Videolog da Animal Rights National Conference 2012 U.S.
George Guimarães, President of the NGO VEDDAS was invited to speak at the largest and oldest animal rights conference in the world. With 30 year history, a Animal Rights National 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. In eight consecutive years of participation as a speaker, the president has done VEDDAS 16 lectures, presenting to foreign activists its projects, sharing their experiences and discussing their strategies.
This year, George Guimarães decided to make a video log with testimonials and short interviews, showing a bit about what happens at the conference to share with local activists and ViSta Himself (www.vista-se.com.br) was chosen to be the portal for the dissemination of these videos. The videos can also be seen in the youtube channel VEDDAS: www.youtube.com/veddastv. To learn more about the conference, visit http://arconference.org. The list of speakers can be seen in http://arconference.org/
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 working for animal liberation on all fronts. Over 120 actions performed only in 2011(see the annual activity accessing https://veddas.org.br/ra2011.
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”.
