STORIES
A Cherokee Plant-Based Perspective | Rev. Bryan D. Jackson
About 23 years ago, while in clinical training, I told a colleague about a television special that I had seen the night before. It seriously spurred me to consider halting the practice of eating animals. I tried but failed because, like so many Americans, I was...
Do It For Others! | Julie Kirkpatrick
In some ways it was a gradual move, incremental, one step at a time. But when I decided once and for all, that was it! I was vegan for life! (But I’ll tell you that story later!) LOOKING BACKWhile attending the University of Michigan in the late 70s, I watched a film...
Kind Living | Elin Fjeld
How can we consciously pick a kind lifestyle?Well. It’s actually quite simple. By hiring one question to be the top dog of your decision-making. “Is this choice good for me, for the world and does it exclude harm on anybody, anything or anyone else? If yes, Go!...
Why I Am An Anti-Speciesist | Nancy Correa
I had been ovo-lacto vegetarian since my early teens, but I became vegan 30 years ago when I witnessed crippled calves punched and kicked into the abbatoir. I looked into their doomed eyes and promised I would be a conduit for them by documenting their exploitation in...
A Healthy and Compassionate Life! | Laura Barlow
I made a decision at fifteen that would change the course of my life. After viewing undercover footage from factory farms and slaughterhouses, I decided to go vegan. I was a lifelong animal lover and it felt wrong to support any industry that profited from their...
Rusty Girl | Doug Meier
This time she had gone too far. As I walked into our home, I was greeted by a growling canine. For a brief moment I thought I had entered the wrong home. But then a familiar voice said: "That is Rusty, our new foster dog." For several years my wife had been fostering...
Our Vegan Story | Jeanne and Larry Kaiser
My husband and I have been vegan for the animals since Memorial Day weekend of 1990, almost 28 years. John Robbins was speaking at the local Unitarian Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He gave an inspiring talk about all aspects of veganism and asked everyone to just...
My Vegan Story | Liz Garrett
Since I was a young child, I remember feeling a sense of compassion and empathy for others, and a desire to help. I was very passionately against injustice and discrimination, and often felt a desire to advocate for those whom I’d felt did not have a voice. It...
Veganism and Women | Giselle Mehta
I am informed that today (March 8, 2018) is International Women’s Day. To be a woman is to enjoy life’s beauties and privileges - a stronger connection with nature in our physiological rhythms and an access to intuitions and empathy with the hidden heartbeat of a...
Thoughts on Veganism | Dr. Joanne Kong
One day, I encountered someone who voiced opposition to animal rights activists, saying that there is no way people are going to stop eating animals: “How are you going to get people to change?” This person implied that advocating for animal rights is a losing battle,...
Respect For All Life | Dr. Will Tuttle
If you could sum my message up in a simple phrase, it would be: Respect for all life. Living in our solar-powered “rolling home,” my spouse Madeleine and I traveled full-time for 18 years sharing the vegan message, and now for the past 5 years, we are traveling...
Too Strong | Leeza Coleman
"You come on too strong" I have been told. When I ask if I would be coming on "too strong" if the horrors in question were committed against the human animal, the reply is, "That is what I mean! You need to be polite." I'm the one who calls carnists -- and other...
The Healing Path of Veganism | Marlene Narrow
My healing modality of choice is Veganism, and my vegan journey began with my understanding that life is basically one big I.C. Unit - Intertwined Consciousness. I believe that the Vegan lifestyle/veganism is a blessing for all. I think that our inherited herderic,...
Eating Green | Frank Spade
I don’t call myself vegan, since it is sort of a cuss word. I am a humanist, who has compassion for all sorts of life. For more than 30 years I have avoided harming men, animals and plants as much as I can. I grew up in a German family after World War II, which had to...
Discovering What I Always Knew | Mae Conte
"I was always an animal lover." So many stories of coming to veganism begin this way. I guess I’m a cliché in that way; and yet this very same sentiment pushed me away from the norm - challenged me to think freely instead of following blindly and conveniently - which...