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Who Makes Our Meat? Labor, Migration, and Factory Farms

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 @ 12:50 pm - 1:50 pm

A black poster with bold yellow text reading "SLAUGHTERHOUSE LABOR, MIGRATION, AND ANIMAL RIGHTS" with a short description beneath reading "A conversation exploring the intersection of labor exploitation, migration to the US, and animal agriculture. Tues. 3/12 @ 12:50-2pm Room 10 Lunch Provided!" to the left and right of the date are a circular green and white logo for the Plant-Based Berkeley Law campaign reading "Justice for Animals" and featuring a chicken among leaves. To the right is a QR code. Further down are pictures of two people, Susan Chavez (Animal Rights Activist / Organizer with Direct Action Everywhere & Former Slaughterhouse Worker, and Andrés Cediel Documentary filmmaker - producer of 'Trafficked in America' - & Professor at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Below these photos are the logos for ALDF (a white fox and shield), LJLP (Lady Justice), BJELL (a red square with a hard-hatted worker holding scales), La Alianza (scales sitting above an open book), and BIG (the word "big" with a monarch butterfly dotting the "i".

Join:

  • The Animal Legal Defense Fund of Berkeley Law
  • The Berkeley Journal of Employment & Labor Law
  • The Latine Journal of Law & Policy
  • La Alianza
  • Berkeley Immigration Group
on Thursday, March 12th from 12:50pm to 2:00pm in Room 10for an event exploring the intersection of issues of migration, labor, and animal rights. This event will present a speaker panel featuring:
  • Susanna Chavez, an elected organizer at Direct Action Everywhere and former slaughterhouse worker, and
  • Professor Andrés Cediel of UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and one of the writer-director-producers of the PBS Frontline documentary “Trafficked in America,” exploring the plight of Guatemalan minors trafficked to the United States to work on an Ohio egg farm. 
Lunch will be provided! RSVP here!
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Details

Date:
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Time:
12:50 pm - 1:50 pm
Website:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSejLWhpCGjkA2MRafeSRlJE1kuyT4eMaw-nNngGUxxk9ZsouA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Will participants be asked to keep cameras on?
No
Will there be breakout rooms?
No
Will the public chat be on or off?
Off

Venue

10 Law Building

Organizer

Animal Legal Defense Fund of Berkeley Law
Phone:
(623) 282-7964
Email:
tuppal@berkeley.edu

Events are wheelchair accessible. For disability-related accommodations, contact the organizer of the event. Advance notice is kindly requested.

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