Tracye McQuirter's Vegan Bootcamp Starts on February 2, 2016!

Learn more about nutrition than your doctor!

If you're ready to go vegan (or more vegan), Vegan Nutrition Boot Camp will provide you with easy-to-understand and in-depth information about the foundations of plant-based nutrition. And you'll learn how to choose the right vegan foods to ensure you're getting the essential nutrients you need each day. By the end of the boot camp, you'll know exactly what to eat for good nutrition. And you'll have the confidence to move forward on your healthy vegan journey. Learn more and register at http://www.byanygreensnecessary.com/#!online-learning/c1anf.

Contribute to Dr. Breeze Harper's Patreon Campaign For Her New Book

Dr. Harper created a new Patreon account so that she can get funding for new book Recipes for Racial Tension Headaches: A Critical Race Feminist's Journey Through Post-Racial USA's Ethical Foodscape. Please consider donating so that she can continue her ground-breaking work.

Dr. Harper will also be speaking at the 2016 Cleveland VegFest on Saturday May 7th.

Pax Ahimsa Gethen Has a New Essay Out

Go check out The Funcrunch Files and read Pax's new essay titled, "Downplaying Human Oppression: Excuses and Responses" where they critique the popular responses that animal rights advocates employ to dismiss intersectionality within the animal rights landscape.

Demetrius Bagley is Presenting His First Webinar

On Tuesday, January 19th, Demetrius is presenting his first webinar titled, "How to Successfully Crowdfund Your Next Project or Business." It runs from 9pm to 10:30pm EST. Register HERE.

Angela Y. Davis is Releasing a New Collection of Essays

Angela Davis' new book is titled, Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement. The foreward is written by Dr. Cornel West.

Haymarket Books writes:

"In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the word."

My name is Unique Vance and I am a 3rd year Global Studies major at UC Santa Barbara where I am the Co-Chair of my university's Student Commission on Racial Equality and the former Environmental Justice chair of my university's Environmental Affairs Board. I grew up in Compton, California, and became vegetarian in high school after my best friend and I started an environmental club called "The Green Team".

When I learned about the link between social justice issues and the animal agriculture industry I couldn't come up with a good excuse to continue eating meat. After watching Cowspiracy in college I knew that I had to make the decision to completely eliminate animal products from my diet due to the ethical and environmental impacts of the dairy industry.

As an environmental justice advocate, racial justice has always been at the forefront of my politics. Racial justice is something that I have seen missing from mainstream veganism. Because of this Vegan Voices of Color was started by myself and my best friend Aaron just over a month ago. We wanted to link the causes and goals of veganism with the intersection of issues faced by people of color, from climate change to vegan eating on a low income diet. I am currently trying to bridge social justice with veganism, allowing people to see how mainstream white veganism shouldn't be the face of this social justice crisis.

I hope to advocate for a veganism that centers around the intersections of being a person of color. Veganism is a social cause and I hope to show this through Vegan Voices of Color. My motto is vegan for the animals/ vegan for the people/ vegan for the planet/ vegan for justice!