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Today FIC released the fifth video in its campaign series, "Ag Gag Undercover," which aims to raise awareness about the controversial 'Ag Gag' bills that would silence whistleblowers shining a light on wrongdoing in animal agriculture.

Learn more about Ag Gag bills at foodwhistleblower.org/AgGag.

Today FIC released the 4th video in its campaign series, "Ag Gag Undercover," which aims to raise awareness about the controversial anti-whistleblower 'Ag Gag' bills. The proposed legislation would criminalize individuals who take undercover videos or photographs to expose wrongdoing at factory farms.

Watch the video below, which tries to make light of this very serious affront on transparency.

Learn more about Ag Gag bills at foodwhistleblower.org/AgGag.

Today FIC released the third installment in our Ag Gag Undercover video campaign series, which aims to raise awareness about the controversial anti-whistleblower legislation. Please watch and share with your friends, family and colleagues!

Learn more about Ag Gag bills at foodwhistleblower.org/AgGag.

Please join FIC and others next Wednesday, March 27 in Washington D.C. for a panel discussion on Ag Gag bills and their implications. Types of organizations represented on the panel include government watchdog groups, journalists, animal welfare groups, and free speech groups.

Behind Closed Doors: 'Ag Gag' Bills, Farm Animals, Food Safety and the First Amendment

Wednesday, March 27, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Georgetown University Law Center, McDonough Hall Room 201
600 New Jersey Ave. NW, Washington D.C.

Please RSVP on Facebook!

Panelists:

• Amanda Hitt, GAP Food Integrity Campaign Director
• Suzanne McMillan, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), Director of Farm Animal Welfare
• Gabe Rottman, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Legislative Counsel and Policy Advisor for the Washington Legislative Office
• Erica Meier, Compassion Over Killing (COK), Executive Director
• Will Potter, Independent Journalist and Author of Green Is The New Red

A reception with catering from Everlasting Life will follow the panel.

Sarah Damian is New Media Associate for the Government Accountability Project, the nation's leading whistleblower protection and advocacy organization.

Today FIC released the second video in our new campaign series, "Ag Gag Undercover." You can view the first video here.

Many states have introduced anti-whistleblower legislation, known as Ag Gag bills, that would criminalize individuals who take undercover video or photographs at agricultural facilities. FIC's short videos aim to raise awareness of these controversial bills and get at the heart of why they are problematic and an affront on truth-telling.

Learn more about Ag Gag bills at foodwhistleblower.org/AgGag.

Law students, attorneys and other interested Washington D.C. residents should check out this Continuing Legal Education (CLE) panel next week at American University that's part of the half-day-long program featuring the Government Accountability Project's American Whistleblower Tour.

Representing Whistleblowers Under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
American Univ. Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Ave., NW, 6th Floor

A panel of experts in whistleblower law will provide nuts-and-bolts training on how to litigate cases under FSMA's whistleblower provision from the point of filing the initial complaint through to successful resolution. The panel will also provide an overview of food industry employees' rights under recent whistleblower legislation affecting government contractors.

Speakers will include:

• Judge Luis A. Corchado, Administrative Review Board
• Tom Devine, Legal Director, Government Accountability Project
• Jeff Gulley, Food & Public Health Counsel, Government Accountability Project

The event is free and open for anyone to attend, but the school asks those who would attend to register here.

Two CLE credits will be applied for as requested. The cost for CLE registration is $110.

Yesterday FIC released the first of several short videos in our new campaign series, "Ag Gag Undercover," to raise awareness about the controversial anti-whistleblower bills that have been introduced in many states this year. While the agriculture industry and legislative sponsors try to muddle the public with their reasons for the legislation, these videos aim to simply get at the heart of why Ag Gag bills are problematic and an affront on truth-telling.

Learn more about Ag Gag bills at foodwhistleblower.org/AgGag.