Let Live Foundation

Time again for Food Fight’s benefit movie night. This time it’s gonna be extra special and fun. Sunday, January 11th is…FOOTLOOSE! And not just Footloose, there will be a pre-movie rock show with our good friends Slingshot Dakota from NYC, including a Footloose Medley. The event will be $5 this time, the rock and the roll will start at 7pm, movie around 8pm. You should really check out Slingshot Dakota, they’re great, here’s their MySpace page. Hope to see you there.

Where: The Artistery, 4315 SE Division St
When: January 11th, 7pm = music, 8pm-ish = movie
Why: So we can keep doing what we do

Tom from Slingshot Dakota, Dave from Food Fight, and Giancarlo (amazing artist who did Food Fight’s mural) will be having a benefit art show, also for the Let Live Foundation. Here’s the details on that:

Better Than Feeling Nothing, recent art by :
Giancarlo Demarchi
Tom Patterson
Dave Vander Maas

Friday January 9th / 7-10 pm / All Ages
DBA Gallery, 1515 SE Ankeny,Portland

Come buy something cool and help with some Let Live fundraising.

Hey pals. It’s that time of year again, time for the annual (well, it happened last year too) AR Volunteer Roundup! This year is gonna be bigger and better than last year. Why? Because more folks are gonna show up and get involved, right? Right. Here’s the details:

When: Saturday, January 17th, 6-8pm
Where: Vegan Mini-Mall, 1217 SE Stark St, stuff going on in every shop
Cost: Free, of course, but you might wanna donate some change to the local groups who are out there busting their rumps.

The idea is that a ton of people can show up, find out what everybody is about, and get involved with whatever group seems to be a best fit for you. 

Nothing is totally final yet, but we’re hoping to have tables and people to talk to from In Defense of Animals, NW Veg, Portland Animal Defense League, the Let Live Foundation, Coalition to Abolish Animal Testing, Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary, Out to Pasture Sanctuary, VeganThis, OHSU Cruelty (.com), TryVegan PDX, the Vegan Outreach leafletting group, and probably some other folks who we’re forgetting.

Sound good? Sure it does. Mark it on the calendar and please try to come and get involved. Makes life more interesting than just sitting on your futon complaining that things are not going the direction you’d like them to.

Also, if you’re lucky there may be some soft serve or chili or cookies or something else for you to stuff into your mouth. IF you are lucky.

Skin Trade with Shannon Keith
When: 11/23, 1 pm
Where: PSU, Smith Memorial Union, Room 238

With colder weather comes fur season. It starts appearing on racks in stores and on peoples backs around town. Most people don’t know what cruelty goes into their clothes as even fakes are often real dog and cat fur. With this in mind, and with the annual Fur Free Friday demonstrations coming up fast, we welcome acclaimed activist and director Shannon Keith who will be sharing segments of her new film Skin Trade, which is in production. Shannon is an animal and civil rights attorney, and the director of the award winning film, Behind the Mask. She is a regular speaker at animal rights conferences around the country and will be discussing the fur industry, her film, and leading a discussion about what we can all do to combat this cruel fashion. This discussion will cover audience member questions as well as how to combat industry arguments, outreach and education tips, and online activism options, amongst other topics.

Please come and help make this event a success.

Let Live Series, Volume 1: Monkey Business. October 26th, 2 pm, PSU Campus in the Smith Memorial Union, room SMU228

The first event is “Monkey Business: The Truth About Animal Testing and the ONPRC.” If you have ever had trouble discussing the difficult topic of vivisection and animal testing, or need to brush up on your knowledge, this event is for you. Elaine Close (Coatlition to Abolish Animal Testing) and Matt Rossell (In Defense of Animals) will be discussing the bad science, bad treatment, and useless studies that surround the bulk of animal testing, focusing on the ONPRC (Oregon National Primate Research Center.) We will talk about what goes on at the primate lab, what you can do about it, and ways you can more effectively discuss this topic with others.

This event is free and open to the public. It is being sponsored by Vegans for Animal Advocacy as well as Food Fight! and Herbivore.