Joel Helfrich, Professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and a member of the ARAUNY Board of Directors, is hosting an event you won’t want to miss: Lori Gruen and Pattrice Jones Ecofeminism: Feminist Intersections with Other Animals and the…
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Gandhi Institute Chooses Hydroponics
The M. K. Gandhi Institute of Nonviolence announced in February 2014 that they were planning to participate in an aquaponics program to help students from the aquaponics program at the School of Industry transition into the community. Fish would have…
Memorial Day Peace Parade
ARAUNY participated for the first time in Metro Justice’s Peace Parade, which follows the traditional Memorial Day parade in downtown Rochester, NY. We carried images of some of the kinds of animals used in the military: dogs, goats, seals, dolphins,…
League of Humane Voters
PLEASE JOIN US! Animal Rights Advocates of Upstate NY will host a talk on the League of Humane Voters (LOHV) on 5/10/2014. LOHV is a non-partisan organization which works to enact animal-friendly legislation (see link below). Our guest speakers will…
REPORT: 2/22/14 ARAUNY YellowWall Vigil re Squirrel Slam, Holley NY
2/22/14 Saturday was a sunny 40 degree day, with wind gusts up to 50mph! Fifteen activists joined ARAUNY’s YellowWall Vigil … still, silent, peaceful, holding bright yellow homemade signs to honor squirrels, massacred just up the road in Holley that…
Vigil for Squirrels
Holley, NY’s Fire Department hosts an annual squirrel-killing contest. February 3, 2014, a group of ARAUNY and AAWNY members gathered on a busy street corner outside Holley in very unpleasant weather for a vigil.
Circus Demonstration
TONIGHT (Wednesday, 10/30) at 6:00 PM: Please join ARAUNY in a PEACEFUL, silent protest of the Ringling Bros. Circus in front of the Blue Cross Arena. (This is also known as a “YellowWall” demonstration because of the wall formed, and…
Greentopia EcoFest
Many thanks to our fabulous volunteers who tabled this year’s Greentopia EcoFest! (Please note that there were additional volunteers who are not shown in these photos.) Lots of curious folks stopped by the ARAUNY booth which resulted in some great…
REPORT: Greentopia 2013
ARAUNY had a pretty good spot at Greentopia this year (9/14-15/13), on Browns Race (street) across from the Visitor’s Center (now reopening, btw). Had good neighbors too … one sold organic seeds and garlic, the other sold an anise-drink he’d…
EcoFest
Animal Rights Advocates of Upstate NY will be tabling at this weekend’s ECOFEST as part of the Greentopia Festival. Stop by on Saturday, 9/14 (10am – 6pm) or Sunday, 9/15 (11am – 5pm) to visit our table, and to check…