| Hennepin County Medical Center: Stop Using Live Animals to Teach Human Medicine
As part of World Week for Animals in Labs, ARC is partnering with Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) in asking Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) to stop using live animals to teach human medicine to emergency medicine residents. HCMC is using live rabbits and sheep for procedures including making incisions into an animal's throat to insert a breathing tube, inserting needles into the chest to remove fluid surrounding the heart, splitting open the breast bone to access the heart, and drilling holes into the skull. If the animal dies while on the operating table, the procedure continues. If the animal survives, he or she is killed following the training session. HCMC is approved to use up to 300 rabbits and sheep per year. This animal use is at odds with current standards of practice. According to PCRM, today 88 percent of surveyed emergency medicine residency programs in the U.S (119 out of 135) use nonanimal training methods. Please take action and ask HCMC to end this educationally inferior and inhumane practice by making the switch to simulation – because Minnesota deserves better. ARC volunteers will be leafleting at HCMC, 730 S 8th St. in Minneapolis on Thursday, April 28 during prime rush hour f rom 4:00-6:00 p.m. Please join us! Leaflets will be provided. If you've never leafleted, it's a quick and easy way to reach a large number of people in a short time.
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8th Annual Global Vegan Waffle Party
It's time for the 8th Annual Global Vegan Waffle Party on Saturday, May 7 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Fuller Park Building at 4800 Grand Ave. in Minneapolis. Each year, the waffle party allows us to begin new conversations about where our food comes from and the effects of our food choices. It's also a chance for ARC to say thank you to our wonderful supporters and volunteers for your dedication and hard work for animals. Here's how it works: the ARC staff and Board of Directors make lots of delicious vegan waffles. You come to the party with a plate to pile high with waffles and a vegan topping to share. (Some topping ideas: fresh fruit, maple syrup, chocolate chips, peanut butter, fruit sauce, Just Like Honey, coconut, vegan whipped topping). So please join us for some delicious vegan waffle fun!
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Volunteer Day at Chicken Run Rescue
The Animal Rights Coalition loves chickens, and we love Chicken Run Rescue, the only urban chicken rescue of its kind. We are excited to partner with CRR for the 2016 Sod Day, the kickoff for International Respect for Chickens Day. Sod is often overlooked as a source of comfort and entertainment for chickens. Chickens adore it – to eat, scratch, and generally luxuriate in. It helps cool the ground in hot weather, and replacing it seasonally keeps the yard clean and fresh, minimizes parasites, and gives the birds access to the grass they crave. When CRR puts down new sod each spring, it's like a holiday for the chickens. Please join us for a fun day of companionship with each other and our chicken friends. Refreshments will be provided. RSVP on the Volunteer Day at CRR Facebook page (the address will be provided to attendees closer to the April 30th event date.)
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|  | Larisa and Mike doing Pay Per View outreach at Metropolitan Community & Technical College Sustainability Expo
| |  | MCTC PPV outreach where participants watched a short film about animals used for food. | |
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|  | Afternoon crew at the Longevity Expo in Maple Grove (Barb, Jeannie, Chelsea, Ryan; Mike, Dan, and Ryan did the morning shift) where we handed out 384 samples of vegan jerky, 348 pieces of literature about plant-based eating, and had many great conversations about plant-based food. Chelsea and Shaun also led an afternoon vegan cooking class. | |  | Volunteers Alex, Joe, Shaun, Dan, and Connie handed out over 400 samples of vegan food at the Minnesota Green Expo in Blaine and had numerous conversations about the impact of animal agriculture on the environment. | |
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Want to Help Animals?
Join the ARC In Action meeting on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month from 7:00-8:00 p.m. at 317 W 48th St. in Minneapolis. You don't have to be veg to participate. We'd like to get to know you and the animals need your help. If you can't make a meeting, just fill out our online volunteer form.
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Easy Peasy Plant Based Cooking Class
Saturday, April 30, 10:00 a.m.-noon, Mississippi Market, 740 7th St. East, St. Paul
ARC vegan mentors Steve and Eric will prepare a delicious vegan menu and you get to try all of it! Stuffed mini peppers, mapo tofu, and a peanut butter & choclate banana treat will be featured. RSVP and purchase tix at Vegan Meetup.
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May Day Festival Tabling
Sunday, May 1, noon-6:00 p.m., Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis
We'll be passing out info about our Vegan University and VegKins programs, and have stickers, temporary tattoos, and comic books about animals for the kids.
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Pay Per View Outreach at Century College
Monday, May 2, 10:00 pa.m.-3:00 p.m., Century College, 3300 Century Ave. N, White Bear Lake
ARC has an enthusiastic group of volunteers who make Pay Per View outreach happen. Join the team and get special training in how to have powerful, effective conversations about animal issues and plant-based eating. For more info, email chelsea@animalrightscoalition.com.
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Leafleting at Paul McCartney
Wednesday, May 4, Target Center, Minneapolis
ARC has been invited to table inside the Target Center during the Paul McCartney concert. We'll be passing out info on how to go vegan to concert goers.
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| Dineout at Bambu
Wednesday, May 4, 6:30 p.m., 1715 Beam Ave, Maplewood
Join ARC dineout team leader Amy for a wonderful vegan dinner at her favorite restaurant. RSVP at Vegan Meetup.
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| Free Screening of "Forks Over Knives"
Saturday, May 7, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Walker Library, 2880 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis
Join ARC volunteers Ashley and Makai for this film screening, followed by Q&A and a discussion. Forks over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, degenerative diseases can be controlled, or even reversed, by eliminating animal-based and processed foods from one's diet. RSVP at Vegan Meetup.
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