company

Compassion Over Killing

Compassionate Action or Animals

Conronting Animal Exploitation

Darwin Animal DoctorsDeending Animal Rights Today & Tomorrow

Eco Dogs and Cats

Factory Farming Awareness Coalition

Farm Animal Rights Movement

Farm Sanctuary

Fin Free / Shark Angels

Fish Feel

Food Empowerment Project

or the Animals sanctuary

Four Feet Forward

Green Mountain Coee Roasters

Golden Era Media

Heart Healthy PizzaHelp Animals India

In Defense of Animals

Institute or Humane Education

Intl Primate Protection League

ISKCON o DC

Kale Yes! Vegan Fashions

Kinship Circle

Lantern Books

Main Street Vegan Academy

Mercy For Animals

Micah Publications

Mindys Memory Primate SanctuaryMother Jones

Motive Company

Nakias Peace o Lie

National Museum o Animals & Society

N. American Animal Liberation Press Ofce

Nutrition Master Foods

Open the Cages Alliance

Peace Advocacy Network

People or the Ethical Treatment o Animals

Quinoa Financial Consulting

Reaching Out or Animal Rights!

Stop Animal Exploitation Now!

Sea Shepherd Conservation SocietyThe Humane League

The Ultimate Betrayal

The Vegetarian Resource Group

Tofurky

United Poultry Concerns

Uplands PEAK Sanctuary

V-dog

Vegan Outreach

Vegan Street

Vegan Treats

Vegetarian Society of El Paso

VegFundVINE Sanctuary

White Coat Waste Project

Whole Earth Wellness

W.O.L.F. Sanctuary

Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary

Zoes Vegan Delight


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Our program structure truly provides something or everyone. AR2013s our-day program will eature over 100 presenters rom 60

organizations representing virtually all sectors o our movement. These presenters will appear in seven plenary sessions (bringing

all attendees together), and 75 breakout sessions, which are congured along several concurrent tracks.

In each time slot, you choose the session that best fts your needs and interests:

TheIssues Track(Beech Room) covers various types o animal abuses and the underlying issues (best or newcomers). The Organizing Track(Plaza Room) suggests improvements in personal and organizational efectiveness.

The Tactics Track(Arbors Room) addresses campaign tactics and outreach to various constituencies.

Campaign Lessons(Terrace West) on Friday ofer reports and advice on activities by leading national and local organizations

Rap Sessions(Terrace West) on Saturday encurage open discussion o controversial issues.

Here are some other program highlights you wont want to miss:

Morning & Evening Plenary Sessions, (Plaza Room) which bring together all attendees in one room or keynote speakers

and critical topics.

Newcomer Orientations, (Beech Room) on Friday and Saturday at 10:30am, which ofer rst-time attendees a basic over-

view and compelling stories.

Morning Workout Sessions(multiple rooms) o several varieties, which cater to active early risers each morning at 7:30 am.

Awards Banquet(Plaza Room) Saturday at 6:30pm, eaturing a gourmet dinner, benet auction, comic relie, and awards.

Networking Receptions (Terrace East), with ree snacks and networking with ellow attendees every evening at 9:30pm

Exhibits (Exhibit Hall), open between 10am - 6pm daily, which showcase movement merchandise, literature, and delicious treats

Program Structure

Conference Floor Plan


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Issues Track

Beech Room

Organizing Track

Plaza Room

Tactics Track

Arbors Room

Campaign Reports

Terrace West

2:30pm 3:20pm

Animal Abuse or Amusement

& Companionship

Videos and Q&A about abuse o

dogs, cats, circuses, zoos, rodeos,

racing & ghting. - Enoch,

Friedlander, McCrystal

Managing a Local Group

Volunteers, meetings, workload

distribution, working with

nationals, nances. - Erenberg,

Merino-Mullin

Conducting Efective Personal

Advocacy

Leaeting, eed-ins, tabling,

video screenings, school lectures,

speaking up. - Friedrich, Sjodin

Lessons From Vivisection

Campaigns

Lessons rom campaigns to

reduce animal use and abuse in

laboratories & schools. - Bellotti,

M. Budkie, Shoss, Strong

3:30pm 4:20pm

Animal Abuse or Food

Videos and Q&A about animal

abuse on arms, at sea, in slaugh-

terhouses. - Finelli, Friedrich

Personal Growth - I: Taking

Charge o Your Lie

How did we get here? Dropping

ears, taking charge, developing

activism. - Hershaft

Running Efective Campaigns

Objectives, tactics, resources, ac-

tion plan, special events, assess-

ment. - Ginsberg, Webermann

Lessons From Wildlie Campaigns

Lessons rom campaigns to stop

extermination o animals on land

and water. - Hartland, Heister,

Lawson, Muller

4:30pm 5:50pm

Abuse o Wildlie on Land

& Water

Videos and Q&A about extermi-

nation o ree animals on land

and water. - Hartland, Heister,

Lawson

Personal Growth - II:

Leadership & Accomplishing

Developing leadership, getting

things done, staying resilient,

preventing burnout. - Hershaft, Lin

Practicing Efective

Communication

Hands-on training to help par-

ticipants condently respond to

common challenges. - Gibson, Joy

Lessons From Agriculture

Campaigns

Lessons rom campaigns to reduce

use o armed animals. - Bhumitra,

Camp, Cantrell, Coman-Hidy, Cooney,

Felsinger, Garza, jones

Friday Afternoon & Evening Program Schedule

Lunch: 1:30pm 2:20pm

Choose Your Workshops: 2:30pm 5:50pm

Dinner: 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Friday Evening Plenary: 7:20pm 9:30pmThe Activist Repression panel, MCd by Odette Wilkens o the Equal Justice Alliance (EJA), will address government and industry

repression o animal activists in the United States and abroad. Speakers include Sarahjane Blum, the lead plaintif challenging the

Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act,Heidi Boghosian o the National Lawyers Guild,Rachel Meeropol o the Center for Constitutional

Rights, and Will Potter, author oGreen is the New Red.

The nights interlude will be a moving poem about animals and their liberators overcoming repression by Andy Stepanian, ormer

animal liberation prisoner & SHAC7 deendant, and current principal oThe Sparrow Project.Then, author Melanie Joy will emcee

the panel Examining Strategies or Animal Liberation. This discussion will eature approaches to achieving animal rights rom

Compassion Over Killings Erica Meier,The ETHICsJohn Morlino, Changing the Game author Norm Phelps,Nonhuman Rights Projects

Natalie Prosin, and FARMs Michael A. Webermann.

Networking Reception & Singles Mingle: 9:30pm 11:00pm, Terrace East & West

Enjoy ree snacks provided by our generous ood donors. Optional: Take part in a Singles Mingle and get to know each other

through conversation, games, & un.


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Saturday Morning & Afternoon Program Schedule

Group Aerobics and Yoga: 7:30am 8:15am

Charlotte Cressey will lead Yoga in the Plaza, Anne Dinshah will lead calisthenics in Beech Room,and Brenda Shoss will lead

aerobics inArbors Room

Morning Plenary: 9:00am 10:15am

In this one-o-a-kind plenary session, legendary proessor Gary L. Francione, author oRain Without Thunderand Introduction to

Animal Rights, will present An Abolitionist Approach to Animal Rights. Our own Conerence Chair Alex Hershat will play MC.15

minutes o audience question-and-answer will ollow.

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Issues Track

Beech Room

Organizing Track

Plaza Room

Tactics Track

Arbor Room

Rap Sessions

Terrace West

10:30am 11:20am

Newcomer Orientation II

Stories o involvement by suc-

cessul activists. - Moran, Morlino,

Stram, Young

Winning Hearts and Minds

Theory o changing behavior di-

rectly and by impacting eelings

and belies. - Hershaft, Tuttle

Engaging Politicians and Laws

Political activism, enacting local

laws, countering ag-gag. - Marino,

Muller, P. Shapiro

What Do We Want? How Do We

Get It?

What is our personal vision,

mission, strategy, and tactic oranimal rights? - Webermann

11:30am 12:20pm

Inner Lives o Animals

How animals learn, think, eel,

and communicate. - Balcombe

Running a Sanctuary

Zoning, recruiting help, animal

acceptance and care, role in pub-

lic education. - Brown

Enorcing Protective Laws

Using local authorities, media,

agitation. - Bala, Stanley

When Is Collaboration Justifed?

How ar can we work with an

organization with a diferent

vision? - Dalal, P. Shapiro

12:30pm 1:20pm

Special Discussion- Plaza Room Training Session - Beech Room

What About Abolition and Welare?

Two seasoned activists will weigh the merits o abolition and welarereorms as potential paths to animal liberation; 25 minutes o audi-

ence participation will ollow. - Francione, Friedrich; MC: Tuttle

Animal Rescue Training

Hands-on simulation training o animal rescue & care. - Haisley


Choose Your Workshops:2:30pm 5:50pm

Issues Track

Beech Room

Organizing Track

Plaza Room

Tactics Track

Arbors Room

Rap Sessions

Terrace West

2:30pm 3:20pm

Exposing the Meat Industry

Trade associations, publications,

revolving door with government,

deceptive advertising. - Finelli,

Sethu, Simon

Applying Direct Action

Getting attention and changing

behavior through economic &

social pressure. - Hartland, Shoss,

Stepanian, Young

Raising a Vegan Generation

Books, school lunch, nutrition,

social situations, activities.

- K. Budkie, Dinshah, Rose, Zeman

When Have We Done Enough?

Are we guided by reason,

eelings, or ears? when do we

quit? - Camp, jones; MC: Cressey

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Note: Plaza Room is closed from 3:30 - 6:00pm due to Banquet set-up.


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Saturday Afternoon Program Schedule (cont.)

Issues Track

Beech Room

Organizing Track

Terrace East

Tactics Track

Arbors Room

Rap Sessions

Terrace West

3:30pm 4:20pm

Commonality o Oppression

Addressing intersections in the

oppression o animals, LGBT,women, ethnics. - Baruch, DeCoux,

jones, Kemmerer

Promise o Civil Disobedience

Banner drops, stealth labeling,

blocking access, sit-ins, disrup-tions, open rescues. - Guimaraes,

R. Shapiro, Weber

Dealing With Vivisection

Addressing common arguments,

lobbying, conducting rescues,combating corruption. - Akhtar,

Bellotti, M. Budkie

When is Direct Action Justifed?

Does direct action have a place in

our advocacy? And i so, when?- Phelps, Young; MC: Wilkens

4:30pm 5:50pm

Vegan Nutrition or Activists

Benefts and concerns o a vegan

diet or humans and animals;

vegan nutrition Q&A. - Greger,

Guimaraes

Dealing with Law Enorcement

Dealing with police, permits, ar-

rests, documenting, prison time;

hands-on training. - Boghosian,

Light, Simon

Lessons From Abroad

Novel tactics rom other countries.

- Leenaert, Nez, Wolfson, Zsch

How Do We Deal With Moral

Dilemmas?

Are cheating and killing ever jus-

tifed? and, i so, when? Ideology

vs. reality. - Friedman


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Saturday Awards Ceremony & Auction

Gourmet Banquet: 6:15pm 7:30pm, Plaza Ballroom (Tickets must be purchased by Friday noon at the Registration Table.)

The celebration begins at 6:15pm with a gourmet dinner donated by Match Meats. We screen a conference slideshow as Will

Tuttle and Shawn Vougeot play lovely music for you.

Awards Ceremony and Auction: 7:30pm 9:30pm

At 7:30pm, we open the doors to folks who missed the banquet. Following a brief report on the Conference, the Awards Commit-tee presents the Young Animal Activist Award to a deserving fellow advocate, and the Outstanding Vegan Athlete Award to

former-Olympic skier Seba Johnson.

At 8:00pm, well have an interlude by award-winning vegan comedian Myq Kaplan! Following that, well launch into some fun

retail therapy, led by Elaine Hendrix, to raise money for the Conference scholarship fund.

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We close the celebration shortly after 9:00pm with the Henry Spira Grassroots Activist Awards and the induction of a prominen

movement leader into the U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame.

Networking Reception: 9:30pm 11:00pm, Terrace East & West

Following the ceremony, enjoy food, beverage and music as you network with fellow activists.

Dont Miss the Banquet Fun!

AR2013 is a life-changing experience for the movements current and up-and-coming activists. We go to great lengths to

make the conference aordable to all. We oer low-income discounts, work and full scholarships, free admission to one

session and exhibits, carpooling and room-sharing boards, group housing, as well as discounted meals and free snacks.

Each year, we host a special banquet dinner and auction, both for your enjoyment and to ask that you make the conference even

more accessible for future attendees with your generous contribution. This year, we will be honored with the presence of:

Seba Johnson, the youngest Olympic Alpine Ski Racerand the rst and only black female ski racer in

Olympic history, who will be accepting the Outstanding Vegan Athlete Award at AR2013. She was raised

vegan since birth and was once disqualied from a World Cup ski race for refusing to wear a ski suit that had

a patch of leather sewn into it!

Myq Kaplan, a vegan comedian who will join us to perform a Special Comedy Set. Myq has been featured

on The Tonight Show with Conan OBrien, Late Show with David Letterman, The Late, Late Show with Craig

Ferguson and in his own half-hour Comedy Central Presents special!

Elaine Hendrix, a vegan activist and actress who will emcee our Benet Auction. She is best known for herroles in Romy and Micheles High School Reunion, the 1998 remake ofThe Parent Trap and Inspector Gadget 2,

and is currently running The Pet Matchmakerwebsite!

Youll have the chance to bid on exciting auction gifts including: A Vegan Weekend in Philly (two nights in the premier boutique

hotel, the Palomar, with a specially-created vegan dinner for two); Hot Air Balloon Ride (choose from more than 200 locations

across the country and soar to new heights with the experience of a lifetime); and Captivating Animal Art (choose from

compelling pieces by Joanne McArthur, Sue Coe and more, bringing animal liberation into your home in a beautiful way).


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Special Session Plaza Room Sneak-Preview Screening Beech Room Training Session Arbors Room

12:30pm 1:20pm

Utilizing Psychology for Social Change

Changing behavior through the applicationo social psychology tools. - Cooney

The Ghosts in Our Machine Sneak Preview

Clips rom the new lm with Q&A rom theteam behind it. - Marshall, McArthur

Lobbying Training

Required or participants in Mondays lobby-ing activities. - Wilkens

Sunday Morning & Afternoon Program Schedule

Group Aerobics and Yoga: 7:30am 8:15am

Charlotte Cressey will lead Yoga in the Plaza, Anne Dinshah will lead calisthenics in Beech Room,and Brenda Shoss will lead

aerobics inArbors Room.

Morning Plenary: 9:00am 10:15am

This session, MCd by long-time activist Debra Erenberg, is Voices of Other Movements designed to help bridge the animal rights

movement with other social justice movements. Featuring Amanda Hitt o the Government Accountability Projectdiscussing whistleblowing, Wes Macleod-Ball o theAmerican Civil Liberties Union addressing ree speech concerns, and Wenonah Hauter o Food and

Water Watch indicting ood-industry corruption.

Choose Your Workshops: 10:30am 1:20pm

Issues Track Beech Room Organizing Track Plaza Room Tactics Track Arbors Room

10:30am 11:20am

Advocating for Primates

Obtaining legal rights, ending trade, and

combating vivisection - M. Budkie, McGreal,

Prosin

Speaking Our Message

Attracting and maintaining interest in our

presentations. - Moran

Engaging Wall Street

Exposing externalities, staging boycotts,

engaging in shareholder activism. - Simon,

Slonimsky, Stepanian

11:30am 12:20pm

Addressing Animal Companion Population

Lie-afrming approach to dealing with

homeless animals. - Haisley, Holtz, McCrystal

Designing & Printing Our Message

Designing or the audience, layout programs,

onts, colors, graphics, paper, printers.

- Holland, Runkle

Engaging Agencies and Businesses

Letter writing, replacing animal products,

economic and social pressure. - Erenberg, Rice,

P. Shapiro

Issues Track Beech Room Organizing Track Plaza Room Tactics Track Arbors Room

2:30pm 3:20pm

Externalities of Animal Abuse

Pollution by actory arms, impact on global

warming, world hunger, species extinction.

- Akhtar, Maratos, Moncrief

Advertising Our Message

Newspapers, public transport, billboards,

radio/TV, internet. - Meier, Runkle

Engaging Young Adults

Targeting by age, holding your audience,

conducting ollow-up. - Camp, Weber

3:30pm 4:20pm

Challenging the Humane Hoax

Exposing the myths & deceptive language

surrounding supposedly humane animal

products. - Bohanec, Cao

Maintaining Your Online Presence

Managing your organizations website, e-news-

letter, blog, social media presence. - Ginsberg,

Holland

Engaging Media

Being newsworthy and a source, news re-

leases, letters to editor, talk shows, cultivation

- Hershaft, Potter, Runkle

4:30pm 5:20pm

War on Animal Activism

Repression o social activism by government

and corporate interests. - Blum, DeCoux,

Potter, R. Shapiro

Advocating for Animals Online

Online engagement; petitions; spreading

awareness through social media and video.

- Modi, Orand

Engaging Abroad

Advocating respect or animals, animal

rights, and veganism abroad. - Dreher, Leigh-

Chantelle, Moncrief, Weber


Choose Your Workshops: 2:30pm 5:20pm


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Sunday Evening Program Schedule

Closing Plenary: 5:30pm 6:45pm, Plaza Ballroom

An AR2013 Conference slideshow will introduce the closing plenary. Saurabh Dalal of the International Vegetarian Union will mod-

erate the Were Winning! panel, featuring VegNews Magazine co-publisher Colleen Holland, Main Street Vegan author Victoria

Moran, and World Peace Dietauthor Will Tuttle. The speakers will address the progress our movement can anticipate as it contin-

ues to grow. The plenary will end with a moving and inspiring closing ceremony.

Dinner: 7:00pm 8:00pmJoin your new and old friends for your nal meal of AR2013!

Celebration of Animal Rights: 8:00pm 11:00pm

Invite anyone you know in the DC-area to our exciting closing party, open to the public. Enjoy music, karaoke, snacks, beverages,

and the company of the nest activists our movement has to oer!

Monday Post-Conference Activities

Free Morning Snacks: 8:00am 8:45pm, Terrace East

Lobbying on Capitol Hill: 9:00am 5:00pm, meet in hotel lobby

Anti-vivisection Demonstration: 12:00pm 3:00pm, meet in hotel lobby

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Aysha Akhtar - author, Animals and Public Health

Vandhana Bala - Mercy For Animals

Jonathan Balcombe - author, The Inner Lives o Animals

Anthony Bellotti - White Coat Waste Project

Baruch Ben-Yehuda - Eat the Cure

Jaya Bhumitra - Compassion Over Killing

Sarahjane Blum - Support Vegans in the Prison System

Heidi Boghosian - National Lawyers Guild

Hope Bohanec - author, The Ultimate Betrayal

Jenny Brown - Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary

Michael Budkie - Stop Animal Exploitation Now!

Karen Budkie - Stop Animal Exploitation Now!

Jon Camp - Vegan Outreach

Katie Cantrell - Factory Farming Awareness Coalition

Liqin Cao - United Poultry Concerns

David Coman-Hidy - The Humane League

Nick Cooney - Farm Sanctuary

Charlotte Cressey - Vegan Wellness

Saurabh Dalal - International Vegetarian Union

Elizabeth DeCoux - Florida Coastal School o Law

Anne Dinshah - author, Dating Vegans

Kim Dreher - VegFund

Janet Enoch - Showing Animals Respect & Kindness

Debra Erenberg - animal rights & political activist

Alex Felsinger - Farm Animal Rights Movement

Mary Finelli - Fish Feel

Gary Francione - Abolitionist Approach

Lester Friedlander - Wild or Lie Foundation

Jerry Friedman - animal activist, attorney

Bruce Friedrich - Farm SanctuaryEddie Garza - Mercy For Animals

Noel-Teru Gibson - nonproft consultant

Caryn Ginsberg - author, Animal Impact

Will Gomaa - Alley Cat Allies

Michael Greger - NutritionFacts.org

George Guimaraes - VEDDAS (Brazil)

Scotlund Haisley - Animal Rescue Corps

Susan Hartland - Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

Wenonah Hauter - Food and Water Watch

Anja Heister - In Deense o Animals

Elaine Hendrix - actress & animal activist

Alex Hershat - Farm Animal Rights MovementAmanda Hitt - Government Accountability Project

Colleen Holland - Veg News Magazine

Elizabeth Holtz - Alley Cat Allies

Seba Johnson - vegan Olympic skier

pattrice jones - VINE Sanctuary

Melanie Joy - author, Why Love Dogs, Eat Pigs...

Myq Kaplan - vegan stand-up comedian

Lisa Kemmerer - author, Sister Species

Keegan Kuhn - Animal Place & First Spark Media

Greg Lawson - Vegetarian Society o El Paso

Cheryl Leahy - Compassion Over Killing

Carrie LeBlanc - Mercy For Animals

Tobias Leenaert - Ethical Vegetarian Alternative (Belgium)

Leigh-Chantelle - Viva La Vegan (Australia)

Jef Light - National Lawyers Guild

Pei-Cen Lin - nonproft consultant

Michael Macleod-Ball - American Civil Liberties Union

Demosthenes Maratos - Sustainability Institute, Molloy College

Nora Constance Marino - attorney and political activist

Liz Marshall - director, The Ghosts in Our Machine

Jo-Anne McArthur - We Animals

Rachel McCrystal - Best Friends Animal Society

Shirley McGreal - Intl Primate Protection League

Rachel Meeropol - Center or Constitutional Rights

Erica Meier - Compassion Over Killing

Carolyn Merino-Mullin - National Museum o Animals & Society

Nicole Meyer - In Deense o Animals

Pulin Modi - Change.org

Dawn Moncrie- A Well-Fed World

Victoria Moran - author, Main Street Vegan

John Morlino - The Essence o True Humanity Is Compassion

Peter Muller - League o Humane Voters

Sharon Nez - Animal Equality

Adam Orand - VegFund

Norm Phelps - author, Changing the Game

Will Potter - Green Is the New Red

Natalie Prosin - Nonhuman Rights Project

Daniel Redwood - vegan musician

Matt Rice - Mercy For Animals

Jen Riley - Farm Animal Rights Movement

Marla Rose - Chicago Vegan Family NetworkNathan Runkle - Mercy For Animals

Harish Sethu - Counting Animals

Paul Shapiro - Humane Society o the U.S.

Ryan Shapiro - Massachusetts Institute o Technology

Brenda Shoss - Kinship Circle

Dave Simon - Animal Protection and Rescue League

Victor Sjodin - Vegan Outreach

Lee Slonimsky - Ocean Partners LP

Doll Stanley - In Deense o Animals

Andy Stepanian - Sparrow Media Project

Veda Stram - All-Creatures.org

Sharon Strong - Intl Primate Protection LeagueShawn Sweeney - Institute or Humane Education

Will Tuttle - author, World Peace Diet

Anne Marie Vastano - Alley Cat Allies

Shawn Vougeot - Sing or Animals

Michael Webermann - Farm Animal Rights Movement

Odette Wilkens - Equal Justice Alliance

Yossi Wolson - Let Animals Live (Israel)

Peter Young - Animal Liberation Frontline

Bruce Zeman - In Deense o Animals

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