June 14, 2007

Please join us tonight for Raise the Roof, Open the Cages, an of music ranging from jazz to all-out rock. This event takes place at Arvada’s The D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave, at 7 p.m. The D Note offers delicious vegan-friendly pizza selection. Don't miss this chance to have a fun night out while supporting RMAD's work.

Take action! Don't Let Congress Undo State and Local Animal Laws. According to an alert issued by the Humane Society of the United States, a small provision – Section 123 – tucked into the pending Farm Bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would prohibit states and localities from banning activities they deem to be contrary to public health, safety, and morals. Section 123 would undo bans on horse slaughter, intensive confinement of pigs and calves raised for veal, force-feeding of ducks and geese to make foie gras, and other important laws. It’s an outrageous power grab that would undermine the democratic process and deny citizens the right to pass state or local laws on issues of humane treatment or food safety.

Please make brief, polite phone calls to your two U.S. Senators and one U.S. Representative and urge them to oppose Section 123 of the House Farm Bill. You can reach your federal legislators by calling the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121, or click here to find their Capitol office phone numbers.

A group of activists will be holding Ringling Bros. demonstrations in Colorado Springs this Saturday, June 16, at 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The shows are at the World Arena, 3185 Venetucci Blvd. For more information please email Ann or Sisley. Thank you to Ann and Sisley for leading this demo, and also big thanks to Jeri McGinnis, owner of Gigi's: The Animal Lover's Gift Shop, located at 728 Manitou Avenue in Manitou Springs, for paying for an anti-Ringling ad in the local paper.

RMAD board member Mark Reinhardt has been writing his vegetarian humor column On or Off the Mark for more than 20 years. These articles are now being re-published as a blog and you can read and comment on them here.

Thank you to Daniel Ziskin and Boulder East Community Transportation Options for working together to make the Bike and Walk to Work Day 7 th Annual Great 55 th Street Egg-less Relay a cruelty-free event. The contestants will have to navigate an obstacle course while balancing a plastic egg on a spoon. You can still sign up, so pull a team together and get that egg to the other side of the road.