The theme of this rally was ‘Refugee Lives Matter’. We wanted to say that ‘All lives matter’. Thank you to the seven people who came and held banners and placards to show we vegans care about refugees. We were announced along with others and then marched out together holding our banners along with the many other groups present. More photos of the Refugee Rally on 20 March can be found in AnimalACTivism Collective’s album here. Click here to see us at last year’s rally.
Added by Jyoti Dambiec, Animal ACTivism Collective See this page for more of Jyoti’s Vegan Food & Garden Adventures: https://www.facebook.com/JyotiVeganAdventures/ This is a really delicious fruitcake, very quick and easy to make. An excellent Christmas cake. Ingredients: 1000 g Fruit mix (sultanas, raisins, currants, mixed peel) 100-150 g raw sugar 250 g dairy free margarine 450 g plain flour ” for gluten free use (besan) chickpea flour” pinch of salt 1 tsp baking powder 1 level tsp baking soda 450 ml soy milk almonds and glazed cherries to decorate 1-2 tbsp apricot jam Instructions: Preheat oven to 160 deg C Grease and line …
By Jyoti Dambiec AnimalACTivism Collective organised a Cupcake/Laptop Challenge on Thursday 27th August. James Aspey and 5 local activists set the stall up in Garema Place and invited people to watch a 4 minute loop about the factory farming industry. The video clip was from Chris Delforce’s Lucent documentary. They were given showbags which included AAC No dairy cards, Vegan ACT brochures, Vegan ACT 30 Day Challenge Mentoring information, Vegan Easy bklets and a flyer to James Aspey’s talk at being held at ANU. Delicious Vegan Cupcakes were generously donated by Emily Brindley from Sweet Bones Vegan Bakery. This is proving …
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AnimalACTivism Collective organised an ACTivism talk and Vegan Meal for James Aspey on 27 August at the Conservation Council. This was booked out with about 45 people attending. A very inspiring time! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.838070136309715.1073741889.172595392857196&type=3 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.838307782952617.1073741890.172595392857196&type=3
https://www.facebook.com/events/698370673629639/ AnimalACTivism Collective organised a talk for James Aspey on 28th August at the ANU Tank lecture theatre. The topic was ‘Telling His Story’. About 70 people attended. Hot soup, chai, cupcakes and savoury food was donated. The money raised from this talk was given to James to support his activism. BREAKING THE SILENCE BECAUSE SOME STORIES NEED TO BE TOLD! Introducing James Aspey, a 28 year old peace activist from Sydney, Australia. In 2014, he embarked on an unprecedented and life changing challenge. James took a 365 day VOW OF SILENCE to raise awareness for animals and promote peace …
By Jyoti Dambiec This was a very successful and well-attended event organised by a group of 20 people called ‘Team Earthlings ACT’ that came together especially to make this happen. It was followed by discussion and a delicious free supper. Members of the AnimalACTivism Collective leafleted for the Earthlings Screening at ANU for 2 hrs in August 2 hrs and gave out a few hundred little free movie flyers to a receptive bunch of students (see below for photos). About the Film: Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, EARTHLINGS chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of …
Shawna was only in Canberra for 3 weeks but we were very fortunate to attend her talk to 106 ADFA/UNSW students and collaborate with her to organise a screening of the Environmental movie ‘Cowspiracy’ for the students. Shawna wrote: My talk “Change the World. Eat Great Food.” will reveal how what you choose to eat can either save this planet, or destroy it. I will expose the devastating effects animal agriculture has on our planet, the animals we share it with, and our health. We will attempt to understand how things got this way by exploring the influences surrounding our eating habits and government policy. …
Written by Jyoti Dambiec We had three great hand-painted banners, plus two big collaged people, and placards to stand and march in solidarity with refugees. Feedback has told us that it sends a really powerful message out to the public about Vegans ‘Caring’ when we are at things like this and organisers assure us that we are more than welcome at such events. It’s completely appropriate for people to attend events such as this as part of a group, in our case as Vegans in Solidarity with Refugees. RAC (Refugee Action Committee) actually encourages this as they feel it demonstrates the …
