Archive for the ‘Animal Rights’ Category

Vegan Ice Cream Giveaway this Saturday [Feed-in]

Tomorrow is going to be a sunny summer day, so come join VegWorcester in Elm Park for some free vegan ice cream. This Saturday, June 19 at noon in Elm Park, VegWorcester is giving away free samples of So Delicious soy ice cream and Coconut Bliss ice cream in Elm Park. Why are we giving [...]

June 18, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Events, Grocery Stores, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach  No Comments

Melissa Prescott Discusses Protesting for Animal Rights on WCCA [Video]

Check out this WCCA interview of Mel Prescott, local animal activist and VegWorcester supporter. She discusses how she became an animal activist and describes how she gets people together for demonstrations against animal cruelty at circuses, at McDonalds, and at other symbols of animal abuse. Upcoming demonstration Coming up this Thursday, May 20, Mel is [...]

May 18, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights  No Comments

Worcester’s 2010 VegFest was so awesome! (Photos & Video)

Worcester’s first-ever VegFest was a huge success. Over 2000 people came out to check out the speakers, listen to the music, check out the exhibitors and, of course, to eat the free vegan food. Here’s a quick overview of the photos and video from the VegFest: WCCA Mauro from WCCA put together a quick video [...]

April 24, 2010   Posted in: Animal Rights, Events, Worcester VegFest 2010  No Comments

Raising awareness about factory farming and hyping the VegFest at Worcester State [Outreach]

Yesterday a group of four VegWorcester volunteers spent a couple hours at Worcester State College giving out info about factory farming and encouraging students to come out to the Worcester VegFest. There are some photos on the VegWorcester flickr page. Here’s a report-back from Manda: Manda, Erica, Mike and Drew were at Worcester State College [...]

March 25, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Worcester VegFest 2010  No Comments

VegWorcester Gets Some Love from the Worcester Public Library

Check it out, one of the librarians at the Worcester Public Library recently wrote about VegWorcester on the Worcester Public Library blog: Hello, I am excited to share an informative site with you. It is a terrific local resource for vegetarians, vegans and people interested in learning more about either. The website has a blog [...]

March 4, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Animal Rights, Events  No Comments

Today on WBUR 90.9: Melanie Joy Discusses Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows

Were you listening to 90.9 today? On today’s edition of WBUR’s program Here and Now, Robin Young interviewed Melanie Joy, the author of Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the interview. Earlier this year Joy released a video promo for the book. Her video [...]

February 22, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Animal Rights, Misc  No Comments

Handing Out Vegan Outreach Flyers at WPI (Photos & Report-back)

Big ups to Kushi and VegPolytech! Yesterday we handed out a stack of booklets about factory farming at WPI. Spending less than an hour, the two of us were able to reach 150 people with a message of compassion towards animals. Giving out vegan outreach flyers is an easy way to encourage people to consider [...]

February 20, 2010   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Veg Advocacy, Worcester VegFest 2010  One Comment

Join the Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading & Discussion Group

Want to broaden your understanding of the theory and philosophy that is the foundation of the animals rights movement? Want to discuss tactics and talk animal lib strategy? What about drawing connections to other social movements? This Thursday, Feb 18 from 6pm-8pm, VegWorcester will hold the first meeting of the second annual Animal Liberation Theory [...]

February 17, 2010   Posted in: Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading Group, Animal Rights  No Comments

Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows [New Book]

Melanie Joy, a social psychology professor in Boston, just released her new book, “Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: In Introduction to Carnism“. This is 2010, even a book has a trailer: This book is a good follow-up to Eating Animals by Foer.

January 14, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Animal Rights, News, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

Mike Benedetti: 2010 Pulse Mag Person To Watch, Vegan Activist

Pulse Magazine recently announced their People to Watch in 2010. Guess what? Vegan activist and VegWorcester supporter Mike Benedetti has made the list. Congrats, Mike! From Mike’s bio, as it appeared in Pulse Mag: “Benedetti’s list of community service is extensive. He spent half of 2009 working to close the Guantanamo prison as part of [...]

January 10, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Misc, News, Veg Advocacy  No Comments