Louise Wallis Live ARZone Guest Chat

Louise Wallis ARZone Live Chat

ARZone is pleased to announce this week’s Live Chat Guest.

Louise Wallis, a vegan of 29 years, has worked for the UK’s National Anti-Vivisection Society (where she organised a national march attended by 25,000 people), before leaving to carry out undercover investigations in two animal research labs (Smith Kline Beecham and St. Bartholomew’s Medical School).

In 1991, Louise was elected President of  the UK Vegan Society, where she co-ordinated the production of “Truth or Dairy” (the first film about veganism), and founded “World Vegan Day” in 1994.

She took time out from activism to focus on music, and in 2006, under thename “Luminous” was voted one of the world’s Top 100 Female D.J.s [http://www.shejay.net/top100femaledjs2.php] She also sings in the band Luminous Frenzy, whose music was featured in the film McLibel [www.myspace.com/luminousfrenzy]

Louise is also a freelance writer and journalist, and recently interviewed Moby.

She recently created two vegan themed DJ mixes. Her first “the unexpectedly genius”. ‘Vegan Anthems” mix (which features 17 songs with a vegan theme by well-known bands) has received over 1030 plays. Louise has also created a follow-up mix “Vegan Artists” featuring 14 tracks by prominent vegan musicians, which can be heard here: www.mixcloud.com/DJLuminous/vegan-artists-from-sigur-ros-to-black-sabbath/

Louise feels passionately that we need to campaign for human rights alongside animal rights. She is an expert on disability hate crime and works for Respond www.respond.org.uk a charity supporting people with learning disabilities who have experienced abuse and hate crime.

Louise welcomes the opportunity to engage ARZone members this weekend on a range of topics, including her work with the UK Vegan Society, her work against animal experimentation, her undercover work, her music and her philosophies in general.

ARZone is supportive of education, critical thinking, rational discourse, and aims to provoke intelligent dialogue about issues that most concern members of the animal advocacy movement.

ARZone does not endorse or promote the views of its guests and forum participants; ARZone does endorse and promote creative education efforts.

This is an event for which questions must be submitted to ARZone prior to Midnight GMT, Wednesday 14 September via email to Carolyn@ARZone.net.

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