This year, Dyrenes Alliance sent a group on a study trip to Warsaw to attend Europe's leading animal rights conference, CARE. Katrine from Dyrenes Alliance Slagelse wrote the following blog post sharing her experiences at CARE.
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Imagine a world where everyone eats vegan, where all work to reduce the suffering of as many animals as possible. Imagine sitting in an auditorium learning from some of the longest-standing leaders in the animal rights movement… You are now at CARE..
This year’s focus was on optimization and animal welfare campaigns. France's L214 delivered an impressive and inspiring presentation on their fight against turbo chickens, including a mobile showroom of a chicken coop in a truck and burger boxes with graphic shock content. There were also great opportunities to enhance organizational and leadership skills, including an excellent talk on public speaking and communication, valuable for street activists too.
A snapshot from one of the many inspiring lectures we attended.
The CARE schedule was packed with valuable presentations, so we reminded ourselves to take breaks to save energy for the wonderful dinners hosted by us from Dyrenes Alliance at various restaurants. It was great meeting DA members from all over Denmark, seeing how many of us there are, making new friends, and getting inspired by the other local chapters.The dinners offered a diverse culinary world tour. Victoria and Jason really picked out great spots for us: From a small Mexican place, to trays of vegan sushi, to The Botanist where you could truly feel like jetset and enjoy exquisite European dishes.
vegan sushi after a long and wonderful day of lectures.
Conversations often deepen when walking after a delicious dinner, and Warsaw is an exciting blend of old and new, making the strolls an experience in themselves. Along the large river cutting through Warsaw is an awesome beach promenade with bars built from containers and beach chairs in true street style. There we partied at night with other passionate activists from around the world. We discussed global issues and exchanged activist stories. There are so many inspiring people here! Some are newcomers to the animal rights fight, bringing energy and contagious motivation, others share years of valuable experience through successes and setbacks. Either way, you’re surrounded by kind people with fresh insights and a burning heart for animals.
