Calvin Student Group Teams with Local Orgs

January 15, 2007 == MEDIA ADVISORY

Students for Compassionate Living at Calvin College will team with a variety
of local activist organizations for a weekend of events geared toward
alternative eating. The Calvin group joins ExtraVEGANza!, G-RAD, Grand Rapids
For Animals, Farms Without Harm to present workshops, films, a vegan chili
cook-off and more January 19-20.

The weekend begins on January 19 from 2 to 5 pm with a panel discussion on
"Animal Rights Activism: What, Why, and Who?" The panel discussion will feature
Harold Brown (Farm Sanctuary), Adam Durand (Compassionate Consumers), Nicole
Matthews (PETA) and Nathan Runkle (Mercy For Animals). That will be followed
by a 5:30 to 6:30 pm "Compassionate Comestibles" Vegan Potluck. That evening
from 7:30 to 10 pm there will be a film festival at the Bytwerk Video Theater
at Calvin, while the next day will feature a brunch at Marie Catrib's and then
a vegan chili cook-off and art auction to benefit Farm Sanctuary and Mercy for
Animals.

The auction will include original works by Calvin students in professor Adam
Wolpa's interim printmaking course, along with an array of pieces donated by
established artists including Calvin professors Wolpa and Jeremy Chen.

Calvin philosophy professor Matt Halteman is the mentor for the student-run
group at Calvin which each school year sponsors educational workshops, films,
speakers, dinners, a food cooperative, and weekly meetings. Students for
Compassionate Living sprang from an interim class Halteman taught the last two
years (and is teaching again this year) on stewardship of the animal kingdom.

For the full story see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2006-07/scl-weekend.htm
Contact Matt Halteman at 616-526-6726

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Received on Mon Jan 15 08:24:46 2007