Join us for our next book club meeting on Thursday, August 29th, at 7:00PM at Alex and Natalia’s house in Madison [114 Oxfordshire Circle, Madison AL 35759] to complete our discussion of The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol J. Adams [http://www.caroljadams.com/spom.html]. 

You can order the book online and we have some loaner ebook copies as well (just contact Huntsville Vegans, Mike, or me via email or message and be sure to provide us with your email address).

Our book club discussions are informal. We begin with specific points brought up in the text, and then move to a general discussion of the issues. Don’t worry if you aren’t able to read the entire book before the meeting. We’d still love to have your company and hear your voice. 

on google maps: http://goo.gl/maps/hjWVm

directions, from Hwy 72:
– From 72, head south on Balch Road until you get to Gillespie
– Turn Left on Gillespie Rd.
– Turn Left onto Pennsylvania Avenue
– Turn Left onto Oxfordshire Road
– The address is 114 Oxfordshire Circle.

We hope to see you there!

Huntsville Vegans will have a table at the Green U festival held at the Huntsville Botanical Garden on Saturday, August 24th, from 9:00AM – 3:00PM.  We will be handing out literature on the effects of factory farming on the environment, giving out free food samples, and answering any questions on how to become vegan.

Want to get involved? Here’s how you can help us spread information about a plant-based diet :

Volunteer to help staff our booth

We will have a team of three people staffing the table all day, but we’d love to have more members there to help hand out food, talk to interested passersby, and just have fun hanging out together. If you’re interested, please send us an email at huntsvilleveg@gmail.com or come to one of our Friday meetups at Cafe 153 @ Bridgestreet (near the Monaco theater) starting at 6:00PM.

Make a donation of environmental-focused, vegan literature

Can’t make it to Green U but want to make sure we have tons of vegan literature to handout? As a community group, we’re always very thankful for donations of vegan brochures to have available at events. We’ve ordered some supplies, but can always use more in case there is a larger turnout than we have anticipated.

Here are some of our favorite vegan brochures that showcase the effects of animal agriculture on the environment:

• “Eating Sustainably” – published by Compassion Over Killing
• “Factory Farming: Destroying the Environment” – published by Farm Sanctuary
• “Go Green, Go Vegan!” – published by Action for Animals

Donating literature is as easy as spending $5 for a bundle of 50 brochures and then dropping them off at our meetup or at the event itself.

Stop by our table and say hi!

Busy tables help draw other attendees in. If you don’t want to volunteer but will be attending the festival, please stop by our table and chat with us for a while.

Infographic by Spencer Belkofer and Culinaryschools.org

Want to know more? Checkout these resources to learn how going vegan is the most effective action you can take to help the environment:

• Book: Comfortably Unaware: What We Choose to Eat is Killing Us and Our Planet by Richard Oppenlander 

• Article: “UN Urges Global Move to Meat and Dairy-Free Diet” published in The Guardian, 2 June 2010

Tonight, Wednesday July 31st, friends of Huntsville Vegan and Animal Rights League will get together to share food and watch an episode of the series Inside: Secret America on the Discovery Channel. Two journalists go undercover with Mercy For Animals investigators into farms and expose Ag-gag laws and how activists have been muzzled.

Have a read, from MFA’s blog:
http://www.mfablog.org/2013/07/nat-geo-tv-to-go-undercover-at-factory-farms-with-mfa.html

And from Discovery Channel:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/inside-secret-america/videos/ag-gag-laws/

We’re meeting at Jamie’s house in Madison [317 Harvestwood Court, Madison AL 35758] at 8:30 (come earlier to hang out if you like), the program starts at nine pm. If you like, please bring food to share (not a requirement of course)!

Map(google): http://goo.gl/maps/wquB1
Street View: http://goo.gl/maps/8O4dQ

If you have any questions, please call or text message Organizer Mike at (256) 585-5946 or message HSV Vegan/AR League or Michael Anthony Cross on facebook.

Join us for a discussion of Carol J. Adams’ The Sexual Politics of Meat. 

For a great overview of the book read What I Vegan’s book report on her blog.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

7:00PM

Alex & Natalia’s House in Madison

(email huntsvilleveg@gmail.com for address)

Buy the book here or email us to borrow a copy.

Check out this amazing event hosted by many of our local animal rescue organizations! 

From their website: “No Kill Huntsville is a coalition of local animal welfare advocates and rescuers working together to help bring reform to our region toward helping Huntsville become the first No Kill Community in our state. 

No Kill Huntsville is a coalition of local animal welfare advocates and rescuers. The following nonprofits are affiliated with our web site: A New Leash on Life, Challenger’s House, Dixie Dachshund Rescue, Forgotten Felines, the North Alabama Spay/Neuter Clinic and The ark.”

RSVP to the event on Facebook

Like the No Kill Huntsville Facebook page

Visit the No Kill Huntsville website for more resources and information

Our monthly movie nights take place on the second Thursday of each month at the Huntsville Public Library (in the auditorium on the ground floor) in Downtown Huntsville. Doors open at six, and we’ll start the movie itself around 6:30. This particular screening will probably go no later than 7:30, but everyone is welcome to hang out afterward until nine.

30 Days info and a plot summary of 30 Days: Animal Rights:

“From Academy Award nominee Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) comes 30 Days, a documentary series that will explore what life changing experiences are possible in 30 days. The concept for the show stemmed from the transformation Spurlock underwent when he ate nothing but fast food for 30 days in his documentary movie Super Size Me. In this FX series, Morgan Spurlock asks the question, what would happen if people spend 30 days living in someone else’s shoes? Find out the answer as he brings you 30 life changing days in one hour focusing on topics such as minimum wage, outsourcing, religion, sexual orientation, and jail.

In “Animal Rights,” avid hunter George Snedecker, of North Carolina, attempts to spend 30 days living with a vegan family in Los Angeles, while learning about animal rights causes and programs.”

We’ll be sharing food at this event as well. Even though this program is presented by Huntsville Vegans, non-vegans are very welcome. That said, we ask that if you bring something to share that it be vegan. If you are not sure about something, please contact us!

Ongoing 2013 screening dates coming soon!

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us at huntsvilleveg@gmail.com