FEATURE: Amie Breeze Harper, PhD

Amie Breeze Harper, PhD, the creator of The Sistah Vegan Project and the editor of the ground-breaking anthology, Sistah Vegan: Black Female Vegans Speak on Food, Identity, Health, and Society, is a sought-after speaker, writer, researcher and consultant at Critical Diversity Solutions. Her most recently published book Scars: A Lesbian Experience in Rural White New England (Sense Publishers 2014) interrogates how systems of oppression and power impact the life of protagonist 18 year old Savannah Sales, the only Black teenager living in an all white and working class rural New England town. In 2016, her latest book will be published, titled Recipes for Racial Tension Headaches: A Critical Race Feminist's Journey Through 'Post-Racial' USA's Ethical Foodscape.

Overall, Dr. Harper's work focuses on how systems of oppression-namely racist and normative whiteness-operate within the USA. She uses food culture within North America to explore these systems, using critical whiteness studies, decolonial theory, critical race feminism, critical animal studies, and critical food studies.

Dr. Harper has been invited to deliver keynote addresses and lectures at universities and conferences throughout North America. Her talks explore how and why people have unique relationships to food and wellness and how these relationships are impacted by race, socio-economic class, gender, sexuality, and physical abilities. 

If you are interested in having Dr. A. Breeze Harper speak at your college, conference or organization please contact her at breezeharper@gmail.com. Learn more about her on her author and publications page here. 

NEWS

-Dr. Harper is currently raising funds for her new book, Recipes for Racial Tension Headaches: A Critical Race Feminist's Journey Through 'Post-Racial' USA's Ethical Foodscape. Please donate to her Patreon account if you have the means to do so.

-You can download a copy of Dr. Harper's webinar that centers on vegan pregnancy HERE. 

Eugene Cook (Grow Where You Are)

Eugene Cooke is an internationally recognized food justice activist and urban farmer utilizing exclusively veganic growing methods. With his wife, he founded Grow Where You Are, a program that transforms urban spaces in underserved neighborhoods by creating community food gardens and vegetable farms. Over the past 10 years, Eugene has assisted in the creation of 18 urban farms, 14 school gardens and over 40 home food gardens, and has planted 400+ fruit trees in cities throughout the U.S. as well as in Jamaica, Haiti and Kenya, where he trained local residents in veganic growing methods.

Eugene is committed to demonstrating that we can grow abundant food without exploiting animals, harming the environment, or depleting ecosystems. At his current farms sites he focuses on growing methods that also promote ecological restoration.

"How did we as a culture arrive at a place where our daily meals are based on the slaughter of animals? Our lives are in a state of convulsion based on the repetitive acts of eating from a death system" - Eugene Cooke

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FEATURE: Aph Ko

Aph Ko is a black decolonial theorist. She is the founder of Black Vegans Rock as well as the co-author of the book Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters. She has a B.A. in Women's and Gender Studies, and an M.A. in Communication and Cultural/Media Studies. 

In 2016, Aph served as the Associate Producer for the documentary film Always in Season. She was awarded the 2015 Anti-Racist Vegan Change-Maker of the Year award from the Pollination Project and the Sistah Vegan Project. In June 2015, she became the first person to ever write an article listing 100 Black Vegans. Aph currently serves as a consultant for the documentary film The Invisible Vegan.

 

Black Vegan News Roundup

Syl Ko Releases New Ground-Breaking Essay

Black Men, Fruits, and Vegetables: Vegan Brunch Series

On January 31st, at 1:00pm in Atlanta, GA, check out the vegan brunch series for Black men. Here's the official poster:

Free Screening of Vegucated

Do you live in the UK? There's a FREE screening of the film Vegucated in London on March 5th. Check out details on the Vegucated Facebook Page and make sure to RSVP. You're more than welcome to invite your local friends to the screening as well!

Tracye McQuirter's Vegan Bootcamp Starts on February 2nd!

Learn More About Your 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.

Demetrius Bagley is Presenting His First Webinar on January 19th

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. 


FEATURE: Bria Bea

My name is Bria Bea and I am a youtuber and a black vegan! I went vegan two years ago (December 24th, 2013...really chose to shake up the holidays for my family) simply because I learned so much about animal agriculture and realized that I couldn't justify the consumption of animal products anymore. So, I went vegan and since then I've started a youtube channel where I post content about social issues and most recently, I make food videos!

If you have other ideas for food, discussion topics surrounding veganism (or anything else really), and more, please let me know. Subscribe to my youtube channel and chat with me on other social media pages (instagram, twitter, facebook) at @heybriabea. I'm building community with people who remind me of me, so vegans, lgbtq+ folks, black folks, come one and all!

 

Sunday: Black Vegan News Roundup

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."

 

FEATURE: Unique Vance

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!

 

 

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