Times Union: Compassion Over Killing gearing up for VegWeek 2011

By Nicole Arciello Berhaupt as posted on the Times Union Animal Rights blog

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Next week, April 18-24, Compassion Over Killing (COK) will be celebrating VegWeek ”a week-long pledge to choose vegetarian foods as a simple yet effective way to help protect the planet, our health, and animals.” VegWeek will take place in California, Maryland, Virgina and Washington, DC special guests and elected officials will be taking the pledge.

I am hoping that the spread of VegWeek continues to grow and become an event throughout all 50 states. There are many elected officials on the Who’s Pledging List. It might be a good idea to send a link to the COK VegWeek site to your local officials to see if we can expand VegWeek to New York State.

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