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[saro_events] Reminder: Bold Native Screening Tonight!

“Bold N=
ative” Screening
Join Syracuse Animal Rights Organization for a free screening of Bold=20
Native, a feature film about animal liberation. Vegan cookies and other=20
snacks will be provided. This film screening night will take the place=20
of our weekly general interest meeting.
Watch the film’s trailer here: =
boldnative.com

This event is free and open to the public- ESF, S.U=
. and non-students are welcome to attend.
When: Tuesday, February 25th =
from 7-9pm
Where: Illick Hall, Room 5 on SUNY ESF CampusYou can RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/406434812824813/

Amber Canavan
Environmental Studies
Environment, Communication=
and Society
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

[saro_events] SARO Meeting Minutes 2/18

Utica town meeting regarding the slaughterhouse:
-When: town meeting on March 3rd at 6:30pm, zoning commission meeting on March 5th
at 6:30pm
-Where: Utica city hall
-SARO members will be meeting with resident activists on March 3rd before the meeting,
and attend it together with a prepared side of debate
-SARO carpool will meet at Recess Cafe (110 Harvard Place) at 4pm
-Contact Amber if interested at toneuteriscuter@msn.com

Peter Young speaking event
-SU funding request was approved!
-When: March 28th at 7pm
-Where: Life Sciences Complex, Room 011 (Keech classroom)
-Who: Peter Young is an animal rights activist, protestor, public speaker, author,
animal liberator, and founder of the Animal Liberation Frontline.

Bold Native Screening
-When: February 25th at 7pm
-Where: Illick 05
-Free food!

Vegan bake sale
-When: March 6th from 10am-4pm (will likely end around 2pm)
-Where: table in Gateway building (the new building on ESF campus, directly behind Moon
Library and right above the field in front of Sadler)
-Possible Farm to Fridge pay-per-view screenings at the bake sale

Rod Coronado
-First I would like to apologize for the typo in the last meeting minutes- Coronado
will NOT be coming to Utica, he will be speaking in the following New York locations:
Buffalo (2/26), Troy (2/27), Brooklyn (2/28), and possibly Saratoga Springs (3/3)
-SARO is unable to arrange a carpool, but anyone who is able to should check out one of
the events

Lemon Grass foie gras situation
-Lemon Grass recently put up a picture of their foie gras dish and asked for public
opinion on the dish- share a comment on their picture here
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=623205371061060&set=a.586230061425258.1073741832.172690702779198&type=1
(if you can’t follow the link, go to the SARO facebook page and scroll down to the post
by Anneka that announces Lemon Grass’s foie gras addition, and check out her comment
with a link to “Mobile Uploads”)

Meeting documentary screening
-Continued to watch Speciesism, a documentary that explores the concealed truths of
factory farms
-You can learn more about this movie at: http://speciesismthemovie.com/

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[saro_events] SARO Meeting Minutes 2/11

Utica slaughterhouse
-News update: a slaughterhouse is up for a zoning commission in Utica, NY
-Planning to slaughter up to 400 animals/day
-Read more at: http://www.uticaod.com/article/20140103/News/140109845

Pay-per-view recap
-Success!
-Handed out 510 booklets on veganism and showed Farm to Fridge to 60 people

Rod Coronado speaking tour
-Coronado is an indigenous animal rights activist known to have freed thousands of
captive animals in animal research facilities and be an active supporter of the Animal
Liberation Fund and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
-His speaking tour will come to Buffalo (2/26), Troy (2/27), and Utica(2/28)
-See facebook page for more details: https://www.facebook.com/events/188026491403673/
-SARO will try to carpool for one of the events- email Amber if interested at
toneuteriscuter@msn.com

Documentary-watching continued
-Watched part of Vegucated
-You can watch this online on Amazon Prime

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SARO Meeting Minutes 2/4

Pay-per-view at SU
-When/Where: Was held on Thursday 2/6 at Schine Student Center from 10am-2pm
-What: Gave $1 to people who watched a 4-minute Farm to Fridge video on the inhumane
slaughter of factory farm animals

Bold Native screening
-When/Where: Tuesday 2/25 at 7pm in Illick Hall Rm 05
-What: Bold Native will be shown, a fictional narrative about animal liberation, plus
free food!
-Learn more about the movie at: http://boldnative.com/

Peter Young presentation
-We are planning for him to speak in the Life Sciences Complex Rm 011 (Keech classroom)
on March 28th at 7pm
-Will find out the funding situation this week- more details to come

Weekly documentary screening
-We started the documentary Speciesism- to be continued next meeting
-Learn more about Speciesism here: http://speciesismthemovie.com/
-We will continue to watch documentaries at weekly meetings during the semester

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SARO Meeting Minutes 1/28

Mice for adoption- contact Amber if interested at toneuteriscuter@msn.com

Pay-per-view event!
-What: offering $1 to anyone who will watch a four-minute documentary called Farm to Fridge in order to raise
awareness of the inhumanity of factory farms
-Where: Schine student center on SU campus
-When: Thursday February 6 from 10am to 4pm

Peter Young may come back to speak at SU this spring semester- more details to follow based on the outcome of the funding
request

Meeting documentaries
-SARO meetings will include documentary screenings (~20 minutes at the end of each meeting) from next week onward
-Possible choices: Speciesism, Lolita Slave to Entertainment

Lemongrass foie gras situation
-Keep up the conversations and phone calls
-contact information for the restaurant can be found here: http://www.lemongrasscny.com/

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PLEASE CALL NY SENATOR RE: “AG GAG” TYPE BILL BY

SARO folks- Call Today!

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see the information below and please make a call to NYS Senator Ritchie=20
by Tuesday, 1/28. Senator Ritchie chairs the Agriculture Committee in=
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the NYS Senate. Please ask that this latest bill be held so as not to=
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move out of committee! This bill would roll back the transparency and=
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protection currently provided by the current FOIL (Freedom of=20
Information) procedure. Please see below and please call and share.&=
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Thank you!! Jan

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On Monday, January 27, 2=
014 12:17 AM, “info@nyshumane.org=
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Dear Members and Supporters of
NYSHA:
Please contact the office of Senator Patty Ritchie and ask her HOLD bill #S=
4904
(Maziarz) in the Senate Agriculture Committee. This bill is on the Senate
Agriculture Committee meeting agenda scheduled for Tuesday (1/28/14). So please act now!
This bill amends Agriculture and Markets Law to create a new section, 308-B=
. If
a Freedom of Information request is made to a state entity about a farm
operation, that entity is required to notify the farm operation of the requ=
est within
five business days of its being made, identify the requestor by name and
address, and describe the records requested. Thus providing farmers with an
opportunity to explain why information should not be provided, so th=
ey
could block requests from being fulfilled. This proposed bill substantially
weakens the current FOIL process and exposes the requestor to possible
harassment.

Not only is this against our
rights as citizens, but if this bill passes, any requests for information a=
bout
factory farms — where animals might be treated inhumanely — or from veget=
able
farms — where food might be produced using harmful pesticides or chemicals=
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be blocked and the farmer will be tipped off that they may be under scrutin=
y.
This could lead to a “slippery slope” allowing for other agencies to
adopt similar legislation which would prevent the rights of citizens to have
means to protect themselves, animals, and the environment.
Let Senator Ritchie know that you believe this is nothing more than another
version of the “Ag Gag” bill and this bill must NOT be voted out of
the Senate Agriculture Committee!
Please act before Tuesday.
Thank you, NYSHA’s Legislative Committee

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is:

Senator Patty
Ritchie
Legislative Office
Building, Room 412
Albany, NY
12247
Phone: 518-455-3438

SARO Meeting Minutes 1/21

Spring 2014 semester meetings
-Tuesdays at 7 in 110 Moon Library

Vegan potluck!
-When: this Sunday 1/26 at 7pm
-Where: Amber’s house
-What to bring: anything vegan!
-Contact Amber at toneuteriscuter@msn.com to get her address if interested

Lemongrass now serves foie gras
-If you do not support the foie gras industry, give Lemongrass a call, write a letter,
or visit and speak with the chef about it
-Here is their website: http://lemongrasscny.com/ – foie gras does not show up on the
menus on the site, but it is a specialty item in the restaurant

Facebook page update
-Posting days were reassigned to ensure that we have an active facebook page
-Feel free to post any animal rights news/petitions/vegan recipes to the page
-https://www.facebook.com/groups/SyrAnimalRights/

Pay-per-view session
-Not official yet, but a tentative pay-per-view will be set up in Schine on Tuesday 2/6

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>SARO September/October Events

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