Animal Activists Day – 25th October 2009

Trinity College, Evan Burge Building, University of Melbourne

08:30   All presenters to arrive & prepare A/V resources

09:00 Welcome (Roy Taylor & Joanna Unferdorben)

09:05 Organisational Reviews: Session 1

                        Animals Australia (Jesse Marks) 

                        Animals Australia Unleashed (Ward Young)

                        Barristers Animal Welfare Panel (Shatha Hamade)

                        People Against Cruelty in Animal Transport (Jodie Jankevics and Sabina Shugg)

 9:50   Organisational Reviews: Session 2

                        Animal Liberation Queensland (Cynthia Burnett)

                        Vegetarian /Vegan Society of Queensland (Mike Munsie)

                        Cage Free Campus Society (Katelyn Grimmer)

                        Animal Liberation South Australia (Matt Tidswell)

                        Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (Tim Watters)

10:40 Morning Tea

10:55 Organisational Reviews: Session 3

                        Coalition Against Duck Shooting (Lynn Trakell)

                        Action for Animals (Kathleen Chapman)

                        Victorian Advocates for Animals (Lawrence Pope)

                        Lawyers for Animals (David Glasgow) 

11:50 Organisational Reviews: Session 4

                        VegOut Sundays (Zerin Knight)

                        Caroline Springs Animal Welfare Network (Rana Hales)

                        Animal Liberation ACT (Jo Vegan)

                        Animal Active (Rheya Linden)

                        Replace Animals in Australian Testing (Melissa Boyde)

12:40 Lunch

1:10    Film – An Eternal Treblinka: Brightside Farm Sanctuary (Lyn White)

1:35    Workshops (Questions following each presentation)

                        Running Effective Stalls (Jesse Marks)

                        Mental Health for Activists: avoiding activist burn-out (Joanna Unferdorben)

                        Activists Media Training (Laurie Levy)

                        Effective Letter Writing (Natasha Reus)

3:15    Afternoon Tea

3:30    Specialist Advocacy (Questions following each presentation)

                        “Leaflet to Help Animals?” – Vegan Outreach (Roy Taylor)

                        Farmed Animal Advocacy (Kathleen Chapman)

                        The Botanic Gardens Bat Campaign (Lawrence Pope)

                        Experiences of a NSW Laboratory Inspector (Jason Grossman)

                        The Campaign Against Jumps Racing (Ward Young

5:05    Open Discussion   (Group punch-up & hug)

5:45    Conclusion & Thanks

6:00    Room Closed

All groups are encouraged to bring business cards to share contacts.

Please bring leaflets & resources to share. A room will be available to display literature throughout the day.