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TURKEY CUDDLING, COCKTAILS, A VEGAN FEAST AND DANCING!
And a request for pardons from some beautiful turkeys. That’s how we kick off the Thanksgiving season at DawnWatch!
We are planning our first Austin Texas Turkey Pardon Party for November 2024! Sign up below to be informed of upcoming events.
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You’ll find a selection of photos from the first annual DawnWatch Turkey Pardon Party below.
Ellie Turkey charms Karen Dawn of DawnWatch and Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek, The Resident) on the red carpet:
KTLA’s Lu Parker introduces Assemblymember Richard Bloom to Ellie Turkey:
Forbes writer Katrina Fox, DawnWatch’s Karen Dawn, actor Martin Dingle-Wall (Happy Hunting, Gun Shy) and Ellie Turkey :
ABC Producer Elaine Hogue, the recipient of the first ever DawnWatch media award meets some of the turkeys she has been helping for a decade :
ABC’s Jory Rand chats with World Music star and Grammy nominee Rocky Dawuni as the photographers and turkey girls await red carpet guests:
Actors Denise Crosby (Star Trek, Ray Donovan) and Martin Dingle Wall chat :
Farm Sanctuary co-founder Gene Baur catches up with Whole Foods founder John Mackey:
Chef Darshana Thacker and Forks Over Knives producer Brian Wendel (far left and right)
with actorvist Alexandra Paul (BayWatch, Who Killed the Electric Car)
and Mercy for Animals’ Nik Tyler:
Celebrity Chef Leslie Durso, Mercy for Animals founder Nathan Runkle, Actor Martin Dingle Wall,
philanthropist Jim Greenbaum and world music star Rocky Dawuni:
Jane Velez-Mitchell of Jane Unchained goes live! With Sharon Nunez and Jose Valle from Animal Eqaulity, Forbes writer Katrina Fox, actor Bruce Greenwood, producer Amy Ziering (The Hunting Ground) PCRM board chair Mindy Kursban, GFI’s Bruce Friedrich, and more!:
Sun sets over the VIP cocktail hour
Veg News publisher Colleen Holland, Plant-based on a Budget’s Toni Okamoto, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey and more :
Assemblymember Richard Bloom (California’s orca bill and more) pardons Ellie Turkey –
and asks her to pardon our species for our transgressions against hers :
Folks gather for the awards presentation. Gwenna Hunter (vegans of LA), Jean Greek (Sacred Cows and Golden Geese). Laura Keats (executive producer Pit Bulls and Paroles), Emmy winning make-up artist Mark Payne, “Clean Meat” author Paul Shapiro and more :
DawnWatch founder Karen Dawn and actor Denise Crosby enjoy the auction!
And then we feasted and danced!
Tickets go on sale on September 10th for the 2nd annual DawnWatch Turkey Pardon Party, Saturday, November 3, 2018.
Stay tuned for information on the second annual DawnWatch Turkey Pardon Party, which will take place on Saturday, November 3, 2018. Tickets go on sale Friday, September 14!.
DawnWatch is a 501c3 to which all donations are tax deductible. 80% of the ticket price or 95% of sponsorship are considered donations and are tax deductible but also nonrefundable unless the event is canceled.
DAWNWATCH MEDIA AWARDS
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Run by one of Karen’s mentors, Gretchen Wyler, the Genesis Awards took place every year at the Beverly Hilton, just like the Golden Globes. Under the banner, “Cruelty Can’t Stand the Spotlight,” celebrity presenters gave awards to members of the major media who had, in the previous year, shone the spotlight on animal issues. It was a powerful night, where media people who might be familiar only with the topics they had covered would learn about all the topics other journalists had covered, and often leave transformed. Plus it was like an animal advocacy United Nations — a night on which scores of animal groups gathered together to honor the media that had done beautiful work with the various groups.
A few years after Gretchen passed away the Genesis Awards, now run by the Humane Society of the United States, became online announcements. They still serve a beautiful purpose but the animal advocacy movement needs a non denominational live awards show, with the power that the Genesis Awards had.
Karen Dawn served on the Genesis Awards voting committee for a decade, and now DawnWatch is in the process of creating the DawnWatch Media Awards, in Gretchen Wyler’s honor.
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