Sixteenth Annual International Compassionate Living Festival 2001

Friday, Saturday and Sunday October 5-7th

All events are at: Four Points Hotel Raleigh Crabtree 4501 Creedmoor Road (70 West) Raleigh, North Carolina 27612 (unless otherwise indicated)

Coordinated by Culture and Animals Foundation Schedule of Events - Registration Form

		Description
Reception Friday Oct. 5th 4:00pm - 6:00pm	D.H. Hill Library, NC State University, Main Entrance, 1st Floor	Celebrating the opening of a special exhibition dedicated to Tom Regan's life and work.
Friday Oct 5th 8:00pm - 9:00pm John Coetzee "Disgrace: A Reading"		Two-time Booker Prize winner John Coetzee is among the most critically acclaimed novelists of our time. A native of South Africa, he alternates his teaching between the University of Cape Town and the University of Chicago.
	The Friends of the Library of NC State University joins CAF is sponsoring this event in celebration of the establishment of the Tom Regan Animal Rights Collections in the NCSU Libraries. Four Points Hotel. Reserved and open seating. There will be no charge for this event.
Sat Oct 6th 7:30 - 8:45 am - Registration Four Points Hotel (Crabtree), 3rd Floor
Sat. 8:45 - 9:00am	Welcome & Announcements / Jean Hollowell
Saturday 9:00 - 9:50am Steve Sapontzis “Animal Liberation: Intuitions and Principles”		The author of the landmark Morals, Reason, and Animals, emeritus professor of philosophy (Cal State, Hayward) Steve Sapontzis asks how animal liberation can be a practical commitment in our pursuit of an ideal world.

10:00 - 10:50 am Steve Hindi “Is the Movement Dying?”		The name Steve Hindi is synonymous with SHARK (Showing Animals Respect and Kindness), the activist organization he founded in 1993. Here he asks how our movement can regain its vitality and effectiveness.
11:00 - 11:50 am Ray and Jean Swingle Greek “First Do No Harm”		He, a M.D.; she, a D.V.M.; the two together, the most informed pair placing vivisection under the microscope. What they see is nothing less than a medical catastrophe.
12:00 - 1:00 pm	LUNCH
1:30 - 2:20 pm Robert Cohen “From Allergies to Zits: Milk and Dairy Products Do Not Do A Body Any Good”		Executive director of America’s Dairy Education Board, Robert Cohen devotes his life to dispelling the myth that milk is “nature’s perfect food.”
2:30 - 3:20 pm Terri Crisp “The Forgotten Victims”		Terri Crisp has directed scores of animal disaster relief operations. The author of Out of Harm’s Way and Emergency Animal Rescue Stories, her true accounts of heroism and tragedy are unforgettable.
3:30 - 4:20 pm Reverend Gary Kowalski “The Bible According to Noah”		A graduate of Harvard Divinity School, Rev. Gary Kowalski’s books include The Souls of Animals, Goodbye Friend, and (the focus of his presentation) his just published The Bible According to Noah.
6:15 - 7:15 pm	Vegan Dinner
7:15 - 7:50 pm	Raffle and Awards
8:00 - 9:00 pm Jenny Stein and James Laveck “Peaceable Kingdom”		The award winning creators of “The Witness” discuss the challenges they faced in making their new documentary about the plight of farm animals. Included in their presentation is a special viewing of this work in progress.

Sunday, October 8th Breakfast (On Your Own)

Sunday 9:00 - 9:50am Katherine Grier “Pets in America”		Associate Professor of History at the University of South Carolina, Katherine Grier’s forthcoming book, Pets in America, already is being heralded as a landmark in American cultural history.
10:00 - 10: 50 am Shirley McGreal “The International Slave Trade In Apes and Monkeys”		For the past 28 years, as both founder and head of the International Primate Protection League, Shirley McGreal has led the fight for the rights of nonhuman primates.
11:00 - 11:50 am Tom Regan “A Philosophical Potpourri”		CAF president and NC State University philosophy professor Tom Regan reads from a selection of his recent writings, including his critiques of bestiality and speciesism.
Final Thoughts Rhondy Elliott

Registration Form
Now in its sixteenth year, the International Compassionate Living Festival is organized by the
Culture & Animals Foundation, with support from local and national organizations.
The ICLF brochure was made possible with the help of Thomas Cook (printing) and Marion Bolz.