Animal Rights National Conference
The Animal Rights National Conference is a conference in the United States, about Animal rights issues, held annually in a different state every year.
the 2020 Conference is scheduled to take place July 16-19 in Portland, Oregon.
History
the first Conference, under the name Action For Life, was organized in 1981, in Pennsylvania, making It the world's largest and longest-running animal rights gathering. Between 1988 and 1996, the annual animal conferences were were taken over by Peter Link and the National Alliance for Animal Rights.
since 2000 it has been organized by FARM.
1981
at the Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania
1982
1983
2003
Unsure of whether the West Coast could support a conference and wary of losing the continuing interest of the Washington area, FARM organized two conferences in the summer of 2003, in both Washington and Los Angeles.
2017
Aug 3-6 at the Hilton Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia.
2018
June 28 through July 1 in Los Angeles, Ca.
2019
was held in July 25-28, 2019 at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center just outside Washington, DC.
panel discussions:
- The Ethics of Sanctuaries
- Where Does Our History Lead Us?
2020
see Animal Rights National Conference 2020
mission
format
speakers, Exhibits, debated and panel discussions.