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 VeganWorldRadio.org :: episode # 20 : 1 December 2008
a vision of many voices from AR2008
The holiday season also marks the time of reflection on the past year. Today we review the effects that our consumption habits have on impacting the planet, some humane holiday observances, and new ways that we can help animals as we enter the winter season and prepare for the New Year. We share a candle-lighting ceremony for the animals, a compassionate invitation from holocaust survivor Alex Hershaft, and a lesson in global sustainability from Richard Schwartz, courtesy of FARM's recent Animal Rights National Conference. Kim McCoy of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society gives a preview of the SHARK ANGELS project, and Bett Sundermeyer of NoKillHouston.org explains the urgent opportunity for citizens to help transform the city pound into a no-kill facility.
A Candle Lighting for the Animals: A Compassionate Plea for Non-Violence
 Opening Ceremony and Plenary Speeches from the AR2008 Conference. A moving entreaty for peace is delivered by activist attorney and film-maker, Shannon Keith, as she lights three candles during the advent of the Animal Rights National Conference, followed by the rousing welcoming comments of Holocaust survivor and conference founder, Alex Hershaft.
Recordings Available of Conference: Hear AR2008 in Full
 On today's program, we will be playing some segments from the recent Animal Rights National Conference in Washington, DC, graciously offered to the show by FARM The Farm Animal Reform Movement. For the full content and any other recorded materials from the conference please go to www.arconference.org and click the last button on the lower left marked RECORDINGS. Complete recordings from the Animal Rights 2008 National Conference and past conferences on MP3. CDs are available from JOB Conference Recording Services, 4610 South Dakota Ave NE, Washington, DC 20017-2723; JOB_CRS@att.net; 202-269-2000.
Alex Hershaft: Conference Chair AR2008 and Founder of F.A.R.M.
 "My experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Nazi Holocaust had a profound impact on my subsequent life choices.I felt some guilt that I lived when so many others didn't and a sense of duty to redeem my survival by assuming their share of responsibility for making this planet a better place to live for all its inhabitants.After the war, I became active in the religious freedom, civil rights, peace, and environmental movements, receiving much fulfillment, but always feeling that I was missing something.Following my deeply emotional experience at the World Vegetarian Congress, I took time to reflect on the root of the key problems challenging planetary survival, i.e., disease, hunger, environmental devastation, oppression, and war. Amazingly, all evidence pointed to animal agriculture as the common root cause.My life's mission then became crystal clear. In particular, my experiences in the Nazi Holocaust allowed me to empathize with the condition of farm animals in today's factory farms, auction yards, and slaughterhouses.I know first hand what it's like to be treated like a worthless object, to be hunted by the killers of my family and friends, to wonder each day if I will see the next sunrise, to be crammed in a cattle car on the way to slaughter."
"Go Vegan with Bob Linden:" Year-In-Review
Fellow vegan radio man, Bob Linden from the California-based, "Go Vegan with Bob Linden" shares a year in review of our consumption patterns and how we can be part of the solution by going vegan. Listen to Bob's show weekly live and on archived on the web...
www.goveganradio.com
Urgent Action for Pound Reform: Opportunity to act for No-Kill Houston
 Bett Sundermeyer from No-Kill Houston explains the urgent need for citizens to speak up now for reform at the city pound, BARC, Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care before a new shelter director is appointed. The City of Houston recently agreed to hire Nathan Winograd, Director of the No Kill Advocacy Center to perform an assessment of B.A.R.C., however the city has not yet agreed to the recruitment search necessary to make Houston a NO-KILL city. Letters and phone calls are needed to the mayor and city council to speak up for shelter reform, and No-Kill Houston is in need of donations to bring this change to city government. Please visit their website for full details.
www.nokillhouston.org
Kim McCoy: SHARK ANGELS team up to save a diminishing species
 Kim McCoy is the Executive Director of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS), an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization whose mission is to end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world's oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species. Kim will speak to us about her newest project, SHARK ANGELS a conservation effort to help sharks in the wild. This photo, taken with "Emma," shows the Angels safely free-swimming with maligned and misunderstood tiger sharks.
www.sharkangels.org
Richard Schwartz: Planetary Survival and a Spiritual Mandate
 Dr. Richard Schwartz, prolific author and activist for global sustainability, Jewish Vegetarianism and co-producer of the film "A Sacred Duty" highlights the plenary speech at AR2008 on global warming and the urgent need for a worldwide vegetarian consciousness. Dr. Schwartz has graciously donated several copies of the film "A Sacred Duty" for distribution at this weekend's events through Society of PEACE.
www.jewishveg.com/schwartz 
Events from www.SocietyofPEACE.org
episode #20 : 1 December 2008 Today's show produced and hosted by Jerrilyn jerrilyn@veganworldradio.org********************************  Vegan World Radio..Tune in every Monday at 10:00 am at 90.1 FM KPFT Houston (89.5 in Galveston) or live on the web at www.kpft.org and www.veganworldradio.com (or later on archive http://archive.kpft.org) Visit http://societyofpeace.org/ for local animal rights events announcements. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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