Actions taken to speak for those who dont have words. Handing out flyers, protests, physical or everyday activism.
Yep, you heard right. Watch the vid and find out how Portland’s Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) got them to call off their decades-long annual pig roast for good. Click link below to see the letter I wrote to the Church that prompted an immediate response. Feel free to copy the text Read more
The local street news weekly reached out and asked if they could do a story on my work with animal rights. (It helped that the writer was vegan and had seen my work with animals.) This is the first time they have ever done a feature story (or likely any Read more
I’ve been saying this much less eloquently since the day I went vegan. Does anybody actually believe we’re going to have peace on earth, peace between each other, or peace within ourselves, while we’re, without mercy, and behind closed doors, having others enslave, torture, and violently kill our fellow innocent Read more
We were able to reach a lot of hearts and minds by showing people footage of the reality of what is happening to animals on factory farms, which is 99% of the animal agriculture. It is such an effective way to impact people and get them thinking about how,by eating Read more
Chalking is a great way to get people’s attention and plant seeds. The last photo is of my first ‘chalking’ and, even tho I was scared, it was so fun to do. Shoppers were great – very open and supportive. And then a Whole Foods manager came out to tell me it Read more
Before I became vegan, I spent a few years before that feeling somewhat reassured that sometimes, some of the restaurants I ate at, and some of the alternative grocery stores I bought my meat, fish, and poultry from, proclaimed, in some proud fashion, that their meat was “humane”. To Read more
Feminists, hear me roar, in a nice way, and check out what I have to say about the benefits of expanding our circle of compassion. Check out the photo series of “Found the Vegans” in the various cities for the January 2017 women’s march, including one of yours truly in LA! Read more
Thanks to a group called Portland Animal Activism, a local hub for all things animal rights-related, Portland, Oregon had a BUSY 2016! Watch this beautiful tribute by Bala S. to the brave and heart-centered, animal advocate folks in Portland. Thank you, everyone in PDX for being such a powerful and Read more
What better way to spend a couple hours on Martin Luther King day than to honor what he was all about – not staying silent about things that matter. So I got out my cardboard and markers and made a sign: “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent Read more
It takes as many as 60 minks to make one full-length fur coat. They are bred and imprisoned in tiny cramped cages in large, dank warehouses. Although they can hear each other, they are each isolated in their tiny cage so as not to taint their fur. They never get love Read more