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We Animals Yoga Recap
Thank you to Mary for leading a yoga benefit for Jo-Anne MacArthur’s We Animals project Saturday morning, and thank you to those who came. What a lovely way to start a day of peace and friendship.
VegFest on Brother Wease 95.1
Friday morning Mary Barletta (ARRoc and Vegan Army) and Mike Stura of Skylands Animal Sanctuary and Rescue were guests on Brother Wease’s show on 95.1 to talk about veganism, animal rescue, and RocVegFest!
Here’s a link to the show. Mary starts at 31:00 and Mike at 42:00.
Mike Stura
Mike Stura of Skylands Animal Sanctuary and Rescue will be speaking at VegFest, to tell us about his incredible rescues! Here is a recent news story about him.
Harold Brown
We are so happy that Harold Brown will be speaking at VegFest!
Harold Brown, appearing in the documentary Peaceable Kingdom, The Journey Home, spent half of his life in agriculture. Growing up on a beef farm in Michigan and later working in the dairy industry, Harold has been involved in the behind-the-scenes operations of food production that uses animals.
Today Harold is an activist advocating for sustainable food production, social and environmental justice, animal liberation, and peace through non-violence.
In addition to his talk, you may also find Harold at the Animal Rights Rochester tent at other times of the festival, if you’d like to stop by and talk to him.
Schedule
Schedule
Main Tent
10:00-10:45 Ted Barnett
10:45-11:30 Kerry Graff
11:30-1:00 Mike Stura
1:00-2:30 Torre Washington
2:30-3:50 Mark DeVries
4:00-5:40 What the Health
Lodge
10:30-12:00 Jo-Anne McArthur
12:30-1:30 Bruce Monger
1:30-2:30 Harold Brown
2:30-3:30 Josh Keeler
Dinner & a Movie: Speciesism and Director Mark Devries
Ticketing is now closed.
Start the VegFest celebration early with a special ticketed dinner on Friday, September 15, 2017. We’ll begin the evening in the big tent at Martin Luther King Jr. Park at 5:00 pm, when you can view and bid on all of our Silent Auction items, including a Ramon Santiago print, a beautiful handmade metalwork sign by local artist, John Greico, and gift certificates to some of Rochester’s best places! Dinner will be at 6:00, created by the talented folks at The Red Fern, and finished with dessert by Happy Cakes. At 7:00, we will screen “Speciesism: The Movie”, followed by a talk by the movie’s producer and director, Mark Devries. Tickets are very limited, and can be purchased for $40 below, with proceeds going to help defray the cost of bringing some of the vegan community’s best speakers to Rochester VegFest – and many of those speakers will be at the dinner on Friday night!
- 5 pm Arrive and silent auction
- 6 pm Red Fern restaurant’s Buddha Bowl & Happy Cakes dessert
- 7 pm Speciesism, the Movie
- the director Mark Devries will give a talk afterwards
- When: Friday, September 15, 2017
- Where: the big tent on the lawn of Martin Luther King Jr. Park
- Tickets: $40, purchase below
Buddha Bowl is gluten free and vegan. – organic marinated tofu, coconut brown rice, sautéd kale, roasted beets, pickled carrots & cabbage, sesame seeds, ginger garlic tamari sauce.
Yoga Benefit for We Animals
We are pleased to offer you an amazing way to start your day at Rochester VegFest! Mary Barletta will be leading a very special Yoga Benefit Class from 8:00 to 9:30 on Saturday September 16. All proceeds from your $20 donation will directly benefit Jo-Anne McArthur’s We Animals Project, which documents through photography animals in the human environment. Ten lucky yogis will receive a free Coobie Yoga Bra, generously donated by our friends at Coobie. We hope to see you there!
- When: 8:00 am – 9:30 am Saturday, September 16th
- Where: the Lodge at Martin Luther King Jr. Park
- Tickets: $20
Citizen Coalition for Wildlife and Environment
Welcome to Citizen Coalition for Wildlife and Environment, who will have a booth at the VegFest. They’re based in Grand Island, NY, and we’re excited that they’re coming to provide information to people about how we can help animals that live free. Check out their projects to see how you can help.
They’ll be bringing a gift basket to our raffle lineup – thanks!
Asha Sanctuary
Have you visited Asha Sanctuary yet? Asha will be visiting Rochester, when they attend the VegFest. We can’t wait!
Asha Sanctuary is a nonprofit that rescues, rehabilitates and provides shelter to abused farmed animals in Newfane, NY. You can follow along on their social media with what the nonhuman residents are doing.
Thanks, Asha, for donating a gift basket to our raffle!
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