Action Alerts

Common Cause: Our Alternative: Fair Elections Now!
Common Cause will be meeting with every freshman member of Congress to build support for Fair Elections. We want to show widespread support for a new way of financing campaigns in this country, one that allows members of Congress to be accountable to the people who elect them, not the lobbyists who give the largest donations. Please sign our petition today to end the influence game in Washington – and we’ll deliver it to every newly-elected member of Congress at a face-to-face meeting!

Humane Society of the United States (HSUS): Urge Your Grocery Store to Protect Seals
We urgently need your help to ask your local grocery store to not buy or sell Canadian seafood until the senseless slaughter of seals comes to an end. What’s the connection between your grocery store and the seal hunt? Sealers are actually commercial fishermen who earn only a small fraction of their livelihood from killing baby seals for their fur.

New York City Council: Tell Governor Paterson to Protect the New York City Plastic Carryout Bag and Film Plastic Recycling Law
In spite of months of effort on the part of the New York City Council and environmental advocates, the “Plastic Bag Reduction, Reuse and Recycling Act” – State legislation that undermines and preempts the City Council’s stronger plastic bag recycling legislation – has made its way unchanged to Governor Paterson’s desk. The Governor now has until December 12th to act on this bill. The City Council is continuing to urge Governor Paterson to secure a chapter amendment removing New York City from the bill’s weaker requirements before signing this legislation into law. Your help could make the critical difference in achieving this goal.

Contests

PETA2: Otep Interview and Contest!
Before you get ready for your local Otep show, make sure that you enter to win an Otep prize pack! Three lucky winners will be chosen to win an Otep hoodie and a copy of their new release, the_Ascension. This contest ends December 23, and the winners will be notified by January 6.

PETA2: Win Signed CDs From Thieves and Villains!
Make sure that you keep checking the band’s MySpace page to see if they’re coming to a city near you! But before you send them a friend request, make sure that you enter to win a signed (yes, that’s right!) copy of their debut album, Movement! Five lucky people will each win a copy. The contest ends December 12, and the winners will be chosen and notified by December 26.

Newsletters

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): PETA2 eNews, December 3, 2008
peta2: Guide to Holiday Shopping!

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM): PCRM Online, December 2008
PCRM Online, December 2008: Victories! Idaho State Stops Killing Dogs and University of Tennessee Stops Killing Pigs, Actress Jennifer Landon Honors Father in Cancer Project Campaign, and More

VegCooking.com: Recipe of the Week
Ravioli Filled With Ratatouille

Petitions

West Leads the Way Combating Climate Change

Upcoming Events

Farm Sanctuary: Online Holiday Auction, December 2-16 2008
Consider doing your Holiday Shopping ONLINE where you can bid now on fantastic items like: A Yoga Class with Russell Simmons; Backstage Tickets to see Shawn Colvin; Lunch with the Legendary Alice Walker ; or a 1-Week Stay at the Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach! Not only will you find the most unique gifts for your loved ones, you will be 100% supporting the animals of Farm Sanctuary! Please consider bidding on one of these unique items now.

Farm Sanctuary: A Winter Wonderland for the Animals, December 4, 2008
On Thursday, December 4, 2008, Farm Sanctuary will host a Winter Wonderland for the Animals fundraiser to support our work. I would love to celebrate this event with you, so I’m writing to ask you to be a special supporter of our holiday benefit this year.

Amnesty International’s 2008 Global Write-a-thon, December 5 – 14, 2008
In the days surrounding International Human Rights Day on December 10, tens of thousands of caring people around the world will take part in the world’s largest letter writing event. Please join this worldwide effort. Be a part of the Global Write-a-thon. During last year’s Global Write-a-thon, people in more than 30 countries sent over 150,000 letters, postcards and emails on behalf of prisoners of conscience, human rights defenders, and others at risk. At least three of the prisoners were freed because of your support.

Post Punk Kitchen: 4 Course Dinner For The Doggies – Fri 12/12
It’s on again! Join us at Sweetpea Bakery for a 4 course dinner to benefit Portland’s Family Dogs New Life Shelter, an non-profit no-kill dog shelter for, but not limited to, pups who are at risk of going to doggy heaven before their time.

The Humane League of Philadelphia: Holiday Party 2008, Saturday, December 13, 2008
Our biggest event of the year is on the way in just one month, and YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS IT! This year our annual holiday party will feature keynote talks from Bruce Friedrich (VP, PETA) and Heidi Prescott (VP, Humane Society of the US) on how to be a more effective voice for animals. Our special guests in attendance will also include Sarah Speed (PA Director, HSUS); Alka Chandra (Senior Researcher, PETA); Sen. Roy Afflerbach (Director, Humane PA PAC); Stu Bykofsky and Vance Lehmkuhl (Daily News); Rob Teti (Director, Chenoa Manor) and more! This fun, festive, and inspiring event will be taking place on the evening of Saturday December 13 at the Ethical Society Building in Center City Philadelphia.

Born Free USA: National Bird Day, January 5, 2009
Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute in coordination with the Avian Welfare Coalition (AWC) is calling on activists around the U.S. to take action on behalf of captive birds by drawing attention to the exploitation of other countries’ native birds by the U.S. pet industry on January 5 — National Bird Day.

Miscellaneous

Dogs Deserve Better (DDB): 2008 Holiday Cards

Dogs Deserve Better (DDB): Sponsor US for Your Holiday Gifts!

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The easyVegan Link Sanctuary is a near-daily roundup of animal and environmental advocacy news, action alerts, carnivals, events and resources. This link roundup is meant as a jumping-off point for you, the reader, to take further action and learn more about the issues presented here. I link, you decide!

If you have a link you’d like included, please drop me a line at easyvegan [at] gmail.com – or leave it in the comments! Feedback is also appreciated, particularly as it relates to the links included below. I’ve tried my best to identify and name any speciesism, sexism, racism, classism, homophobia, sizeism, etc. which may appear in the resources below; if, however, I’ve overlooked something, please leave a note in the comments. It’s not my desire to fight one form of oppression by engaging in another.

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