NLG-NYC ARC Webinar: Early Childhood Relationships with Animals

  • 4 Mar 2022
  • 12:00 PM
  • Zoom
Dear Guild members,

Each New Year begins as a baby.  Borrowing from that conventional wisdom, we at the National Lawyers Guild NYC Animal Rights Committee decided to begin 2022 with an exploration of early childhood and our first interactions with other species.  

What are our first relations with animals like and how does the quality of those interactions change as we mature?  What happens when we realize where 'meat' comes from?  How can children value Nature, if they spend so little time in Nature?  "Humane Education" has been mandatory in New York since 1917-- why don't more schoolteachers know about it?  Or comply with the law?  When and why does speciesism take root and grow?

These are some questions we'll be asking our panelists Friday, March 4th at Noon, E.T.   Among them are: 
  • Acclaimed artist Ruby Roth, author of five children's books, including That's Why We Don't Eat Animals, V is for Vegan and Vegan is Love; 
  • Dr. Matti Wilks, Lecturer (Assoc. Professor) in the Department of Psychology at the University of Edinburgh, author of Children Prioritize Humans Over Animals Less than Adults Do?;
  • Assoc. Professor of English, Anastassiya Andrianova, author of "To Read or Not to Eat; Anthropomorphism in Children's Books";
  • Meena Alagappan, Esq., Executive Director of Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers (H.E.A.R.T.); 
  • Registered Dietician, Gail Mayer; and 
  • James Wildman, Humane Educator for the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida whose talks touched over 10K students and adults in So. Florida.
Join us by registering here: Early Childhood Relationships with Animals  As always, our webinars are free and open to all animal lovers. 

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Cheers to your health, fortitude and activism!  

Tamara Bedić, Esq.President National Lawyers Guild, NYC https://nlgnyc.org https://www.facebook.com/NLGNYC.Animal.Rights/