Labor Day Holiday

No Monthly Gathering
Monday, 9/1/08
See you October 6th!
Farm Animal Rescues in Oregon and Beyond

Wayne Geiger
President, Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary, Scio OR
Monday, 10/6/08, 7p, McNail-Riley House, 601 W. 13th (at Jefferson), Eugene FREE - Map
To a man whose mind is free there is something even more intolerable in the sufferings of animals than in the sufferings of man. For with the latter it is at least admitted that suffering is evil and that the man who causes it is a criminal. But thousands of animals are uselessly butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. If any man were to refer to it, he would be thought ridiculous. And that is the unpardonable crime. - Romain Rolland
The transition of world agriculture from food grain to feed grains represents an...evil whose consequences may be far greater and longer lasting than any past examples of violence inflicted by men against their fellow human beings. - Jeremy Rifkin

Lauren Regan is a public interest attorney specializing in environmental law, civil rights and criminal defense.
She is also the founder and executive director of the Civil Liberties Defense Center, a nonprofit organization that strives to protect and educate the public as to their civil liberties and constitutional rights.
She has successfully represented political activists in both civil and criminal litigation.
The Civil Liberties Defense Center assists activists in curtailing government encroachment upon their right to protest, defends activists in court, assists with political prisoner issues, and monitors current governmental attempts to restrict civil liberties and dissent.
She lives in Eugene, Oregon, with two cat companions and is often found hiking Oregon's forests and beaches with her constant canine companion, Nakaia, the couch wolf.
Lauren has been a vegetarian since she was 11, and has been a vegan for over 15 years.