Saturday, November 12, 2016 (12:00pm – 1:30pm) Join Tara Sullivan for this Yoga Fundraiser Class for ARAUNY to fund a billboard that will promote veganism in Rochester, NY! Tara Sullivan is returning to Rochester after almost 27 years at sea,…
Note: The 10/22 protest has been postponed due to weather. It will be 10/29 8-11am, same place, before the Ringling Circus Protest which is at Blue Cross Arena at 11:30am. People will still be going to Hetties at noon 10/22.…
ARAUNY offered information to the 3,000 people who attended RCSD’s Family Day in the Park at Ontario Beach on lovely Saturday, June 4th, 2016. The vast majority of people passing our table were very interested in talking to us or…
ARAUNY was contacted recently for an article in The Ithaca Voice about the proposed ban on declawing cats, and our VP was interviewed. Thanks, Martha!
ARAUNY tabled at two more events recently. University of Rochester’s Grassroots environmental club invited us to their Earth Fest, and SUNY Brockport’s MetroCenter invited us to their annual Health Fair. Thanks to Carol B. for introducing us to those event…
ARAUNY tabled at the University of Rochester’s Great American Meat-out today, at the invitation of SAVVY, Student Association of Vegan & Vegetarian Youth. Also tabling was RAVS, Red Fern selling various treats including mini cupcakes, Vive selling chocolate chip cookies,…
[The following letter from our VP, Martha, appeared in the Democrat and Chronicle last week. Great advocacy, Martha!] Wildlife killing contests target animals for whom there are no protections — squirrels, fox, coyotes, bobcats, skunks, badgers, prairie dogs, and in…
ARAUNY is hosting 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…
ARAUNY will be participating in the 2015 Human Rights Day Thursday, December 10th, at Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh Street, Rochester. See flyer for details.
by tinako
I was tabling for our local vegan society and a GMO Labeling Bill a few weeks ago, and I was struck by the despair expressed by a few people who came up to me. “No one cares, even when they know the facts about animals,” one woman (not vegan) expressed. She seemed to believe that the best response to this was to do nothing, even within her own sphere of influence (her plate). An organic farmer said, “Monsanto is so big. People don’t know. Who will tell them?”…
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