Wednesday, February 6, 2013

A Night for the Animals – Speaker Edition


We are so excited to announce that our speaker for the benefit will be Tim Hitchins, co-owner of a Portland staple, Blossoming Lotus. We got hooked up with him when we were still in the very beginning stages of planning, his initial thoughts and ideas for what he would speak about fell in line with exactly what we had envisioned this event promoting; a strong vegan community.

Mr. Hitchins has provided us with a brief description of the content of the discussion, titled:

 “Our Compassionate Community.”

We've all boasted about Portland before, from our vegan mini mall, eateries, gym and barbershops, to our rich animal rights history and activist scene, our ‘veg’ community represents an unparalleled model of compassionate living. Nourished by a rich diversity of individuals, organizations, and businesses working interdependently and through a common ethical cause, our collective grassroots efforts confront the structures of dominance we all seek to change. Daily, we challenge the status quo.

But as our network remains strong, and our accomplishments deserve recognition, we still face obstacles ahead. Recent years have introduced us to the humane meat movement, back yard butchers and the Green Scare. Pursuing support, these paradigms of abuse wish to control the narrative and label us extremists. Our compassionate community, established, connected and driven by love will lead by example; for a kinder world, we will persevere.

In this talk, learn what one Portland resident believes each one of us can do to protect our community's legacy, how we can build from past experience and what we can do to keep Portland the greatest vegcity in the world.

We are so excited to have Tim as a presenter and guest. We are honored that he has taken the time to put this together and bring to our attention what, in our hectic everyday lives, we can do to sustain and add-on to something that we all hold so close to our hearts.

About Tim:

Tim Hitchins moved to Portland broke and on probation for animal rights activism. Searching for a better life, he was able to make connections and get support from caring and compassionate individuals within the Portland veg community. Eventually, Tim was able to get a job and contribute to the local scene. Eight short years later, he is just another vegan business owner and activist in Portland's rooted vegan community. Today, Tim co-owns Blossoming Lotus and organizes with Resistance Ecology.
 
EVENT UPDATE: As of this morning 02/06/2013 we have only 16 tickets remaining. If you are interested in joining us ACT FAST by clicking HERE. We have also collected more than 30 raffle prizes including the GRAND PRIZE trip for 4 to Helios Eco House in Bend, OR. Hope to see you there!

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