MN State Fair Chalktivism
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Join ARC for a sidewalk chalk gathering the night before the fair starts! Our goal is to chalk out a variety of phrases, quotes, hashtags and images to educate fair goers about the animal exploitation happening inside. We'll provide the content and chalk, but we need your help to spread the message! Pictures and text only need to be clear and legible, but if you're particularly good at art, let us know!
We'll meet outside the State Fair grounds main entrance (Snelling Ave. N and Midway Parkway). The entrance is listed as #5 in black on this map: [https://www.mnstatefair.org/general-info/maps/](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mnstatefair.org%2Fgeneral-info%2Fmaps%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3A_r75ib7YQagkqAhhJSnlevZMgyEw8jCk5MbbXrrljwqP48Dd0pZigOc&h=AT2KlW8AcNp0kS6c-eDkz8QrEcYILslYeJQwlk9YBUG0rJ72mVXIb9SQ7IKlLct7rzPqUlur9R6LRGLQTcRloLdHegzaqRCWf4CDzqAVmrkzjPO88y7-Ir5KptRgRFlOd6ES2Ns&tn=q&c%5B0%5D=AT3qrsrrWSyguKui1xt-fpWoBPhQ5YAoju_oVd-DpybQNvievVagtbUej46SuqOaMXiPhtjsnGAsljQzl0nkmHSgRzKZCn00e5K41XbxHqdb-mdHsCgYqvOuEBQ6pHtoa884mXvljpi-GTd7f_YuzbTUJHoD)
Let us know you're coming by filling out the volunteer form: https://forms.gle/N6Fpy7hd6tYWKWSD9
Or, email Kelsey@animalrightscoalition.com.
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State Fair Schedule:
8/23: Chalktivism on fairgrounds
8/24: 94 Bridge Outreach
8/26: TV Outreach on fairgrounds
8/27: Food Sampling on fairgrounds
8/29: 94 Bridge Outreach
9/04: TV Outreach & Food Sampling
The MN State Fair claims to bring transparency to animal agricultural practices but instead it presents a highly sanitized version of the lives of farmed animals. Most of the farmed animals you see on display at the MN State Fair are living out the last days of their lives in crowded, stressful environments.
This year, we're asking that the MN State Fair move with the future of farming, choose to promote plant-based agriculture, and end the promotion of the unsustainable and unethical practices of farming animals.
Dairy cows are of special interest to our goal of ending the suffering of animals at the fair for three reasons. First, there are numerous dairy-related events at the fair involving the harming of cows, including the Dairy and Moo Booth and the Miracle of Birth Center. Second, consuming dairy products harms human health. And third, the breeding and farming of cows is harming our planet.
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