Big Weekend at UC Berkeley

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Animal Rights Extravaganza at UC Berkeley--this weekend!

 

The Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy, a student non-profit

organization at UC Berkeley, is proud to host several events at the end of

February aimed at educating college students and the public about the

controversial issue of animal rights. All events are free, open to the

public, and will be held on the UC Berkeley campus.

 

On February 21 and 22, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will

display its thought-provoking exhibit, Holocaust on Your Plate, on Lower

Sproul Plaza from Noon to 2pm.

 

This display spotlights the disturbing parallels between the Holocaust and

the ways we abuse the animals we eat by juxtaposing images of Jews' and

animals' experiences on freestanding 8-foot panels. As observers walk around

the display, they will gain an understanding of the common roots of

victimization and violence and how they can help fight them through

decisions that they make every time they eat.

 

At 5pm on February 21, Carol Adams, author of the groundbreaking Sexual

Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory and several other

books, will present a slide show that provides a feminist analysis of the

interconnected oppressions of sexism, racism, and speciesism by exploring

the way popular culture presents images of race, gender, and species to

further oppressive attitudes. The lecture and slide show will be held in

2060 Valley Life Sciences Building on campus.

 

On February 22 at 1:30pm, a wide of array of leaders within the animal

rights movement will discuss in a forum what motivates their dedication to

animal rights and how animal rights relates to scientific, medical,

philosophical, legal, and political issues. The forum will be held in 100

Genetics and Plant Biology Building.

 

Panelists:

• Neal Barnard, Founder & President of Physicians Committee for Responsible

Medicine

• Steven Best, Assistant Professor & Chair of Philosophy, University of

Texas, El Paso

• Elliot Katz, Founder & President of In Defense of Animals

• Ingrid Newkirk, Co-founder & President of People for the Ethical Treatment

of Animals (PeTA)

• lauren Ornelas, Director of VIVA! USA

• Paul Shapiro, Founder & Campaigns Director of Compassion Over Killing

 

Following the forum, Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy will raffle

off free educational materials to attendees. This event will be presented by

the Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy and In Defense of Animals.

 

The Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy (BOAA) is a non-violent

student organization dedicated to ending animal-based research at UC

Berkeley. BOAA believes UC Berkeley should be held accountable to growing

segments of the population who are aware that animal experimentation is

unjust to its victims—unjust to the animals who are used, unjust to people

who suffer as a result of vivisection's ineffectiveness, and unjust to

taxpayers and students who subsidize this research.

 

For more information: www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~boaa

 

 

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