Events

UPCOMING EVENTS:

The next Mid Atlantic Animal Rights Coalition Meeting is being planned for April, 2008. We are also planning a Wildlife Summit to take place in September, 2008.

PAST EVENTS:

1st Annual Mid-Atlantic Animal Rights Symposium - September 15, 2007

0:00 Welcome, program intro, ground rules, housekeeping by Verne Smith (Delaware Action for Animals)
6:08 The Art of Persuasion: Smart Ways to Encourage Vegan Eating by Lydia Chaudhry (The Daily Vegan):

Legal Questions & Issues facing Grassroots Groups/Activists
Nick Cooney (Hugs For Puppies)
Carter Dillard, Esq. - Animal rights legal expert
Paul Messing, Esq. - Criminal defense attorney
Moderator -- Verne R. Smith, Esq. - Animal Law Professor/(Delaware Action for Animals):

Effective Media Relations
Marianne Bessey - Animal Activist

Stu Bykofsky - Columnist Philadelphia Daily News

David Cantor (Responsible Policies for Animals)

Will Dean - Free lance Writer

Moderator -- Bill Hawkins - Business Owner/Activist:

The Grassroots Animal Rights Movement: Past-Present-Future

Erin Marcus (Baltimore Animal Rights Coalition)

Angi Metler (New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance)

Jenny Reimenschneider (Mobilization for Animals - PA)

Della Schmitt - (Compassion for Animal and Respect for the Environment)
Moderator -- Bob Leonard (Delaware Action for Animals):

Helping Each Other Become Better Activists
Janice Fredericks (God's Creatures Ministry)

Susan Gordon (New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance)

Lisa Levinson (Public Eye:Artists for Animals)

Hillary Rettig - Author/Social Justice Activist

Moderator -- Rose Reina-Rosenbaum (Coalition For Animals):

Reflections and Wrap Up by Verne Smith (Delaware Action for Animals):

To get involved or to find out more information, please contact us at maarc_1@yahoo.com.