Tag: activism
November 17, 2023 – 23rd North American Conference for Critical Animal Studies
23rd North American Conference for Critical Animal StudiesNovember 17, 2023Public, Free, Recorded, and via Zoom Sponsored by the Utah Criminology Student Association, Salt Lake Community College Click Here to Register: https://slcc-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpcO-trzMjGdM2kzuEHpquTwzWkFQfmn-b Conferences Chairs:Amanda Williams, Laura Schleifer, and Keara O’Bryeb SCHEDULE(Based on USA Mountain Time)10:00am – 5:30pm 10:00am-10:10am – Welcoming and IntroductionAmanda Williams, Laura Schleifer, and […]
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Cierra Baker (Meatless Melanin) – ICAS conversations
In this conversation, Cierra Baker talks about being Black and veganism, veganism of color, healthful eating, community outreach, the wonders of eating cultural foods, and more. Cierra Baker is a local vegan entrepreneur in the food business based in Kalamazoo, MI. Cierra started Meatless Melanin, a whole foods vegan food enterprise to help share their […]
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Top Five Acts that Make Your Activism Not Grass-Roots
Too often activists and social change organizations identify themselves as grass-roots, which is clearing defined and articulated by many social movements, scholars, activists, and authors. While, grass-roots, is so clearing defined, people and organizations like to claim grass-roots, because it fosters authenticity. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Grass-roots means no employees as those employees are the ones making […]
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November 2018 – Top Five Problematic Tactics for Animal Liberation
Here are the Top Five Problematic Tactics that are EXCLUSIVE Within the Animal Liberation Movement. ICAS, which is made up of activist-scholars, is proud of promoting total liberation and intersectionality in the animal liberation movement. Here are some small and larger complex tactics that can exclude people from the cause. We bring this up, not […]
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July Top Five Hip Hop Vegans
1. Russell Simmons, a vegan, is CEO of Rush Communications, he cofounded the hip-hop music label Def Jam Recordings and created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and Tantris. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Dead Prez is a Hip Hop duo composed of stic.man and M-1, formed in 1996 in New York City, who promote veganism and […]
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2017 16th Annual North American Conference for Critical Animal Studies
2017 16th ANNUAL NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE FOR CRITICAL ANIMAL STUDIES November 10 (Friday) to November 12 (Sunday), 2017 Vallecito Room, Student Union Fort Lewis College 1000 Rim Drive Durango, Colorado, USA Free for all and open to the public and all ages. #2017NAICASConference Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/341475286250579/ __________________________________________ If you have any questions about logistics […]
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Scholar-Activist Spotlight with Yesim Nurova
Yesim Nurova is a journalist affiliated with R9 Media. She is an animal rights activist known throughout Turkey and Europe. She has organized and led some of the largest animal liberation and animal rights demonstrations and protests, many with a Direct Action component, in Asia. Also, she is the Founder of the Spanish language A.L.F Frente de […]
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ICAS July 2016 E-Newsletter
Hello Friends of ICAS, We have a few exciting things we would like to share. 4th Annual ICAS Africa Conference for Critical Animal Studies has been put on hold for the moment to work with all the presenters and organizers schedules better. 4th Annual ICAS Oceania Conference for Critical Animal Studies has its registration open: […]
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August 2016 Scholar-Activist Spotlight with Will Hazlitt of the North American Animal Liberation Press Office
Ian Purdy: When and why did the North American Animal Liberation Press Office come into existence? Will Hazlitt: The North American Animal Liberation Press Office (NAALPO) was formed in 2004 to respond to the mainstream media’s uncritical reporting on animal liberation activities. The Press Office takes a proactive stance to communicate the actions, strategies, and philosophy of […]
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ICAS Scholar-Activist Profile Series – June 2016: Joe Leeson-Schatz
I am the Director of Debate at Binghamton University where I also teach courses out of the English department on Media & Politics. I recently completed a book project with Dr. Amber George on Critical Animal Studies and media representations, titled Screening the Nonhuman, which is available through Lexington Books. I have also previously published […]
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