NA Past Conferences

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202020Salt Lake Community College
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192019Salt Lake Community CollegeThis image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Institute-for-Critical-Animal-Studies-11.jpg
182018Fort Lewis CollegeThis image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is 75631f0a-9a47-4882-8cd3-252e68f86147
17 2017 Fort Lewis CollegeThis image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is 16th-Annual-Critical-Animal-Studies-Conference-2.jpg
162016Fort Lewis CollegeThis image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is 12795549_1662339080696285_7884052886425570133_n.jpg
152015Binghamton UniversityThis image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is 10462420_800647016674977_1655129440233378665_n.jpg
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132013Minneapolis Community and Technical College This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is wpid-north-american-conference-for-critical-animal-studies-7156237de55bdc4762a3268279b43d64.jpg

North American Conference for Critical Animal Studies
122012Canisius College
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From Greece to Wall St.: Global Economic Revolutions and Critical Animal Studies

MAD Update, SLAPP Lawsuits, and the 2012 North American Critical Animal Studies Conference
112011Brock University

 

 

Thinking About Animals

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102010SUNY CortlandAbolition, Liberation, and the Intersections within Social Justice Movements

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92009Yale UniversityTransforming Higher Education Into an Ethical Space and Place for Learning
82008University of MontanaAnimal and Earth Advocacy: Links of Life
72007University of MaineBringing Human/Animal
Studies into Academia: Issues and Moral Dilemmas

Saturday, April 7, 2007 6th Annual Conference of the Center on Animal Liberation Affairs Theme: “Bringing Human/Animal Studies into Academia: Issues and Moral Dilemmas” Hosted at the University of Maine in Orono Info: http://www.cala-online.org or e-mail info@cala-online.org
62006Syracuse UniversityOrganization and Education For Liberation
52005Syracuse UniversityThree Conferences in One
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Annual Animal Liberation Philosophy and Policy Conference on 23 April 2005.
State Your Re-Action Conference 24 April 2005

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April 22, 2005- Total Liberation and Political Repression
April 23, 2005 – Student Activism in Higher Education
and
April 24, 2005 “State Your Re-Action to State Repression”
Conference

SARO (Syracuse Animal Rights Organization) Syracuse, New York,is proud to present it’s first annual Animal Liberation Student Association Conference. This conference is a FREE 3 day long even from April 23 to the 25th at Syracuse University. The confernce will cover all forms of animal liberation, with a strong focus on direct action and the ALF. Speakers include:
Ashanti Alston, former Member of the Black Panther Party & Black Liberation Army Prisoner of War

Matt Ball, Co-founder of Vegan Outreach

Steve Best, Chair of the Philosophy Department, University of Texas, El Paso

Joel Capolongo, long-time Animal Defense League activist

Karen Davis, founder and President of United Poultry Concerns

Laura Duccesch, Director of Education at Animalearn

Lauren Eastwood Sociology Department, Syracuse University

Dr Joshua Frank, Executive Director of FIREPAW, Inc.

Josh Harper, Filmmaker and Activist, reclaimmedia.com

Brian Heck, Syracuse Animal Rights Organization (S.A.R.O.)

Nik Hensey, former ALF spokesperson in Los Angeles and grassroots organizer

Kevin Jonas, organizer of SHAC/USA (Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty)

pattrice jones, cofounder of the Eastern Shore Sanctuary and Education Center

Dr. Lisa Kemmerer, Montana State University

Erik Marcus, vegan writer and animal rights advocate

Anthony J. Nocella II, Syracuse University, Doctorate Student and co author of Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals.

Lawrence Sampson, American Indian Movement

Maxwell Schnurer , Professor of Debate, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York

Andy Stephanian, former Animal Liberation Front prisoner and member of Animal Defense League Long Island

Jeff Watkins, co-founder of Animal Defense League

and MORE for more info please visit: http://www.cala-online.org/Student_A…ion/events.htm


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April 24, 2005, Syracuse University

Sponsored by Syracuse Animal Rights Organization, Center for Animal Liberation Affairs, Syracuse Food Not Bombs, Syracuse Anarchist Black Cross, and Central New York Earth First!

Free!


On September 11, 2001, the political landscape changed
dramatically. Instantaneously, it became unpatriotic to
criticize President Bush, the government, or US policy on
any front. Activist groups like the Sierra Club announced
that they were indefinitely suspending all criticism
against Bush’s pro-corporate agenda as the nation tried to
pull together.” (Best and Nocella, 2004, p. 9).
The
depletion of civil rights and freedoms are nowhere more
obvious than with the October 26, 2001 passage of the USA
PATRIOT Act, which gave the green light to the government
to have unlimited mobility of their powers of
surveillance, search and seizure, detention, and
suppression of dissent. The American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) believes,

Many parts of this sweeping legislation [PATRIOT Act]
take away checks on law enforcement and threaten the
very rights and freedoms that we are struggling to
protect. For example, without a warrant and without
probable cause, the FBI now has the power to access
your most private medical records, your library
records, and your student records… and can prevent
anyone from telling you it was done.

Neo-McCarthyism is upon us and the United States citizens
are dumbfounded.
All one needs to do is look around. The
Mass arrest of nearly 500 nonviolent activists at the 2004
Republican National Convention in New York City, which the
judge (State Supreme Court Justice John Cataldo) ordered
the immediate release of just hours before President
Bush’s speech at the Republican National Convention. Were
not denied release by the city. The city was later fined
in the refusal to comply with the judge’s order. Or look
at the witch-hunt after animal rights activists that are
involved in the international campaign Stop Huntingdon
Animal Cruelty. “The government has issued a five-count
federal indictment that charges each activist, and SHAC
USA, with violations of the 1992 Animal Enterprise
Protection Act, the first law that explicitly seeks to
protect animal exploitation industries from animal rights
protests.” The committee’s minority leader, Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-VT), refused to partake in a meeting to talk
about the denial of these aboveground nonviolent animal
rights activists as a serious threat. It was a “…
corporate conspiracy masked as a Senate hearing. Instead,
Leahy wrote a statement for the public record that
vilified the proceedings, wherein he remarked that , “most
Americans would not consider the harassment of animal
testing facilities to be ‘terrorism,’ any more than they
would consider anti-globalization protestors or anti-war
protestors or women’s health activists to be terrorists.”


Of course in this age of Neo-McCarthyism the landscape in
the United States has changed dramatically from the 1950s,
but the blueprint is still is the same. Communists are
replaced with terrorists. Attorney General John Ashcroft
played the role of Senator Joseph McCarthy (and it remains
to be seen whether or not Alberto Gonzalez will continue
to fill those shoes), and the Congressional Meetings on
Eco-Terrorism stand in for the House Un-American
Activities Committee. Similar to the past, the government
is convincing the public that the enemy lurks not only
outside our borders, but within them as well. The
Administration might even say, “There are those in this
country that are not with us.” The danger is said to be
catastrophic, a demand for immediate measures, with no
questioning of implementation of counter-action with no
limitations.


Please join us April 24th, 2005 at Syracuse University to
begin to question U.S. policies. On April 24th, 2005,
Syracuse University will be the site of a timely and
highly important forum on civil liberties, the Bill of
Rights, and freedom of expression, thought, and speech, at
the State Your Re-Action to State Repression Conference.


For information and inquiries, contact the Conference Committe
staterepression@gmail.com


Schedule
Welcoming Opening Remarks
(9:00-9:20)

Facilitator: Alyson Newquist, Conference Commitee Member

Professor Winston Grady-Willis, African American Studies
at Syracuse University


Different Political Campaigns Against Repression
(9:30-11:10)

Facilitator: Dr. Maxwell Schnurer, Marist College



1. Speaking in Defense of Lynne Stewart

Laura Raymond, National Lawyers Guild


2. Speaking in Defense of Dr. Rafil Dhafir Madis Senner,

Dr. Rafil Dhafir Defense Committee


3. Speaking in Defense of Jeffrey “Free” Luers ,
Friends
of Jeffrey Luers


Freedom of Speech and Action
(11:20-12:50)

Facilitator: Joel Capolongo, Conference Committee Member


1. SHAC7

Andy Stepanian, Animal Defense League


2. Fighting the PATRIOT Act

Christine Rizzo, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)


3. Speaking in Support of Revolution is the U.S.

Leslie James Pickering, Arissa Press


Lunch (12:50-1:40)


Nationalism, Racism, and Identity
(1:50-3:20)

1. The Case of Abu Ali

Elaine Cassel, Author and professor of Law


2. From Fighting Terrorism Since 1492 to Ward Churchill

Scott Richard Lyons, Native American Studies, Syracuse
University


3. International Foreign Imperialism

Professor Horace Campbell, Political Science and African
American Studies, Syracuse University


Alternatives to Repression
(3:30-5:00)

Facilitator: Jessica Maxwell, Syracuse Peace Council

1. Former Political Prisoner from the Jericho Movement

2. Abolish of Prisons

Ashanti Alston, Critical Resistance


3. Prisonization of Communities: What are the Alternatives?

Marsha Weissman, Director, Center for Community
Alternatives and Alan Rosenthal, Director, Justice
Strategies, Center for Community Alternatives Center for
Community Alternatives (CCA)


Community Dialogue on Creative Responses to Repression

(5:00-5:40)

Facilitators: Conflict Management Center (CMC), Maxwell
School, Syracuse University


Group Break Out

Keynote Speaker (5:40-6:20)

Facilitator: pattrice jones, Coordinator, Eastern Shore
Sanctuary


Terrorism: A Word Used to Repress

Ann Hansen

Closing Comments (6:20-6:40)

Facilitator: Eli Moore, Conference Committee Member


Professor Micere M. Githae Mugo
Syracuse University,
African American Studies
42004Syracuse University1st First Annual Animal Liberation Student Association Conference
April 23-25, 2004

Syracuse University,
Syracuse, New York, USA

The Syracuse Animal Rights Organization is pleased to announce the First Annual Student Association Conference on April 23-25, 2004 on the Syracuse University Campus. This two-day conference will feature guest speakers, panel discussions and presentations of papers by students–graduate and undergraduate. The conference is multi-disciplinary and encourages students from any course of study to submit proposals. Since presentations are limited to graduate and undergraduate students, the CALA Student Conference is an ideal place for a first conference presentation in an academic setting, especially for undergraduate students moving into graduate work.
Hosted by
The Student Environmental Action Coalition, Syracuse Animal Rights Organization, and The Center on Animal Liberation Affairs
Sponsored by:
www.getvegan.com, My Body Is My Temple, Cleveland Chapter of the American Indian Movement, Bite Back Magazine

Registration
On behalf of Syracuse Animal Rights Organization (SARO) and the Center on Animal Liberation Affairs (CALA), I am very honored to announce that this national event, which will unite activists and academics together and include both outstanding figures involved with social justice struggles and members of the academic community, will be brought to you FREE OF CHARGE! As this event will not be aided by grants, private donations, or financial endorsements of any kind, we will be relying upon the tireless efforts volunteered by our above sponsors.
Consequently, there will be a number of chances throughout the two days — tables will be set up off-campus at the show on Friday night and at the dinner on Saturday — to make a donation to Syracuse Animal Rights Organization, and I do ask that you consider making a donation if possible to this worthy cause, of:
$10.00, if you are attending the conference (FREE FOR ALL)
At this time, we are not asking donations of invited speakers because we are simply honored to host you.
Again, please note, per university policy these are not charges for conference admission. Additionally, because SARO and CALA presently lack non-profit tax status, I am writing to ask that any and all donations be provided either in cash, or as a personal check addressed directly to me.
Deadline: April 1, 2004
Fee: At this time, there is no fee to register. Subject to change.
Accommodations: Reservations are the responsibility of all attendees. Remember to make reservations early for the best rates.
Syracuse Hotel Directory
Please download the MS Word registration form, fill out the information requested, and e-mail it as an attachment to register@cala-online.org. If you do not have MS Word, or you have difficulty downloading or sending this form, please contact us at the above address, or e-mail our webmaster.
Thank you.
Speakers
Ashanti Alston, former Member of the Black Panther Party & Black Liberation Army Prisoner of War
Matt Ball, Co-founder of Vegan Outreach
Steve Best, Chair of the Philosophy Department, University of Texas, El Paso
Joel Capolongo, long-time Animal Defense League activist
Karen Davis, founder and President of United Poultry Concerns
Laura Duccesch, Director of Education at Animalearn
Lauren Eastwood Sociology Department, Syracuse University
Dr Joshua Frank, Executive Director of FIREPAW, Inc.
Josh Harper, Filmmaker and Activist, reclaimmedia.com
Brian Heck, Syracuse Animal Rights Organization (S.A.R.O.)
Kevin Jonas, organizer of SHAC/USA (Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty)
pattrice jones, cofounder of the Eastern Shore Sanctuary and Education Center
Erik Marcus, vegan writer and animal rights advocate
Anthony J. Nocella II, Syracuse University, Doctorate Student
Lawrence Sampson, American Indian Movement
Maxwell Schnurer , Professor of Debate, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York
Andy Stephanian, former Animal Liberation Front prisoner and member of Animal Defense League Long Island
Jeff Watkins, co-founder of Animal Defense League
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Paper Presentations
Kevin Pielusczak, Syracuse University, Undergraduate Student
Erin Fitzgerald, Syracuse, University, Undergraduate Student
Billy Prusinowski, Syracuse University, Undergraduate Student
Matthew Walton, Syracuse University, Graduate Student
Jeffrey Sebo, Texas Christian University Undergraduate Student
Nicholas Ryan, Syracuse University, Undergraduate Student
Rachel Wechsler, Cornell University
Tabling Update
The following is a list of the groups and people that will be tabling at Animal Liberation Student Association Conference.
AAVS-the American Anti-Vivisection Society
AIM-American Indian Movement
CALA-Center on Animal Liberation Affiars
Gourmetcruelty.com
Green Anarchy
Lantern Books
Leonard Peilter Support Network
SARO-Syracuse Animal Rights Organization
SEAC-Student Environmental Action Coalition
SHAC- Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty
SPAN- Student Peace Action Network
Please register at: http://www.cala-online.org/Student_Association/register.htm 
For more info visit www.syracuseanimalrights.com or www.cala-online.org 
For any questions please email info@syracuseanimalrights.com 

32003Fresno State UniversityRevolutionary Environmentalism: A Dialogue Between Activists and Academic
Co-Sponsored by the Political Science Department at Fresno State University and Center for Animal Liberation Affairs CALA

Environmental Conference Draws Protests

Clovis Free Press Newspaper | Clovis – Academy Edition


The Week That Was – Science and Environmental Policy …


Heads in the Sand On Eco-terror Threats<b> – Press Releases

Fresno Frenzy
22002University of St. Thomas

 

 

2nd Annual One Struggle Conference –
Panel Discussion
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Sponsored by Live Oak Alliance, Houston Animal Rights Team, Texas Animal Rights, Institute for Revolutionary Peacemaking and Education, and Center for Animal Liberation Affairs

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12001University of St. Thomas1st Annual One Struggle Conference
with workshops, roundtables, teach-ins, and trainings.
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Sponsored by REC, Houston Animal Team, Center for Animal Liberation Affairs, Texas Earth First!, Houston Earth First! Texas Animal Rights, Houston ARA, ADAPT, Texas AIM, Free Mumia!, Houston Copwatch, Houston Food not Bombs, Brown Berets, and ADAPT

2000Huntsville, TXREC Camp – Radical Education Community (REC)

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2000San Marcos, TXRadical Education Community (REC): Southern Activist Solidarity Action Camp
“For the South by the South”
San Marcos, TX
May 18, 19, 20
1999Huntsville, TexasREC Camp – Radical Education Community, Houston Animal Right Team, UPROAR!, Houston Anarchist Black Cross, Houston ARA, Houston Food not Bombs, Austin Cop Watch, Action for Animals, Voices for the Animals, Animal Liberation of Texas, LibNow!, Ecoprisoner Defense, Texas Earth First!, Houston Earth First!, Austin Earth First!, Houston ADL, and ADAPT
1999Hunstville, TexasTexas Earth First! Rendezvous

REC Camp – Radical Education Community (REC) founded in 1999, by activists in Houston from the Houston Animal Rights Team (HART) a consensus based community of concerned individuals working toward successful change through interactive education in the Southern US;a diverse group of individuals, each involved in some of the same and different activist causes in the Southern US interested in sharing knowledge and information on different causes and strategies at bringing about change in the Southern US; believes that through working together, each of our separate causes are strengthened; hopes to inspire others to take a more active stance on the issues they believe in, if not already involved, and hope to offer assistance in helping activist causes to learn helpful techniques to empower their cause(s) in the Southern US non-violent direct action education is the centerpiece of REC’s teaching.

Radical Education Community (REC) will answer media
questions and conduct interviews in relation to peace
activist education and community building and other related issues.
Please contact us at: Radical Education Community
1302 Waugh Drive
Box 413
Houston, TX 77019

recforaction@yahoo.com
713-294-HOPE -Host-Houston Animal Rights Team
REC NETWORK TEAM

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REC Network Team
Get Involved Today!

For more information about how to start a local REC or
to list your existing group as part of our grassroots
network, contact:
Tony Nocella
texasactivist@netscape.net (does not work anymore)



TEXAS

San Antonio REC Representative
Carol
Jimmy Crowbar

Houston REC Representative
Rachel and Stephen

Austin REC Representative
Ernest Samudio

Dallas REC Representative
Megan
ScottUp Roar
Up Roar, based in Dallas, Texas, is a progressive, non-violent
direct action group uniting people to fight oppression of all kinds.


ARIZONA


NEW MEXICO

ALABAMA

LOUISIANA

OKLAHOMA

FLORIDA

MISSISSIPPI


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Archived from 2001 on REC:

ABOUT: Radical Education Community (REC), was created to
foster a more unified community within the southern
peace movement particularly Texas and to encourage
better understanding of the different methods of
activism that make up any major social movement.

When studying the history of the peace and justice
movements, it becomes apparent that a movement cannot
be successful without a community. REC offers a
neutral meeting ground for all aspects of the peace
movement to create positive dialogue and cooperation
within the peace community. Our goal is to provide
educational resources and dispute resolution for
conflicts that may arise within the movement. In
doing so, we hope to create a stronger movement that
will ultimately bring about the realization of peace
in our world society.
There are five main categories that are typical to
social movements: legislation (politics), academia
(field of education), nonviolence (civil
disobedience); direct action (economic sabotage), and
violence (harm onto another). REC will fairly
explain each of these categories and how they relate
to the peace movement.

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REC was formed in Texas during the up rise and
creation of the southern United States globalization
peace movement in 1999. REC was a key factor in many
large actions with people coming from diverse areas
around the south, from Atlanta to Arizona.
REC was originally formed to empower the youth in the
Houston, Texas area. The youth wanted to be part of
the globalization movement and create
solidarity in the movement. REC was formed by
communists, anarchist, animal liberationists, Green
Party members, Earth First!ers, teachers, artists,
musicians, as well as many others. REC saw that with
the many activists with multiple interests and causes,
the idea of a one issue organization thus was out of
the question. At the same time the need for a
community where people can rely on each other was
needed to build the globalization movement. REC knew
that to build a community that would last it had to be
based on the principle of a balanced education.

After the first REC camp located in Huntsville, Texas.
Many around the south grew a liking for the concept of
community building with the focus on peace education.
Presently REC is made up of people from Florida to
Arizona, all based on three principles:

1.) Educate for empowerment for the poor as well
as peace activists.

2.) Create a peace community not an organization,
where all are equal and can share experiences and
knowledge.

3.) Where all decisions are based on consensus.

REC capstone educational event is Southern Activist
Solidarity Camp (SAS-Camp). This event occurs our the
southern part of the United States every four months.
For more information about SAS-Camp please contact
recforaction@yahoo.com.

Disclaimer: REC is an educational institute that fosters community building. Being a educational institute REC has the responsibility to represent each category equally and fairly. The staff, volunteers, and members of REC may not necessarily be supportive of each category’s actions, but understands that REC’s mission is to explain and understand those actions. NOTE: All of these categories are universal throughout each movement, but with significant details that might be different.