George Guimarães, President of the NGO VEDDAS, palestrará em Washington, DC (USA) na Animal Rights National Conference

George Guimarães, President of the NGO VEDDAS was invited to lecture for the eighth consecutive year in the largest and oldest animal rights conference in the world. With 30 year history, the Animal Rights Conference meets annually in the U.S. over 1.000 activists coming from all over the world to 5 days of lectures, offices, video releases, awards and exchange of experiences. This year's edition takes place from 02 a 06 August in the capital and will com 80 speakers representing 60 organizations.

The event is a great forum to share experiences, discuss strategies, report the progress of the movement's actions and expose the work of different groups

act by animal liberation on all fronts. Being the VEDDAS NGO defending the rights of animals more active over Brazil 120 actions performed only in 2011 conforme mostra o seu Relatório de Atividades publicado em https://veddas.org.br/ra2011.pdf , your presence in this international conference has been very important to show the world what has been done in the animal rights movement in Brazil and also to bring local activists learning provided with the participation in the conference.

Coexist in the same enclosure Sea Shepherd activists who fight against whaling on ships in the Antarctic, including his own Captain Paul Watson in many of the previous editions, Jerry Vlasak that does the job of spokesperson for the clandestine ALF (Animal Liberation Front), members of groups conducting investigations of animal abuse on farms and laboratories, founding organizations of the clout of PETA, celebrities who give voice to animals such as actress Alicia Silverstone and musician Moby, ex-political prisoners as Peter Young and Darius Fulmer already served sentences of more than one year in prison as a result of their actions in support of animal life and many activists with decades of history of struggles and achievements animal rights.

The president of the NGO VEDDAS, George Guimarães, who is also a nutritionist specializing in vegetarian diets, compose the tables with themes “Wildlife Campaigns: reports on campaigns to stop extermination of animals on land and water” and “Nourishing Activism: benefits and concerns of a vegan diet”.

In the same month, George Guimarães will teach a short course of activism at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) at the III World Congress of Bioethics and Animal Rights to be held from 22 a 25 August, which also will speak on "Vegetarianism and Health".

In the week following Christmas to where they will lecture at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) on two themes.
Between 13 and 16 September, George participará da International Animal Rights Conference em Luxemburgo com a palestra “ Animal Rights Activism in Brazil”.

In Brazil, the weekly VEDDAS performs actions on behalf of animal rights in the form of protests, lectures, lawsuits and awareness actions in direct contact with the public on the streets using multimedia thanks to the work of dedicated volunteers.

Contact: veddas@veddas.org.br // https://veddas.org.br

 

About VEDDAS

The NGO VEDDAS - Ethical Vegetarianism, Defense of Animals and Society works to promote animal rights and disseminate the arguments in favor of a diet and lifestyle free from the exploitation of sentient beings. The VEDDAS is exists thanks to the efforts of many activists. His performance ranges from the production of informational materials to promote campaigns, protests, events and other educational.

The VEDDAS believes that through the awareness and consciousness of the individual is possible to generate an effective change in the way non-human animals are treated in our society. In their actions, the VEDDAS seeks to create the opportunity for people willing to contribute to this work is well organized and can make a difference.

Site: https://veddas.org.br / Report of activities undertaken in 2011: https://veddas.org.br/ra2011.pdf

Report on the activities carried out in English 2011: https://veddas.org.br/ra2011english.pdf