Social Justice
Four leading vegan African American women discuss the growing trend towards veganism in the African American community. Los Angeles, February 29th, 2024 — According to numerous reports and surveys, African Americans are going vegan at a higher rate than other demographic groups in the United States, and women are more likely than men to dropkick meat.
Social psychologist Melanie Joy’s new book, How To End Injustice Everywhere, addresses the issue of infighting within social justice movements such as veganism. Los Angeles, January 29th, 2024 — In this complex and often cruel world, just about everyone has experienced a sense of injustice at some point.
Legal fights to end discrimination against vegans have taken place all over the world with different degrees of success, and some are happening right now Los Angeles, October 16, 2023 — As the number of vegans grows, so does the number of vegans who say they are experiencing discrimination in their workplace, in their schools, in hospitals and institutions and even on public streets during protests.
Toronto, Canada, March 8, 2023 – International Women’s Day & Veganism Editorial by Anita Krajnc – Greta Thunberg tweeted the world’s 4th most popular tweet in late 2022 when she exposed Andrew Tate’s male toxicity; a combination of misogyny and wanton consumption.
LA’s first vegan food bank: helping underserved Angelinos with healthy and compassionate food since launching in May 2022. Los Angeles, CA, November 22, 2022, 3:30pm — The new L.A. Vegan Food Bank is feeding people and rocking out the revolutionary concept of food equality.
A new survey, showing that most U.S. military members want vegan ready-to-eat meals, has been presented to Congress to lobby for a change in the military’s menu offerings Los Angeles, October 14th, 2022, 9am – Critics say it makes no sense.
In the new book Antiracism in Animal Advocacy, Animal Rights activists have spoken up about the existence of racism in the animal protection movement. Encompass is a US-based nonprofit working towards racial equity in animal advocacy. Founded in 2017 by Aryenish Birdie, it began studying this issue.
American Olympian Dotsie Bausch is pressuring Starbucks to end their US vegan-milk surcharge as they did in the UK In a major breakthrough for the plant-based movement, Starbucks rang in 2022 by dropping its surcharge for plant-based milks in all of its 1020 stores in the United Kingdom.
APEX Advocacy is a new intersectional animal rights organization founded by activist Soul Eubanks which focuses on BIPOC communities 39-year-old Soul (Christopher) Eubanks says he founded APEX Advocacy with a very specific goal: to increase the number of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) who participate in animal activism.
Vegan Female Founders Rise Up! Polls show that the majority of vegans everywhere are women. They are also the majority of customers of vegan products. So women should be in the driver’s seat when it comes to running the vegan business world too, right?