The princesses attended the 2016 People of Color: Animal Rights, Advocacy and Food Justice Conference at California State University in Northridge and brought back several highlights from the amazing presentations they saw.

In This Episode

Nichole and Callie give their favorite highlights from the 2016 People of Color: Animal Rights, Advocacy and Food Justice Conference that they attended over the weekend.

Schedule of Presentations:

VEGAN GAINS: A VEGAN PERSPECTIVE ON HEALTH AND FITNESS

DAVID CARTER, DOMINICK THOMPSON, TORRE WASHINGTON

THE FOUNDATION OF JUSTICE: VEGANISM AND THE ANIMAL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

SARAH K. WOODCOCK

BREAKING DOWN PRIVILEGE: ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOW-INCOME AREAS

LAUREN ORNELAS

COLONIZATION & CAPITALISM: THE COLLAPSE OF THE TRADITIONAL MESOAMERICAN PLANT-BASED DIET

CHEMA HERNANDEZ GIL

VIOLENCE, MIGRATION & CENTRAL AMERICAN WORKERS IN THE US FOOD SYSTEM

LINDA ALVAREZ, PhD

DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNITY-BASED VEGAN ACTIVISM

BRENDA SANDERS

VEGAN NOIR: BLACK VEGANS IN LOS ANGELES A DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING & Q&A

TONI BELL

10TH ELEMENT OF HIP-HOP: HEALTH, WELLNESS & JUSTICE

ASHEL SEASUNZ ELDRIDGE

THE HOOD FOOD MOVEMENT

EUGENE COOKE

LEADERSHIP AWARD

$500 Award given to a vegan activist/leader. This year the award was given to lauren Ornelas of Food Empowerment Project

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

DAVID CARTER

Links and Information

* Obituary: Great Barrier Reef (25 Million BC-2016) (Outside Online)

* Great Barrier Reef Obituary Goes Viral, To The Horror Of Scientists (Huffington Post)

* PETA’s ‘Grab a Pussy’ Ad Under Fire for Being Misogynistic (Heat St)