Animal Rights in Chicago this Week, September 10 - 16, 2021

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Sep 10, 2021, 3:12:10 AM9/10/21

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Hi,

I'm reminding that I will stop sending this weekly newsletter at the end of September. See explanation at the bottom of the newsletter.

Some featured events for the upcoming week are listed below.

All events for the next 7 days with Facebook event pages are posted

on the Coalition's Facebook page.

1. Candlelight Vigil for Ludwig, St. Charles

Where: 6N517 Geneva Ave., St. Charles

When: Friday, September 10, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

More info at https://www.facebook.com/events/3093224654245993/.

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2. Protest Horseracing at Arlington International Racecourse, Arlington Heights

Where: Euclid & Wilke Rd., Arlington Heights

When: Saturday, September 11, 1:30 - 3:00 pm

More info at https://www.facebook.com/events/1043584316473154/.

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3. Workday at Farm Bird Sanctuary, Edgerton, WI

Where: 183 US-51, Edgerton, WI

When: Saturday, September 4, 3:00 - 6:00 pm

More info at https://www.facebook.com/events/240380791280481/.

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4. Transmuting Vegan Anguish into Powerful Change through Action, online

Where: Online

When: Monday, September 13, 6:00 - 7:45 pm

More info at https://www.facebook.com/events/384547809857691/.

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Please let us know about events, coalitionfor...@gmail.com.

Thanks for reading and please get active for animal liberation!

Yoav

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Explanation of the decision to stop sending the newsletter

I was planning to explain in the last newsletter, but several people already contacted me, so it'll be right to explain now.

The short answer is that the newsletter doesn’t serve its purpose anymore, i.e., to get people active.

The longer answer is that when Katie Jenness, Wayne Hsiung (both went on to other things since) and I started sending the newsletter back in 9/2008, it filled the void of a central source for animal rights activism info. At the time, it was much more difficult to spread the word about actions, so the newsletter was very helpful. However, two important and related things happened in the last 13 years:

1. The rise of social media, especially facebook, that became the main source of info about actions.

2. The decline in email use, especially among young people.

As a result, for the past several years, activists don’t get info about actions from the newsletter. Terminating the newsletter, while may be sad, is a (late) adjustment to present day communications. I will continue to spread the word about actions on the Coalition facebook and hope that you will follow it.