SPRING SEMESTER 2010
All events are free and open to the public. Please check back as we add more events!
January 20, 2010
S.O.S Meeting
Come help make plans for a new semester of advocacy and activism to protect animals. S.O.S has many exciting projects lined up and we need your help to be a voice of compassion for animals. All are welcome!
Miller Learning Center, room 245, at 7:30 pm.
January 24, 2010
Social Night
Please join us for our January Social! We will be playing cranium and other board games and having a blast. We encourage everyone to come out and get to know your fellow S.O.S members!
532 Nantahala Ave, Athens 30601, 6:00 pm.
January 26, 2010
Student Activities Fair
Visit our table at the Activities Fair to learn about S.O.S and how you can get active for animals and help create a more compassionate and humane world!
Free literature, stickers and DVDs!
Tate Center Grand Hall Ballroom, 11:00 am — 3:00 pm.
January 29-30, 2010
Green Life Expo
S.O.S will be tabling at the 2nd annual Green Life Expo to share information on how we can lower our carbon footprint by choosing tasty vegan foods that are healthy for our bodies and for the Earth!
The Classic Center, 300 N Thomas Street in downtown Athens, 10-5 Fri. and 10-3 Sat.
February 1, 2010
Chimpanzees: An Unnatural History
We kick off our fifth annual Animal Voices Film Festival with "Chimpanzees: An Unnatural History" which tells the compelling stories of chimps rescued from research labs and given a second chance at life in sanctuaries. The film features Save the Chimps, Fauna Foundation and the Center for Great Apes, three organizations dedicated to sparing chimps from life in a laboratory cage.
See our Film Festival page for complete details!
Miller Learning Center, room 102, at 7:30 pm.
February 3, 2010
S.O.S Meeting
Miller Learning Center, room 245, at 7:30 pm.
February 8, 2010
Lords of Nature: Life in a Land of Great Predators
Our Animal Voices Film Festival continues with "Lords of Nature" which tells the story of scientists now discovering our top predators as revitalizing forces of nature, and a society now learning tolerance for beasts they once banished. The film journeys to the heart of predator country where the missing wolves and cougars are finding their way back. See our Film Festival page for complete details!
Miller Learning Center, room 102, at 7:30 pm.
February 15, 2010
Debate: Is Eating Meat Desirable?
Come listen as PETA vice president Bruce Friedrich and UGA Professor Dr. Janet Frick (Associate Head of the Psychology Department) face off against Josh McLaurin and Will Mosley-Jensen of the Georgia Debate Union on this very question!
Tate Student Center, Grand Hall D, 5:00pm - 6:00 pm.
February 15, 2010
The Cove
The third feature in our Animal Voices Film Festival, "The Cove" tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate a hidden cove in Japan, shining light on the dark and deadly secrets of the international dolphin capture trade. See our Film Festival page for details!
Miller Learning Center, room 102, at 7:30 pm.
February 17, 2010
S.O.S Meeting
Miller Learning Center, room 245, at 7:30 pm.
February 22, 2010
Fowl Play: The Untold Story Behind your Breakfast
Our Animal Voices Film Festival continues with "Fowl Play" which takes viewers on an unforgettable journey behind the closed doors of some of the country's largest egg production facilities and graphically illustrates the heartbreaking plight of laying hens, condemned to lives crowded inside dark file-drawer-sized cages. See our Film Festival page for complete details!
Miller Learning Center, room 102, at 7:30 pm.
February 28, 2010
S.O.S Social
Speak Out for Species will be dining at Taste of India. This is an excellent time to hang out with other members and enjoy a delicious Indian feast! If you've never tried Indian food before, now is the time!
We have traditionally ordered a wide variety of dishes so that everyone can try a little bit of everything! We will split the bill up at the end of the meal. It usually comes out to be around $10-12!
131 East Broad Street, 6:30 pm.
March 1, 2010
Dealing Dogs
Our Animal Voices Film Festival concludes with "Dealing Dogs" which tells the story of a six-month undercover investigation at one of America's most notorious Class B dog dealers — Martin Creek Kennel in Arkansas. The film chronicles the daring investigation and its attempt to shut down the kennel and save the dogs being mistreated there. See our Film Festival page for complete details!
Miller Learning Center, room 102, at 7:30 pm.
March 3, 2010
S.O.S Meeting
Please join us for a talk by our guest Dr. Maya Gupta,
president of Ahimsa House in Atlanta,
a nonprofit organization
that helps human and animal victims of domestic violence reach safety together. Ahimsa House works with metro-Atlanta domestic violence shelters to provide shelter and care to animals caught in the cycle of domestic violence while their families recover from difficult situations.
Dr. Gupta will speak about the connections between animal abuse and domestic violence, as well as the challenges and rewards of running a "safe haven" program
for animals caught in an abusive situation.
Miller Learning Center, room 245, at 7:30 pm.
March 17, 2010
S.O.S Meeting
Miller Learning Center, room 245, at 7:30 pm.
March 24, 2010
The Great American Meatout
S.O.S will be taking over Tate Plaza for the Great American Meatout — a national celebration of vegetarian living and its benefits for health, animals, and the environment! Visit our tables to enjoy free samples of yummy vegan foods and learn how easy it is to stop animal cruelty by choosing compassionate vegan alternatives!
Tate Plaza, 9:30 am — 3:30 pm
March 24, 2010
Food, Inc. Film Screening
In the Oscar-nominated Food, Inc. filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of animal welfare, consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers, and our own environment. Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) and Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma) Food, Inc. reveals surprising — and often shocking — truths about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.
Miller Learning Center, room 171, at 7:30 pm.
March 31, 2010
S.O.S Meeting
We will be joined by students from UGA's Peer Nutrition Educator Program who will give a presentation on healthy vegan and vegetarian diets!
Miller Learning Center, room 245, at 7:30 pm.
April 14, 2010
S.O.S Meeting
Miller Learning Center, room 245, at 7:30 pm.
April 22, 2010
Earth Day Celebration
S.O.S will have a table at the Earth Day celebration to provide information about the impact of factory farming on our environment and to encourage students to try sustainable and Earth-friendly vegan and vegetarian foods.
Tate Plaza, 9:30 am — 2:30 pm
April 28, 2010
World Wide Vegan Bake Sale
SOS will participate in the World Wide Vegan Bake Sale to raise funds in support of Athens Canine Rescue which is a great local organization that works to place homeless dogs
into forever homes. Pleae bake some yummy vegan goodies to contribute to this
fundraiser! And be sure to come by and purchase some delicious treats!
Tate Plaza, 9:30 am — 2:30 pm
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