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Join CAF’s first colloquium with the American Sociological Association’s Animals & Society Section. On Thursday September 25, 12 pm ET/ 9 am PT, Dr. Shaina Sadai (a 2022 CAF grantee) will discuss “Sea Level Rise and Multispecies Climate Justice.” For more information and to register, scan the barcode on the image or click here.
Zoe Maready (left) and Lauren Sankey, both students in the School of Information and Library Science’s Master of Science degree program at North Carolina State University, are busy scanning every single page of all 157 issues of The Animals’ Agenda magazine, which, as part of the archives of the Animal Rights Network, is housed at the Animal Rights and Animal Welfare Archives at NCSU. Once the issues are scanned, they’ll be made available online. Our fundraiser to publicize the archives continues; to make a tax-deductible contribution, click here.
On Thursday, September 25, at 6 pm, CAF board member and grantee Gal Nissim and 2022 Regan Research Fellow Kat Poje will join a panel of fellow experts to discuss climate change, animal studies, and art in conjunction with the exhibition Handle with Care: Robert Rauschenberg’s Ecological Conscience at the Grey Art Museum. The event will take place at 20 Cooper Square, Room 101, in New York City. A reception will follow the discussion. For more details, and to register, click here.
On Monday September 23rd, at 10 am at NYU Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South (breakfast provided), CAF, Brighter Green, and the NYU Animal Studies Department present a panel on how the rights of nature interact with animal rights in the context of the climate crisis, with a focus on action. A short film (see above), which won first place in the 2025 Yale Environment 360 Film Contest, will be screened. The speakers are Emma Crowe from the More Than Human Life program at NYU Law School (see below), Mia MacDonald from Brighter Green, Lori Marino from the Whale Sanctuary Project, Natalia Green from Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (invited), and scientist David Gruber from Project CETI (invited). To register (room TBA), write to macdonald@brightergreen.org.
Tom Regan (1938-2017) was the co-founder of the Culture & Animals Foundation with his wife Nancy (1938–2021). Together, they made a major contribution to animal rights. You can read about their and CAF’s origins, work, and legacy below.