ARRoc will be holding a demonstration to express dissent of Professional Bull Riders, coming Saturday, September 22nd to Blue Cross Arena. We will stand from 5 to 7:30 pm in front of BCA, rain or shine – please check our…
Bull Riding Protest 9/22
Tag: cows
4H Demonstration 7/14
ARRoc will be holding a demonstration to protest a 4H Expo July 14th from 3 to 7 pm at Ontario Beach Park. 4H Event link We will have signs and use TVs to show footage of dairy farming. (This is…
Bus Trip to Farm Sanctuary
Spend the day with friends and animal ambassadors! ARRoc is sponsoring a bus trip to Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen on Saturday, May 27th from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. Tickets are $50 and include bus transportation from Pittsford Park…
Monroe County Votes for Animals
If you care about animals and are eligible to vote in Monroe County, NY, please consider joining this local voting bloc for animal-friendly legislation. It’s a direct relationship – the more people who join the bloc, the more influence we…
Recap: Cube of Truth 2/18
Thanks to those who came out for our Cube of Truth Saturday February 18th. We couldn’t have asked for better weather. We stood for almost three hours at the Public Market to let people know the truth about animal farming. …
Stand Up for Farmed Animals 10/2
Be an “upstander” with ARAUNY. Let’s stand up for our friends on Sunday, October 2nd, from 1:00 to 2:30 pm in front of the East Avenue Wegmans in Rochester. We will stand on the public sidewalk at the southwest corner…
ARAUNY Prez on Broken Spear Vision Radio
by Tina My good friend George Payne of Gandhi Earth Keepers International interviewed me for his Broken Spear Vision radio show on Rochester Free Radio. Listen here. My comments are entirely my own and don’t necessarily represent ARAUNY’s position. And…
Tunnel Vision
by Linda Brink
An activist friend recently put a question out there, which is this: what inspired so many people to become outraged over Cecil the lion’s death, when daily, countless other innocents are routinely abused and destroyed without causing anywhere near the same reactive ire?
Black Leather Jacket
by Linda Brink
Recently, a long-time friendship of mine came to an end, allegedly over the issue of a black leather jacket, but actually over the remarkable human capacity for steadfast denial.
Animals in Art
by Tinako, artist
My single favorite effect of veganism is the universal compassion it has unleashed in me. I think that as long as I was using animals at all, I needed to tell myself stories about them. I feel as though I’ve now been freed from a cynicism about animals that was necessary for me to be able to eat them, a justifying or excusing for eating them that I didn’t know was there, and which was untrue and unfair. I’d like to explain how I believe this impacts my art…