Let Live Foundation

The Let Live Series Presents Sanctuary Stories: Tales of Hope

Portland, OR, May 31, 2009— This year, nearly two thousand chimpanzees will be used for testing in laboratories across the United States. Thousands of animals will be left to starve on foreclosed farms and hundreds of malnourished horses will be abandoned on public lands because the cost of their care is too high. These are just a few examples of the types of abuse and neglect that animals face each day. Although many of these animals will never know kindness, affection or proper nutrition- for those who find their way to a sanctuary, there is hope. This talk highlights the inspiring stories of three Northwest no-kill sanctuaries that provide lifetime quality of life to abused, abandoned and neglected animals.

Diana Goodrich, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest (CSNW): Founded in 2003, CSNW is home to the “Cle Ellum Seven,” a group of seven chimpanzees released from biomedical research. Through education and collaboration, CSNW advocates on behalf of great apes in hopes of one day eliminating their exploitation for entertainment and biomedical research.

Wayne Geiger, Lighthouse Farm Animal Sanctuary: Started as an unofficial sanctuary in 1998, Lighthouse is currently home to two hundred farm animals who have suffered abuse and neglect. Lighthouse has helped provide homes for pigs displaced by the Iowa floods and works closely with the Humane Society of the United States to help abandoned and neglected horses.

John Collins, Out to Pasture (OTP): OTP provides permanent housing to abused, neglected and abandoned large farm animals, pigs, chickens, rabbits and dogs. OTP also does special work with miniature pigs and provides them with no-charge vet care. In addition to their sanctuary work, OTP also maintains feeding stations for feral cats and provides loaner traps and transportation so they can be spayed or neutered.

The Sanctuary Stories: Tales of Hope presentation will be held on May 31, 2009, at 2p.m. at Portland State University in Room 238 of the Smith Memorial Union Building. Admission is free. The Let Live Series is a monthly series of speakers, workshops and social events dedicated to promoting animal rights activism and education in Portland, Oregon. Sponsored by the Let Live Foundation, Vegans for Animal Advocacy, Food Fight Grocery and Herbivore Magazine.

Here’s something we’re not involved with, but give a full thumbs up to. Attend if you can.

“”Please join us for an evening of music and speakers on Saturday May 23rd at 7pm as we examine State Repression as on ongoing strategy of the State to silence dissent. 
Liberating Dissent II: Against State Repression will raise funds for Green Scare Prisoners and the community organizing efforts of Rose City Copwatch. Speakers will include Kristian Williams, author of Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America and American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination as well as Lauren Regan founder and executive director of the Civil Liberties Defense Center. Music will be provided by Resist (Portland anarchopunk legends), Adelit@s (fusion of punk and latin American folk music), Coffin Ship (folk punk) and Silent Majority (sparse melodic punk).

When: Saturday May 23rd 7pm-12am
Where: Liberty Hall (311 N Ivy st. Portland OR)
What: Speakers: Lauren Regan and Kristian Williams,
music from Resist, Adelit@s, Coffin Ship and Silent Majority
How much: $6-$100 sliding scale donation. No one turned away for
lack of funds.

More info: www.cldc.org/green.html www.rosecitycopwatch.org
www.greenisthenewred.com
Contact: destroycreate@gmail.com”

Hey you. Come to this. We’ll have a table and be sitting around. Come chat.

“The 1st Annual Portland Anarchist Book Fair!
Saturday, June 6, 10am – 6pm
Sunday, June 7, 10am – 4pm
Liberty Hall – 311 N Ivy | Portland, OR 97227
503-516-9220 | axiom.infoshop@gmail.com

The Axiom Collective is hosting the first annual Portland Anarchist Book Fair. This two day event will feature over 20 booksellers, publishers, and zinesters offering a wide range of radical literature and art.

+ Axiom Infoshop Collective
+ In Other Words Women’s Bookstore
+ Laughing Horse Books
+ Left Bank Books (Seattle)
+ PM Press
+ Crimethinc.
+ Eberhardt Press
+ Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness
+ Little Black Cart distro
+ Malkriadas distro
+ Just Seeds Art Collective
+ the Independent Publishing Resource Center
+ Portland Books to Prisoners
+ Portland Radical Reference Collective
+ and more! 

This event is FREE to attend. Childcare will be provided, and we’ll be offering yummy treats for cheap.

If you’re interested in tabling, volunteering, or have any other questions, please feel free to contact us!”