P.A.A.W. Schedule of Events
7/28
Monday
7:00 pm–8:00 pm | Group Dinner at Courtland Grand Hotel – Location: Hospitality Suite
7/29
Tuesday
7:00 am – 8:00 am | Morning Wellness Activities (Optional) – Location TBD
8:15 am – 9:00 am | Breakfast at the Hotel – Location TBD
9:00 am – 10:00 am | Opening Circle Session – Augusta Room
10:00 am – 10:10 am | 10 min BREAK
10:10 am – 10:55 am | Racial Justice x Animal Justice – Augusta Room
10:55 am – 11:00 am | 5 min BREAK
11:00 am – 12:15 pm | Attendees break into two Groups (6x6):
Group 1: Animals x Colonialism x Capitalism – Augusta Room
Group 2: Hands-on Plant-Based Lunch Creation– offsite w/ Brialle
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch at Courtland Grand Hotel – Location TBD
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm | Art Session + Team building – Augusta Conference Room
1:45 pm – 2:00 pm | 15 min BREAK
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm | Documentary Viewing – Augusta Conference Room
Screening of “The Smell of Money”
3:30 pm – 3:45 pm | 15 min BREAK
3:45 pm – 4:45 | Documentary Discussion/Reflection (“The Smell of Money”)
4:45 pm – 6:00 | Autonomous Time
6:00 pm | Dinner at Courtland Grand Hotel – Location TBD
7/30
Wednesday
7:00 am - 7:45 am | Morning Wellness Activities (Optional) – Location: TBD
8:00 am–8:45 am | Breakfast at Hotel Courtland Grand Hotel
8:45 am–9:30 am | Group Reading – Veganism: Reimagining Solidarity Beyond Consumerism – Augusta Conference Room
9:30 am–9:45 am | 15 min BREAK
9:45 am–10:45 am | Panel: Vegan Lifestyle x Preserving Culture – Augusta Conference Room
10:45 am–11:00 am | 15 min BREAK
11:00 am – 12:15 pm | Attendees break into two Groups (6x6):
Group 1: Animals x Colonialism x Capitalism – Augusta Room
Group 2: Hands-on Plant-Based Lunch Creation – offsite w/ Brialle
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch at Courtland Grand Hotel – Location TBD
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Discussion of ‘They’re Trying to Kill Us’ – Augusta Conference Room
2:00 pm – 2:10 pm | 10 min BREAK
2:10 pm – 3:00 pm | Queer Liberation x Animal Liberation – Augusta Conference Room
3:00 pm – 3:10 pm | 10 min BREAK
3:10 pm – 3:40 pm | Disability Justice x Animal Justice – Augusta Conference Room
3:40 pm – 4:00 pm | Gentle movement/stretching/energy (Optional; Time Permitting) – Location TBD
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Interview + Q&A w/ Connie Spence: Racism in the Food System – Augusta Conference Room
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Autonomous Time
6:00 pm | Dinner at Hotel - Location TBD
7/31
Thursday
7:00 am – 7:45 am | Morning Wellness Activities (Optional) – Location TBD
8:00 am – 9:00 am | Breakfast at Hotel - Location TBD
9:00 am – 11:00 am | Travel to Slaughterhouse + 1 restroom stop
11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Pilgrims Pride Protest and/or Vigil (Optional)
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm | Travel to Dudley Park
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch On-the-Go at Park -> Decompression Session
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Travel to Animal Sanctuary
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm | Sweet Olive Farm Animal Rescue Visit and Tour
4:45 pm–6:15 pm | Travel back to Courtland Grand Hotel
7:00 pm | Dinner at the Hotel
8/1
Friday
7:00 am – 7:30 am | Morning Wellness Activities (Optional)
7:30 am – 8:15 am | Breakfast at the Hotel – Location TBD
8:15 am–8:30 am | Transfer onto Bus
9:00 am–9:15 am | Arrive at Awali Veganic Homestead Education Center
9:15 am – 12:00 pm | Awali Facilitation
11:45 am/12:00 pm – 12:30 pm | Lunch at Awali
12:30 pm | Depart Awali, Head back to the Hotel
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Reframing our Relationships with Beyond-Human Kin – Augusta Conference Room
2:30 pm–2:40 pm | 10 min BREAK
2:40 pm – 3:00 pm | Environmental Justice: Fashion/Textiles/Animals (mini session) – Augusta Conference Room
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm | Carceral Systems: Prison Industrial Complex + Animal Industrial Complex – Augusta Conference Room
3:30 pm – 3:45 pm | 15 min BREAK
3:45 pm – 4:20 pm | Cross-Movement Building – Location TBD
4:20 pm – 4:30 pm | 10 mins BREAK
4:30 pm – 5:15 pm | Closing Circle – Location TBD
5:15 pm–6:15 pm | 1 hr break
*(Except Attendee Interviews # 1–4, as pre-scheduled with videographer)
5:15 pm – 5:25 pm: [Attendee #1]
5:25 pm – 5:35 pm: [Attendee #2]
5:35 pm – 5:45 pm: [Attendee #3]
5:45 pm – 5:55 pm: [Attendee #4]
6:00 – 7:00 pm | Dinner and Wrap-Up Reflections
*Continuing Exit Interviews with the videographer:
6:30 pm – 6:40 pm: [Attendee #5]
6:40 pm – 6:50 pm: [Attendee #6]
6:50 pm – 7:00 pm: [Attendee #7]
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm | 🎉🎉 PAAW-TAY!!! 🎉🎉– Location: TBD
*Continue Attendee Interviews # 8 –12, as pre-scheduled with videographer)
7:00 pm – 7:10 pm: [Attendee #8]
7:10 pm – 7:20 pm: [Attendee #9]
7:20 pm – 7: 30 pm: [Attendee #10]
7:30 pm – 7:40 pm: [Attendee #11]
7:40 pm –7:50 pm: [Attendee #12]
8/2
Saturday
7:00 am – 8:00 am | Wellness Session (Optional)
8:15 am – 9:00 am | Hospitality suite available for light breakfast snacks and wellness resources
9:00 am – 10:00 am | Attendee Departures ongoing
10:00 am | PAAW Staff to send virtual Feedback Forms to all attendees
Ongoing Activities
Throughout the event, all attendees will have access to the following stations:
Arts Station – Draw, color, paint, deconstruct, build – Location: TBD
Snacks Station – Location: Hospitality Suite
Wellness Support (physical and mental) – Location TBD
– First-Aid to facial mist. Contact Brialle or Yasmin for one-on-one session mental health sessions
Reading Station (Materials located in Conference Room)
– Curated selection of literature focusing on liberatory themes