Video of Table at Genesee Community College Activities Fair
Thank you to Academic and Activist Elise Banfield for tabling a new vegan club at Genesee Community College last February. The event occurred at the college’s annual extracurricular activity convention. Elise was able to generate some interest for a new club, and she can be reached by students via email at ecbanfield@genesee.edu, or during her office hours in person or via zoom room upon request.
Longtime ARRoc member Meg Hurley reads from her new book The Dog Who Ate the Vegetable Garden & Helped Save the Planet. Not a children’s book, it connects eating animals and humans’ treatment of them with environmental destruction, human illness, racism, sexism…
Tina and Bubbie were the speakers at the October Rochester Area Vegan Society meeting. Bubbie’s talk was on what is happening in Rochester regarding ARRoc, VegFest, and RVCC. Tina’s talk was on judging and its alternatives.
Our next reading will be a bit different. We’re going to read the first chapter of Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation, and then chapter 17 in Michael Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma (“Ethics of Eating Animals”). The chapters are related, and both books…
On November 28th, 2016, the ARAUNY board of directors met and voted to change our organization’s name to Animal Rights Rochester, Inc., or ARRoc (or ARROC). New name and web address – same great work!
Our next book will be: The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol J. Adams Our book discussion will be Monday, January 16th 6:30-8:00 pm at the Rochester Lifestyle Medicine yoga room at the Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Ave.,…
Our next book will be: Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina. There are nine copies in the public library. Our book discussion will be Tuesday, November 15th, 6:30-8:00 pm in Brighton. Contact us for the location.…
ARAUNY hosts a support group for dealing with issues we may all face regarding living among non-vegans. Whether it’s handling comments from coworkers, family, or friends, figuring out how to graciously attend dinner at someone’s house, or feeling isolated from…
Our next book club book will be: The World Peace Diet by Will Tuttle (his site) Tuttle will be coming to Rochester August 20-22 (Canandaigua the 19th), so this is a perfect time to read his terrific book. See his…
ARAUNY hosts a support group for dealing with issues we may all face regarding living among non-vegans. Whether it’s handling comments from coworkers, family, or friends, figuring out how to graciously attend dinner at someone’s house, or feeling isolated from…
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