FEATURE: Chris Hooten

Chris Hooten is a non-profit professional with extensive community service, education, and event planning experience. His youth development and education experience ranges from teaching English in rural Rwanda to serving on the state board of Circle K, a statewide collegiate non-profit encouraging students to engage in public service. He has earned multiple awards and honors for his community service and commitment to youth development, including the Kiwanis Distinguished Service Award and Community Service Leader Media. He has served as an AmeriCorps VISTA working to engage youth from under-supported communities. He graduated from Indiana University-Bloomington with a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science with a concentration in Gender Studies.

Chris has been vegan for over three years and regularly mentors others in adopting a plant-based diet. He also coordinates a Vegan and Vegetarian Meet Up for LGBTQ+ individuals called VegOut in Washington D.C. He is passionate about creating gender, racial, environmental, and economic justice by supporting leaders who challenge and combat oppressive systems in their communities.

Hi everyone. Thank you for watching. I wanted to give my reasons for why I am a Black Vegan, and specifically touch on spiritual healing through veganism. Everywhere I turn more Black and other People of Color are rejecting settler colonial diets and reclaiming our traditional diets that kept us in harmony with our animal brethren and our collective home.

Chris can be reached at thehooten1@gmail.com. 

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