PRESS RELEASE from Metro Wines
Julie Lewin, author of Get Political for Animals and founder and president of the National Institute for Animal Advocacy, will speak at Metro Wines on Tuesday, October 14 at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to all.
In Get Political for Animals, Lewin, sharing her skills as a lobbyist, leads a step by step strategy to successfully work through the political process to promote animal welfare. Lewin describes the purpose of the book on Amazon as follows:
“A lawmaker’s primary concern is to be re-elected. Base your lobbying strategy on this simple reality, and you can win animal protection laws that are now only fantasies.” Julie Lewin, NIFAA President & Trainer If you want laws and public policies to prevent companion animal overpopulation and laws against hunting and trapping, dogfighting, puppy mills, dog chaining, pet stores, circuses, rodeo, dog and horse racing, factory farming and animal research…and want them enforced…and want to elect humane lawmakers…and want to lobby for animals and have it count… The key to your success is political action. Despite the tremendous strides in public awareness over the last decade, laws and ordinances for the protection of animals remain tragically weak. The reason is shockingly simple: Animal advocates do not function politically. NIFAA was founded in 2002 to fill a critical void in the animal rescue and rights movements. To win the strong state and local laws we so much want and that the animals so desperately need, we must become “political animals.” Being political means launching voting blocs in our town, city, county or state; that is, organizing politically and endorsing candidates. As all other grassroots issue groups know, when it comes to the lawmaking arena, there is no substitute for the leverage of endorsements. (Lobbying for a charitable organization and sending legislative alerts only nibble at the fringes of political power.) It’s not at all hard. A few advocates can make it happen. It simply requires a refocusing, rejecting our old way of thinking and assumptions, and embracing these truths. NIFAA will show you how!
Visit Julie on facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Institute-For-Animal-Advocacy/314744003395
The meeting is organized by Asheville Voice for Animals and hosted by Lafayette Prescott. http://www.meetup.com/AshevilleVoiceforAnimals/
Contact: Gina Trippi, MetroWines
shop: 828-575-9525 and cell: 828-273-5348
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