ANIMAL RELEASE (ISSUE 1) (2022)

ANIMAL RELEASE
A publication by
Animal Liberation Front of Actions (FALA)
Vol. 1. Issue 1
July/August 2022
ANIMAL VOTE
ANIMAL REVOLUTION IN POLITICS
INTERVIEW
Vanessa Negrini:
the importance
of politics for the
animal cause
VEGAN
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Startups in Brasilia
move the economy
AWARENESS LECTURES
Animal Rights reaching
out to youth in detention
centers

EDITORIAL
One more voice in favor of animal abolitionism
The difficult times we have been through ask for
a communication more aligned with the values
that we want and for which we fight as ideals
for the world. After 10 years of intense activism,
the Animal Liberation Front of Actions (FALA)
thought it was time to have a report that helped
us in our dialogue with Brazilian society, with possibilities
to extend this community as well to a
broader audience abroad.
An assertive communication aggregates
the efforts in favor of common objectives and
strengthens the principles at the base and essence
of our work. Not by chance, communication is a
fundamental component in our fight since the beginning
of FALA’s foundation, in the year of 2012.
And it’s precisely this tuned communication that
will allow us to spread, far beyond our country’s
borders, our activism in Animal Rights, a concept
that we consider the most complete for our times,
since it’s related to a culture of peace, sustainability,
and social justice. The defense of Animal Rights
encompasses not just the defense of Sensient animals
from other species, but also the defense of
human animals against each and every form of
discrimination and oppression. To achieve this,
we also promote the defense of the environment
where we, human and non-human animals, belong,
that is, the defense of sustainability in all its
dimensions.
In full activity, FALA now counts on over
250,000 followers in social media, as well as volunteers
that act in all regions of Brazil. But this is still
small compared to what we want to achieve. For
that reason, we inaugurate, with this first edition,
the Animal Release, which will help spread even
further our work not just throughout the country,
but also abroad. Our publication is not limited
to its Portuguese version, with its counterpart in
English, as to bring us closer to other similar organizations
and independent activists outside of
national border, in search of strengthening partnerships
and aligning initiatives in sync with the
greater objective that moves us: abolishing animal
exploitation in all of its forms and expressions.
For all of this, we wish you a pleasant reading
of this inaugural edition, which was prepared with
lots of care for all of you.
We hope you enjoy it!
See you next time!
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Contents
6 Interview
Vanessa Negrini
11 Cover article
Animal Vote
15 Animal Media Agency
18 Abolitionist notes
22 Vegan arabic gastronomy
Animal Release is a non-profit and virtual bimonthly publication
by the Animal Liberation Front of Actions (FALA), conceptualized
by Animal Media Agency (CNPJ: 43.157.961/0001-17). All profits
derived from the advertising sales go to the journal’s maintenance,
its professionals, and support for volunteer work in social,
environmental and animal defense causes.
Executive Director
Bruno Pinheiro
Graphic design and layout
Leandro Fazio
Marketing Director
Tailinny Viana
Translation
Júlia Carvalho
LÉO SILVA / BOOKS MAZE PUBLISHING HOUSE
Chief-editor and
journalist supervisor
Paulo Castro/RP MTb: 4136/DF
Translation
Bernardo Feitosa
Paulo Castro: opção consciente pelo jornalismo positivo
sas histórias, elas se conectam aos sentimentos
mais bonitos que moram na alma: o amor, dades, ao sensacionalismo, à pornografia, à
à economia predatória, às fofocas de celebri-
a empatia, a compaixão, o altruísmo”, conclui venda de bebidas alcoólicas, a tudo isso que
Paula.
condenamos. Não é o caminho mais fácil,
mas é o que nossos corações escolheram seguir”,
explica ele.
Desafio que vale a pena encarar
Embora grandes revistas por assinatura estejam
fechando as portas por falta de patrocínio, ção consciente por uma linha editorial que
Paulo Castro diz que a equipe fez “uma op-
a Revista Por um Mundo Melhor (RPMM) chega
à sua 11ª edição com distribuição gratuita imprensa tradicional nos mostra. A filosofia
mostra que a vida é muito mais do que a
e impressão em material de alta qualidade. da revista se destina a um segmento sedento
Isso só foi possível devido a uma rede de solidariedade
e empresas que abraçaram a causa. das breaking news centradas na estética da
por publicações que fujam do imediatismo
O resultado é fruto de três anos de esforços e miséria humana como artifício de vendagem
dedicação da equipe, que entrega trimestralmente
três mil exemplares, além de disponi-
editorial”, argumenta.
bilizar a versão digital da revista na internet. Em seguida, finaliza. “Se a vida nos dá tudo
– e a natureza está aí para comprovar essa
Paulo Castro, publisher e editor-chefe da revista,
resume o trabalho da equipe: “A repercus-
tudo de nós para que a vida seja o ideal que
premissa –, não podemos dar menos do que
são entusiasmada do público nos mostra que buscamos. E isso começa na visibilidade que
estamos no caminho certo. Não é o caminho damos às iniciativas que fazem a diferença
mais fácil, nem o mais compensador financeiramente,
porque teríamos mais recursos com buição de nossa parte por um mundo melhor,
nas vidas de muitos. É uma simples contri-
uma comunicação aliada à política partidária, mas não menos sincera e honesta”.
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ENTREVISTA
Personal archive
Vanessa Negrini:
“Billions die without knowing
a life of dignity, freedom, and justice”
Professor, M.A. and PhD Politics of Communication
and Culture, instructor for the course of Political
Mobilization and Animal Rights at the Universidade
de Brasília (UnB), Vanessa Negrini is also the executive
coordinator of the Study Group for Animal Rights
and Interseccionality (NEDAI/CEAM/UnB), as well as
national coordinator for the Animal Rights Sector of
the Labor Party (PT) and substitute federal deputy (PT-
DF). She is also the author of the first doctoral thesis in
Brazil, within the Communication field, that focused
specifically on Animal Rights and veganism, entitled:
“On vegans and other animals: strategies for public
communication in animal activism”. In this interview,
Vanessa Negrini tells us about the challenges of activist
communication and how party politics may favor more
inclusive laws for Animal Rights
Paulo Castro
Ms. Negrini, should communication, within activism,
consider the audience’s subjectivity or is
it necessary to focus just on the message that we
want to convey?
Communication is a relationship. Information is
in the message, but communication is in the relationship.
In a world where we increasingly resort
to technological instruments and media to convey
information, communication is the big challenge.
To communicate is to coexist, to establish bonds.
And to share links. It’s communion. Animal activism
needs this communion with its audience, establishing
affective bonds, so that communication
can actually take place.
How should we deal with fake news in the activist
environment?
It’s essential that animal activism base itself on
science and on broadcasting reliable sources of
information.
In your research and experience, did you notice
whether a specific writing technique yields more
results and audience engagement?
In our research’s preliminary investigation, we
tried to understand the main motivations indicated
by people for abandoning meat consumption.
In our research, 26% of respondents indicated documentaries
and films as a motivation. Empathy
for an extreme situation, such as tragedy involving
animals, comes in second place. Family and
friends influenced the decision of 11% of respondents.
Models by celebrities was the motivation
for 10% of respondents, as well as the religious
and spiritual aspect. Only 4% of people indicated
that they abandoned meat after reading a book.
In other words, a word has much less impact than
the power of an example.
“
The capitalist system brings, at its
core, the seeds of its own demise.
And such is the capitalist industry of
animal exploitation as well.

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On the sign with the image of a bull, one can read: “Don’t kill”. The banner, behind, reads “Say no, now, to the export of live animals”. The sign on
Ms. Negrini’s hand says “Against the export of live cattle”
Personal archive
In your dissertation, you state that “overcoming
a capitalist society can answer the question of
exploitation of humans by other humans, but
it cannot necessarily answer the question of exploitation
of non-human animals by human animals”.
So I ask you the same question as your
thesis: “how will we build a world, a society that
accommodates all human and non-human animals,
free of exploitation”?
With patience and urgency. With patience, since
changes, though constantly underway, many
times do not take place at the speed we desire.
When I stopped eating meat, when I was 9, I felt
like an alien, since I rarely met people like me. And
look at this: 40 years later, we’re already 30 million
of Brazilian vegetarians. From a historical vantage
point, this is almost nothing. But, for an individual
lifetime, it’s a lot. Especially for the lives of
those who are still exploited, tortured, and killed.
For these individuals, we cannot let go of urgency,
since 88 billion are still being killed every year,
without knowing a life of dignity, justice, and freedom.
This without mentioning the trillions of fish.
For those individuals, we have to keep ourselves in
a state of urgency, doing all and still more within
our reach to accelerate the inevitable process of
change.
At the time of William Wilberforce (1759-1833),
slave trade was extremely lucrative and, since it
constituted the backbone of the world economy,
one would never imagine that it would end. But
Wilberforce managed to approve in the British
Parliament the Act to abolish the slave trade
(1807), after making it unprofitable for British
society at the time. In your understanding, could
agribusiness face the same that happened to human
slavery?
The capitalist system brings, at its core, the seeds
of its own demise. And such is the capitalist industry
of animal exploitation as well. Simply put, we
will not be able to maintain this exploitation model,
for there will not be enough land for so much
grazing and cattle. Even if we deforest 100% of our
woodland, the bill just doesn’t add up. By 2050, we
will have an extra 2 billion humans on the planet,
since the world population will likely exceed the
current 7.7 billion individuals to 9.7 billion, according
to a recent UN report. It’s not economically
feasible to feed so many people in a carnist model.
The world will have to migrate to alternative proteins,
such as plant-based options.

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Would you say that the political party approach
is more effective for activism in the animal cause,
or do other sectors of society have a better public
appeal?
The political arena can’t be disdained by any organized
social movement. Animal activism already
noticed this. Politics is the space of creation and
dispute for the social organization we want. They
are movements in a feedback cycle. We will have
more politicians tied to the animal cause the moment
this agenda mobilizes society. And, the more
politicians we elect for the animal cause, the more
society will be influenced by the topic.
“
The political arena can’t be disdained
by any organized social movement.
Animal activism already noticed
this.
In order for a target audience to grasp the antiespeciest
message, what should be unique in
a communications group that defends Animal
Rights?
I think the focus is to show that the defense of
Animal Rights is, above all, a Human Rights issue.
Not everyone likes dogs, cats, or vegetarianism.
For these people, que animal cause can seem
like something distant and futile. However, when
we show that the violation of Animal Rights ultimately
creates humans victims, it’s easier to raise
awareness that we are also all animals and that
our rights and lives are connected.
Personal archive
Regarding specifically your political stand, what
is your main line of action nowadays and what
are your future strategies?
My life revolves around the animalist agenda in
all of its dimensions. Within my personal environment,
I’m vegan and an animal tutor focused
on neutering and spaying for cats and dogs. In
academia, I’m a professor and researcher on Animal
Rights. I helped establish and I’m the executive
coordinator for the Study Center on Animal

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Rights and Interseccionality (NEDAI) at UnB. In
party politics, I’m a substitute federal deputy for
the animal cause. I helped create and I’m the national
coordinator of the Animal Rights Section
of the Labor Party (PT), to raise this debate more
organically within the party. In October of 2021,
we had our first meeting with President Lula and
that was really positive. We’re advancing and gaining
ground for our world vision. The big objective
for 2022 is to achieve a robust chapter on Animal
Rights in the Labor Party’s government proposal,
so that we can then help put these policies into
practice. Everything’s leading to reelect Lula in the
first electoral round. So these directives are essential
and will guarantee four years of hard work in
favor of public policies that can transform the reality
of Animal Rights in Brazil. Beyond that, we will
dedicate ourselves to helping elect the greatest
possible number of Labor Party candidates committed
with the cause. In this sense, my name is
again available for the Labor Party, and I will run
as pre-candidate for federal deputy.
Personal archive

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COVER ARTICLE
Animals in the electoral debate
Considered as FALA’s most ambitious political project at the national level, Voto Animal supports
electoral candidates engaged with Animal Rights throughout Brazil
Paulo Castro
There is an African saying that until lions have
their own historians, history will always be
written by hunters. But as long as animals are not
able to tell their own stories, let them at least be
told not only by those who defend them, but also
by those who legislate in their favor. It was with
this bold but very conscious strategy in mind that
FALA decided to create, in 2020, a project that
aims to strengthen the “voice” of animals in parliaments
across Brazil: the Animal Vote.
The idea of the project is to publicize (on the
website: www.votoanimal.com) the candidacies
(municipal, state, federal and even presidential)
from all over Brazil that are truly committed to
agendas in defense of animals.
For this, various means are used, including
FALA’s social networks (which literally reach millions
of people across the country), in addition to
animalistic media and traditional media in each
municipality (through contacts with the main media
of TV, radio and newspapers in the municipalities),
always with the aim of increasing the number
of mandates elected in defense of animals.
In order to have their political candidacies
publicized by Voto Animal, all people who wish
to assume an elective position must commit to a
letter of commitment prepared by FALA, with a
broad agenda in defense of animals. With this, the
objective of Voto Animal is not only to give broad
visibility to the candidacies, but mainly to ensure
that the candidates, after being elected, fulfill all
the commitments assumed.
Through the project’s website and through
direct contact with the candidates and elected
mandates, FALA can monitor compliance with
the letter of commitment, so that the electorate
has the chance and opportunity to vote for those
who defend animals and all the causes involved
by the animalist movement. As part of the project,
the past lives of all candidates who sign the
letter of commitment are researched. In addition,
all candidates who do not have public and private
demeanors compatible with the letter’s commitments
are excluded.
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Initiative history
Voto Animal started from the experiences coordinated
by the Institutional Relations area of FALA,
since the first year of the organization’s foundation
(2012). Among these experiences, the one that
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advocacy was the official participation of FALA in
a government transition team (see table below).
Based on this and other successful experiences,
FALA was able to stop projects harmful to animals
and make other beneficial projects move forward.
What does the commitment letter consist of?
In 2020, FALA updated its traditional letter of commitment
in defense of Animal Rights, expanding
it to 33 agendas (see table below), and publicized
it nationally, creating a website to publicize the
names of those who signed it. After signing, the
signatories of the letter need to put into practice
very concrete initiatives so that animals can, in
fact, be protected in their future bills and also in
other initiatives, such as those elucidated in the
letter of commitment.
In its first year of launch, Voto Animal exceeded
all expectations: 1) a record number of applications
committed to the defense of animals (more than
500 signatures, with 300 approved); 2) also a record
number of people reached in the dissemination
(more than 4 million people); and 3) an unprecedented
number of 56 elected candidates committed to
the cause.
It is the most complete letter of commitment
from an animalist entity in the country, with the largest
number of candidacies to sign it and the largest
number of people reached by the initiative during
the elections and, consequently, the largest number
of candidacies elected so far.
But the project continues. The 56 elected mandates
will have all their work closely monitored by
FALA cells spread across all states of Brazil, with accountability
made through the website.
If any elected mandates do not comply with the
33 signed and assumed commitments, their names
will be disapproved by Animal vote in the next elections.
With this, the idea is to cleanse the Brazilian
political system of governments that do not honor
their commitments to the animal cause and that do
not respect Animal Rights.
Understand how the Animal Vote project came about
During the 2014 election campaign in the Federal District Government (GDF), FALA presented a letter
of commitment to all candidates for the Palácio do Buriti. With the signing of the letter, the candidates
would commit, if elected, to implement an animalist agenda in their governments. The then
candidate Rodrigo Rollemberg was the only one who signed it.
Then, both he and FALA published the
signature of the letter of commitment on their
social networks, bringing great repercussion to
the fact. All this mobilization helped the candidate
to be elected governor of the Federal
District.
After the election, a FALA representative
was appointed to participate in the government’s
transition team. In this new condition,
FALA managed to stop the project to build a
mega-aquarium at the Brasília Zoo. In February
of that year (2014), FALA had made a public
petition to bar the project, which, along with
other activist actions and participation in the
transition team, was able to ensure this victory
for the animals.
Bruno Pinheiro in the plenary session at the Legislative Chamber
of the Federal District (2014) to deliberate on GDF measures
regarding animal deaths at the Brasília Zoo
Paulo Castro/FALA

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Some guidelines of the letter of commitment
● Combat violence against animals, face the speciesism and all other forms of discrimination and oppression
in our society, guaranteeing rights and defending democracy and Brazilian democratic institutions,
encouraging a culture of peace, non-violence, and disarmament, promoting sustainability in
all its dimensions.
● Act for the creation of the Municipal Animal Protection Fund and, if it already exists, for the increase
of its resources, as well as establishing connections with managers from other Brazilian or foreign
cities that implement animal protection policies, to establish the continuous exchange of experiences
of management in benefit of animals.
● Articulate the creation and strengthening of a Parliamentary Front in Defense of Animal Rights.
Paulo Castro/FALA
Peaceful demonstration by FALA volunteers against a well-known worldwide fast-food chain (2015)

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On the other hand, FALA will seek to give visibility
to those who legislate in favor of animal abolitionism
in all its aspects, to those who defend sustainability
in all its dimensions and to those who fight all
forms of exploitation and oppression of human and
non-human animals, no exception.
Aligning the debate with political leaders
“It is important to point out that Animal
Vote does not constitute any alignment between
FALA and the supported candidacies or any political
party. After all, we are non-partisan and our
performance is independent in relation to governments
and political parties,” highlighted Bruno
Pinheiro, president of FALA. “Nevertheless, we
know that the political agenda is essential for us
to be able to maximize the number of laws that
respect Animal Rights, in order to provide achievements
for the movement. All our efforts in the Animal
Vote project come from this understanding”,
he adds.
To publicize and expand the reach of the project
to representatives of various political parties,
FALA held meetings with leaders in 2021 and intensifies
this dialogue in the coming months until
October, on the eve of the national elections. In
the middle of last year, FALA was invited to be the
speaker at the Inaugural Seminar of the National
Animal Rights Sector of the Workers’ Party (PT, in
the acronym in Portuguese), to talk about the importance
of the animal agenda in the party’s political
planning and about the movement of emergence
of the said Sector.
Towards the end of 2021, FALA met with the
pre-candidate for the Presidency of the Republic,
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Gleisi Hoffmann, national
president of the PT, to present to the Workers’
Party the Animal Vote platform and to discuss
with them the PT’s proposals on the subject for
the 2022 elections.
With Voto Animal, FALA seeks to achieve, in
fact, a political and social transformation in Brazil,
beyond utopias. For this, FALA considers the
elections of 2022 as a watershed for the national
animalist movement, with the Animal Vote as a
strategic and political instrument capable of materializing
achievements for all defenders of the
cause on Brazilian soil, based on the commitment
with all human and non-human animals on the
planet.
Arquivo FALA
Bruno Pinheiro, flanked by Lula and Gleisi Hoffmann

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INSTITUTIONAL
A communication agency for animal media
FALA creates the first agency for political and entrepreneurial marketing in Brazil, focused on animal
issues: Communication and Digital Marketing Agency for Animal Media
From Newsroom
In the middle of the Information Era, the communications
area is considered the field in our civilization
that most evolved technologically in millennia
of human history. Just about four decades
ago, the news would take days or even weeks to
cross the globe, whereas today information circulates
across the four corners of the planet in real
time. For such reason, the area of communication
is currently one of the most strategic and fundamental
for corporate survival in all segments and
business plans Building upon this daring step,
which already lay latent in FALA’s own genesis as
a possibility for action, the entity decided to create,
in this beginning of 2022, the Communication and
Digital Marketing Agency for Animal Media.
Not by chance, the creation of Animal Media
occurs just in the year when FALA completes
10 years since its foundation, as a natural consequence
of the entity’s maturity, built after a decade
of experiences in advocacy, pacific activism,
social awareness, and dissemination of qualified
information for the defense of the Animal Cause.
Among the services in Animal Media’s business
plan is assisting businesses that align with FALA’s
values, such as companies in the field of vegan
food, third-sector entities for social and animal
cause, as well as national and international organizations
in defense of Animal Rights.
Beyond this, keeping still in mind that
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also focuses on providing communication and
consulting services for political mandates and
electoral campaigns that have Animal Rights in
their political proposals and that align with FALA’s
principles, as to reflect better values to the world,
strengthening the animals’ voices in Brazilian
politics. FALA still plans for 2022 a series of partnerships,
not just commercial, but also social, constantly
broadening the cause’s fundamental values
and the respect for Animal Rights.
Portfolio of services for Animal Media
● Digital marketing and communication strategies
● Press assistance
● Copywriting
● Audiovisual production, among other communication
actions, segmented to the field of Animal
Rights defense
Contacts:
+55 (61) 99672-7494 @midiaanimal
Cerrado Veg: vegan and Brazilian food tech
One of the main commercial partnerships currently celebrated by FALA became a reality
after the celebration of an agreement for shareholding in the company Cerrado
Veg. Led by Bárbara Silva and Rodrigo Lopes, Cerrado Veg offers frozen plant protein
and has a start-up profile,
aligned with modern times,
with a jarring growth plan still
set for 2022. When asked about
the relevance of Cerrado Veg’s partnership
with FALA, Rodrigo Lopes stated that
“it is of unconditional importance, since we can
promote veganism, making it more accessible
to more people and demystifying the stereotype
that vegan food is not tasty and needs to
be expensive. A small percentage of Cerrado
Veg’s earnings will return to help vegan activism,
which FALA provides to all of Brazil”.
Cerrado Veg

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ABOLITIONARY NOTES
Green blood
In the first quarter of the year, a group met at
Hemocentro Foundation of Brasília, the blood
center of the city, to carry out the first collective
blood donation of vegan activism in the city. The
action, entitled “Vegans donate blood, 1st edition”,
involved 15 people, who helped to save up to 60
lives.
The initiative inaugurates a periodic calendar
of donations, stimulates the debate on oppression
and on the need to respect all animals (human
and non-human) and gives visibility to veganism
and Animal Rights.
Professor Vanessa Negrini was one of the organizers
of the collective action. The group’s intention
was to show that veganism is not only fundamental
in respecting and caring for animals, but
also in citizenship activities. After all, veganism
goes far beyond food. It is not simply to stop eating
meat and animal products, but also to bring this
same awareness to all sectors of human activity
that exploit animals, not just the food industry. It
is a philosophy of life that involves the awareness
of doing good to human and non-human animals
and the environment. In other words, the entire
planet.
The group’s next blood donations are scheduled
for 06/03/2022 (close to World Environment
Day) and 11/1/2022 (World Vegan Day).
Vanessa Negrini: organizer of the action. The inscription on her
t-shirt reads: “Vegan people donate blood and save lives”
Personal archive
Solidarity Buns
Since 2021, FALA has maintained a partnership
with the social factory of Maria Teixeira School
(EMT, in the acronym in Portuguese), an assistance
and teaching entity for children and young people
with special needs, located in Jardim Ingá (in Luziânia/GO)
(link to article about the entity: https://bit.
ly/2W07pUI). As part of the partnership and with
the help of volunteers, several kilos of “kiss breads”
manufactured by EMT (vegan cheese breads, based
on sweet potatoes and grains) are sold in several regions
of the DF * . Part of the income from the sale of
the kiss bread is donated to FALA’s social initiatives.
One of these initiatives was carried out in
support of a vegan solidarity action for 70 registered
families from the Santa Luzia neighborhood,
an extremely needy community in the Structural
City (DF), conducted by the Atlântida Institute, a
partner entity of FALA. In the action, in addition to
a spectacular vegan meal, toys, clothes and vegan
food baskets were donated to families. The next
action is scheduled for May this year, which will
receive special press coverage from the Animal Release
team.
*DF: Federal district, where the capital, Brasília, is located.

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EMT: partnership with FALA in support of social actions
Awareness in the partnereducative
system
In 2022, FALA also completes 10 years of holding
lectures on Animal Rights for young people in socio-educational
measures. The last rounds of lectures
took place in Brasília (DF), at the end of last
year, at the São Sebastião Internment Unit (UISS).
Although the lectures were intended exclusively
for young people, adults (teachers and prison
guards at the unit) also participated, even with the
adherence of some to veganism.
One of the speakers gave us a touching statement
about these meetings.
The lectures that FALA volunteers give in the
socio-educational system are only possible thanks
to the support of people as Professor Liliane Barki,
as well as the other teachers and employees of the
units, who are an important part of all the work
carried out by FALA to raise awareness of young
people on the subject.
Guilherme Leonardi: lecture on Animal Rights in the socio-educational
system
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Interview with Bernardo Feitosa
Can the young people in the lectures make any
correlation between the violence they suffer
and the violence also suffered by animals?
Sometimes. It depends on the size of the class,
maturity, experiences and engagement. People
often emphasize the link between animal
abuse and human abuse, saying how speciesism,
racism, homophobia, machismo and misogyny
are connected. Making this link is easier
for some, while not for others. In one way or
another, the connection made by them tends
to be more in the sense of “taking care of the
animals”.
Are some young people surprised when this
correlation is made?
Yes. Many of them feel offended, but eventually
get the message.
Do you have any feedback from young people
regarding this type of connection made
during the talks?
Yes. We see interest when they apply the teaching.
Most tend to connect and are especially
impressed by animal testing. In some cases,
they have already said that they would become
vegetarians or vegans if there was that option
for them.
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Bernardo Feitosa: “it is necessary to do something to reduce all the animal’s suffering.”

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Do young people understand that violence
against an animal is no different from violence
against a person or against nature in
general?
Generally, yes. The most difficult thing is to
understand the consequence of the act. Many
see violence against animals as more “acceptable”
than violence against humans. They see
acts of violence against non-human animals as
something more barbaric, but with less criminal
repercussions. Still, most are interested in
intervening if they witness something like this.
In the lectures, which event impressed you
the most?
When part of a class treated me as a moral reference
and asked for directions or advice.
What is the main lesson that young people
learn from the lectures?
That animals suffer a lot and that something
needs to be done to reduce all this suffering.
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FOOD
Vegan Arabic Cuisine
Rango Árabe appears in Brasília’s scene as an excellent option for Arab food capable of pleasing all
tastes, including non-vegans
From the Newsroom
Gone are the days when the Federal Capital
lacked quality culinary options for a vegan audience.
Today, several businesses fill this bygone
gap identified in the city. One of them is “O Rango
Árabe”, which has a varied and extremely tasty
menu. Flaviano Cardoso da Silva Neto, one of the
partners and also brand manager, explains that,
with this business, his main challenge is “to present
vegan Arab cuisine at a fair price and flavors
worthy of praise not only by vegans, proving that
it is possible to eat well with plenty of flavor and
without harming animals”.
According to Flaviano, who already came
from another successful enterprise, Catioro Food
(vegan hot dog), “O Rango Árabe” was born at a
time when Brasília didn’t have any exclusively vegan
Arab food houses. “And the Arab venues that
have vegan options are, in fact, of mediocre quality
and very high price,” he explained. Therefore, right
there was “a gap to be filled by a service aimed at
this customer base, which will bring an exclusively
vegan menu, tasty and reasonably priced, even attracting
non-vegans”, he added.
Right after the brand’s recent inauguration,
“O Rango Aérea” and FALA established a partnership,
which is already working brilliantly for both.
As part of the partnership, FALA becomes a shareholder
in the company, which greatly increases the
possibilities of expanding the initiative. “FALA is a
very inspiring institution, which has, throughout
its history, played a very important role for the
benefit of animals, against all forms of oppression.
Supporting this is a huge benefit to our company.
In addition, collaborating to the continuity of
FALA is an honor for us”, highlighted Flaviano.
In April of this year, at the traditional Picnik
Bsb, the menu underwent a demanding social
proof with ease and praise: in the vegan area of the
event, the options’ flavor were very well received
by the public. “We could not supply the demand at
the vegan area of the event and, still, the feedback
was excellent regarding taste, menu experience
and price”, he recalls.
For Flaviano, all this satisfactory feedback
from the public in Brasília, added to the newfound
stamina to dive in with great dedication into this
long-term project together with FALA, can bring
many benefits to veganism and to the animals.
Flaviano Cardoso: flavors worthy of praise
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