Monday
April 14th

Updates

***EARLY REGISTRATION IS CLOSED, PLEASE REGISTER IN PERSON AT THE CONFERENCE, OR AT FRIDAY NIGHT’S EVENT****

We haven’t been keeping up on this too well. Head’s deep in organizing. If you’d like to read the email’s we’ve sent out, check out the MySpace blog posts. Thanks, and sorry for being lame update-ers. Things are going well though, very exciting, can’t wait to see everybody and hang out and get inspired.

***DOWNLOAD THE DETAILED SCHEDULE HERE OR THE BASIC (NO DESCRIPTIONS) SCHEDULE HERE.***

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About Let Live

Animals belong to themselves, not to us. They should not suffer in our systems of food, science, entertainment and fashion. Instead, they should live free of the tyranny we put upon them. But they cannot claim this freedom alone. “Let Live” is a grassroots forum for people who want to help. Through an open, respectful, and friendly environment this conference will provide an opportunity for attendees to learn skills and strategies to become better advocates for the animals, no matter ones experience level in activism.

This conference is for first-timers, experienced activists, and anybody in between who hopes to make a real difference for animals and build a stronger, more effective community and animal liberation movement. This conference is for anybody who wants to live and let live.

“Let Live” is taking place in Portland, Oregon, June 27th-29th, 2008. It will be held this year on the campus of Portland State University in the Smith Memorial Building. It is being organized by Vegans for Animal Advocacy, with support from No Compromise, Herbivore Magazine, and Food Fight Grocery. Much more info to come soon, please check back often and subscribe to the blog to stay up to date. Any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch. See you in June.

Thanks.
The “Let Live” Crew

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Saturday
April 12th

Registration

***EARLY REGISTRATION IS CLOSED, PLEASE REGISTER IN PERSON AT THE CONFERENCE, OR AT FRIDAY NIGHT’S EVENT****

“Let Live” would greatly appreciate any help you can offer to offset the costs of the event. We’re asking for a suggested donation of $10 to register for both Saturday and Sunday’s events. Of course, if you want to donate more, that would be appreciated too.

Due to space restrictions, we’re having to put a limit on the number of attendees. The safe bet number is 250 people, and that would allow for everybody having a seat in the biggest room. We’ll allow some overbooking because realistically not everybody is going to need to be in that big room at the same time but to be safe book now to ensure you get a spot! Don’t worry though, we’ll still try to make room for folks who don’t show up until the day of the conference if at all possible - but we may be down to standing room only at that point!

Wanna register now and get it over with? The easy way is to PayPal us $10. Make sure you click on the box to enter your name and all that stuff. Somebody will write you back to confirm your registration. If you prefer, you can send a check (payable to Food Fight Grocery) or well concealed cash, along with contact info to:

Let Live Conference
c/o Food Fight Grocery
1217 SE Stark St
Portland, OR 97214

Register Now via Paypal!

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Sponsors and Exhibitors

CHECK OUT THESE GREAT FOLKS WHO WILL BE HANGING OUT IN THE EXHIBITOR ROOM!

A NOTE ON MONEY RAISED

Just so you know, nobody is trying to profit off this conference. Any excess money raised will be split between grassroots AR activist groups and prisoner support funds. We promise.

Pay via Paypal with the button on this site’s menu

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Saturday
March 1st

Speakers

Check it out, our speaker list just plain rocks, and we still have a few more folks to add at that!

Not too shabby huh?

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Show Our Sponsors Some Love

We couldn’t pull this off without help from our sponsors. Treat ‘em right, will ya?

Vegans for Animal Advocacy

Herbivore

Blossoming Lotus

SweetPea Baking Company

Scapegoat Tattoo 

Farm Sanctuary

Cosmos banner

Kingcat LLC

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Schedule

Friday night, June 27th. Kickoff will be a chill evening of hanging out, with good cheap food and fun. We’ll all be hanging out from 6-8pm, eating from the awesome taco bar (brought to you by our pals at Los Gorditos). Not sure what else, but there will be words spoken from the organizers and some general meeting and greeting and networking and such. Show up early, as food will probably run out. It will be in the Smith Memorial Ballroom (SMSU 355, same building as the conference, third floor.)

Saturday & Sunday. June 28th & 29th. The “meat” of the conference. It all starts at 9am Saturday, and we rock on until 6pm. Don’t worry, there’ll be lots of great food there from Blossoming Lotus for lunch. Then we’ve got a rawkin night at Bye & Bye planned (with cheap transportation to and from the bar) but you’ll still have to make it back to the conference by 10am Sunday. Don’t whine - it’s not that early! There will be coffee. And you’re not coming to Portland (just) to stay out drinking all night, you’re coming to get busy. The conference will provide hands-on training in essential activist skills, campaign case studies, and much more. Topics will include:

  • Exposing Institutionalized Cruelty
  • Campaign Development, Goals, Strategy and Tactics
  • Understanding Direct Action
  • Exposing The Green Scare
  • Striking at the Roots
  • Understanding Our Audience
  • Building Bridges/One Struggle
  • Regional Networking
  • Mentoring for new activists
  • Mentoring on organizing groups
  • Mentoring on legal isssues
  • Break-out campaign meetings
  • Inspiring plenary sessions
  • HOW TO: Moving the Message
  • HOW TO: Verbal Self Defense
  • HOW TO: Investigations
  • HOW TO: Dealing with Law Enforcement
  • HOW TO: Media Training
  • HOW TO: Organizing a Grassroots Group
  • HOW TO: Student Activism
  • HOW TO: Building a Culture of Connection
  • HOW TO: Becoming the Media and Getting Creative
  • HOW TO: Prisoner Support and Doing Time
  • HOW TO: Researching Animal Abuse
  • HOW TO: Writing for Animals
  • HOW TO: Internet Activism
  • HOW TO: Security Culture and Encryption
  • HOW TO: Culinary Activism
  • HOW TO: Solo Activism
  • HOW TO: Dealing with Advanced Legal Issues
  • CASE STUDY: UK-based Vivisection Campaigns
  • CASE STUDY: Schumacher Furs
  • CASE STUDY: Operation Biteback
  • CASE STUDY: University Vivisection Campaigns

***DOWNLOAD THE DETAILED SCHEDULE HERE OR THE BASIC (NO DESCRIPTIONS) SCHEDULE HERE.***

    Monday, June 30th. Details to come, but there will be independently organized demonstrations and outreach events planned for Monday. So stick around if you can!

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    Where to Stay / How to Get Here

    Where to stay (less expensive):

    Stay in the Broadway Building on PSU campus! European style rooms with single beds, private bathrooms and kitchens. Green building with rain water harvesting, low energy usage, and recycled materials design. Only 50$/night with free wireless access, fans, coffee pots, phones, alarm clocks and linens (bedding and towels).

    To reserve please email shc@pdx.edu or call 503-725-4336, Make sure to indicate you are with “The Vegan Conference” 

    Where to Stay (more expensive):

    Stay at the college hotel - University Place.  It’s within walking distance of the campus. And our special discounted rate of $89/night, double occupancy +$12/night if you need parking. We’ve held a small block of rooms for the conference. To reserve your room, call as soon as you can, and say ”I’m coming to PSU for the PSU Let Live Conference.”. That should work.

    University Place
    310 SW Lincoln ST
    Portland, Oregon 97201
    503-221-0140

    Directions to the Hotel:

    By Car: Use this Google Map to find your way by car. University Place is located just a stones throw from the campus. Directions from anywhere can be obtained by clicking on “Get Directions to here,” then enter your starting address, and click “go.”

    Directions to Portland State University:

    By Car: Use this Google Map to find your way by car. Portland State is located in the heart of downtown Portland. Directions from anywhere can be obtained by clicking on “Get Directions to here,” then enter your starting address, and click “go.”

    By Street Car: Taking the light rail? There are several stops at PSU, please visit their website for more information.

    By Bus: Use Trimet’s Trip Planner to find your best route to PSU. Simply put “Portland State University” into the destination and your address to find your route!

    You can find a printer-friendly campus map here. The conference will be located in the Smith Memorial Student Union building (SMSU) on Saturday & Sunday.

    Parking:

    The parking lots closest to Smith Memorial Student Union are Parking Lots 1 & 2. Parking Lot 2 has many more parking spots and would be the ideal choice.

    Saturday: Pay to Park using the Pay-stations (Around 6$/day) in any of the lots below.

    Sunday: Free to park in any of the locations below!

    University Place (UPL), 310 SW Lincoln (2)
    Parking Structure Three (PS3), Mill St. between 12th & 13th (3)
    Parking Structure One (PS1), 6th & Harrison (5)
    Shattuck Lot (6), College & Broadway
    Art Lot (7), 5th & Jackson

    A printer-friendly version of this and a map of the parking lots can be found here.

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