Programs & Campaigns
NEAVS/ESEC Support Young Women Who “Stand Up and Speak Out!” for Alternatives to Animal Dissection
(Boston, MA) July 28, 2005 - On Saturday, July 30, 2005, the Ethical Science & Education Coalition (ESEC), the educational affiliate of the New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS), will participate in “Stand Up and Speak Out!” an event for teenage girls and young women sponsored by Teen Voices magazine. The event will take place at Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will celebrate activism by young women on the 50th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her bus seat.
ESEC representatives will attend “Stand Up and Speak Out!” to support young women who speak out against the unnecessary use of animals in science classes and who instead choose humane alternatives. ESEC will demonstrate some of the state-of-the-art software including various programs, models, videos and other alternatives available through ESEC’s FREE Alternatives Loan Library. ESEC will also provide fact sheets and other information to attendees on how to pass a student choice policy in their school and the status of the pending Massachusetts student choice legislation which will guarantee all Massachusetts students the right of their conscience and compassion.
Dr. Theodora Capaldo, ESEC President, states “ESEC wants to help guarantee that students of compassion have access to a fair, equitable and quality science education. We want to support young women to enter the sciences and to contribute to its growing ethic of compassion. Dissection choice is one step to accomplish this important aim.”
The Teen Voices program is an opportunity for young women to share their stories about myriad issues with which they are concerned and to inspire other young women to also stand up for their beliefs. This annual event is free and open to all teenage girls.
About NEAVS/ESEC:
The New England Anti-Vivisection Society, founded in 1895, works to replace animal experiments in laboratories and classrooms with ethically and scientifically responsible modern alternative research methods. The Ethical Science and Education Coalition is its educational affiliate.
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