Let Live Foundation

The Let Live Foundation is excited to announce its formation as a non-profit organization. With this exciting news in mind, we are now planning the 2009 Let Live Conference. The conference will be held June 26-28th with the theme “Discovering Your Activist Qualities.” The conference presentations will cover specific topics geared towards helping activists and aspiring activists discover their talents and how to apply it to the movement. However, we will be including workshops aimed towards new activists with a special 101 Room.

The Let Live Foundation feels strong ties to the Portland activist community and our goal for the conference has always been to provide a local feel. In order to maintain this, we are extending an invitation to Portland-based groups and interested individuals to attend a special meeting on Feb 7th at 2pm on campus in the PSU Smith Memorial Student Union Room 237 to discuss any concerns, questions and suggestions you may have for the conference. If you are unable to attend the meeting, feel free to email your feedback to info@letlivefoundation.org.

We hope to see you at the meeting,
Let Live

PS. We are also ready to start doing some fundraising, our first step is a bank account with an attached PayPal account. We would absolutely love you to death if you could spare $5-$10 to help kick start things, it’d really go a long way for us to keep doing what we do. PayPal whatever you feel comfortable with to: donate@letlivefoundation.org. If you can’t spare it, no sweat, just thought we’d ask.

PPS. Don’t forget “Why Farm Animals Matter” on Feb 3rd. Check our site for all the details.

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Author and animal rights activist Erin Williams will discuss humane, sustainable food choices and recent changes to the factory farming industry

Location: Portland State University, Smith Memorial Student Union (1825 SW Broadway), Room 101

Admission: Free

Erin Williams, co-author of “Why Animals Matter: The Case for Animal Protection,” will be signing copies of her book and giving a presentation called “Why Farm Animals Matter.” Her talk will address the importance of making humane, sustainable food choices, as well as provide information on some of the exciting recent advancements for farm animals in the United States. 

Co-authored with Margo DeMello, “Why Animals Matter” examines how people abuse animals, gives suggestions on how to take action, and connects animal protection, environmental and social justice issues. Publishers Weekly praised the book as “a tough but fair-minded revelation of how mass production of animals for food and other purposes results in cruelty that usually remains hidden from sight.”

This event is co-sponsored by the Portland State University club, Vegans for Animal Advocacy, as well as two community organizations, Northwest VEG and the Let Live Foundation. 

For more information about the book, visit www.whyanimalsmatter.com.

Communication has never been easier than it is right now. The Internet has made it possible to research, collect, and spread information to millions of people at little to no cost to activists and groups. Utilizing these new tools can be a very effective way to advocate for animal issues as well as other social justice issues.

Topics covered in this presentation will include making a website, using social networking sites, e-newsletters, and other relevant online tools. If you already use these tools in your activism, please join us and share your knowledge with others.

Our guest speaker will be Glenn Gaetz. Glenn heads up Liberation B.C. (http://liberationbc.org/) Glenn has been involved as an activist ever since he moved to Vancouver, about 4 years ago. He has participated in numerous protests, leafleting, and other outreach activities. His day job involves graphic design and web development for non-profit clients, and he uses the skills he’s learned there to provide Liberation BC with an inexpensive and easy-to manage website, as well as the ability to send out html emails to their mailing list. He is very interested in providing non-profits and activists with low-cost or free tools to aid in their efforts to make the world a better place.

Join us to learn, share, and grow as activists. Thank you.

Thanks to everybody who showed up and hopefully had some fun during this weeks Let Live Foundation benefits. Thanks especially to the East Coasters who flew in to help out, you guys rule, and it’s been nice hanging out. Almost heart-warming, but not quite. More like stomach upsetting, but I digress. If anybody couldn’t make it, but want to chip in, you can always drop off donations at Food Fight or Herbivore. Just tell the cashier that it’s for Let Live and it’ll be put aside. Hopefully soon, we can even give larger donations a receipt so it’ll be tax-deductible. Fingers crossed.