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MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 24 |
10:00-10:50AM
Room 6120
McCarthy Theater |
The
Witness |
 How
does a construction contractor from a tough Brooklyn
neighborhood become an impassioned animal activist?
In the award-winning Tribe of
Heart documentary, THE WITNESS, Eddie Lama explains how he feared and avoided
animals for most of his life, until the love of a kitten
opened his heart, inspiring him to rescue abandoned
animals, become a vegetarian, and ultimately, to bring his
message of compassion to the streets of New York.
With
humor and sincerity, Eddie tells the story of his
remarkable change in consciousness.
This is a moving, life-changing film - don't miss it.
Visit
Tribe of Heart online
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11:00-11:50
AM
6120
2:50- 4:05PM
6120
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Gene
Bauston:
Investigating
Factory Farming |
Gene
Bauston, co-founder of Farm Sanctuary has investigated and exposed
abusive practices of the "food animal" industry
for more than seventeen years. Along with is wife Lorri,
his efforts have resulted in precedent-setting cruelty
convictions of stockyards, factory farms and
slaughterhouses, the passage of the first farm animal
protection law banning "downed" animal abuses,
and direct rescue and lifelong refuge care for thousands
of suffering animals through their establishment of the
first farm animal shelters in the country. Gene holds a
Masters in Agricultural Economics form Cornell University.
Visit Farm
Sanctuary online
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TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 25 |
9:50-11:05AM
6120 |
Steven
Wise, J.D.:
Legal Rights for Nonhuman Animals |
Steven
Wise, J.D. has practiced animal protection law for twenty years and
has taught "Animal Rights Law" at a number of
law schools including Harvard, Vermont, John Marshall, and
in the Masters Program in Animals and Public Policy at
Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. Wise is former president of the Animal Legal
Defense Fund, founder and president of the Center for the
Expansion of Fundamental Rights. He
is author of Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for
Animals and Drawing the Line: Science and the Case
for Animal Rights,
has written numerous scholarly articles about animal
rights and has collaborated and communicated for years
with leading scientists in the fields of primatology and
animal intelligence and behavior.
Visit
Steven Wise online
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11:15AM-12:30PM
6120 |
Steven
Wise and
Dr. Ken Shapiro:
Reason for Rights |
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Dr.
Ken Shapiro:
The Animal Connection: Understanding Human Violence |
 Dr.
Kenneth Shapiro
is founder and executive director of Psychologists for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals (PSYETA,) editor for Society & Animals: Journal
of Human-Animal Studies, coeditor of the Journal
of Applied Animal Welfare Science, and
author of Animal
Models of Human Psychology: Critique of Science, Ethics,
and Policy.
Visit PSYETA online
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WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY 26 |
11AM-1:00PM
2111 |
Dr. Ken
Shapiro:
Healing Social Aggression: Links between animal abuse
and human violence
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In
this professional development workshop, participants will
explore historical attitudes, ethical theories, scientific
findings, contemporary practices, and policy implications
regarding the relationships between animal abuse and human
violence, particularly related to children and families.
Light lunch will be served.|
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4:15-5:30
PM
6120 |
Susan
Hargreaves:
Turning Around |
 Susan
Hargreaves is director of humane education for the Wildlife Care
Center in Fort Lauderdale, and the founder and director of
EarthKind, a non-profit educational organization in South
Florida. She was president of ARK-II, the Canadian animal
rights network, and hosted the first radio show in Toronto
dedicated to animal protection. Susan is the recipient of
the Distinguished Educator Award presented by Share the
World, an international humane education
organization.
Visit
the Wildlife Care Center online
Visit EarthSave online
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THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 27 |
11:15AM-12:15PM
6120 |
Open-Mike
Poetry:
Student
Readings |
 Students
are invited to read original and other poetry about wild,
domesticated or farm animals.
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12::40-1:55 PM
6120 |
The
Witness
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All programs are FREE!
For more information
contact: Tom Prescott, 305-237-0664
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