Monday, March 24, 2014

Confirmed speaker list: Veggie Pride Parade 2014 ~


Confirmed speaker list:
Veggie Pride Parade 2014 

SUNDAY, MARCH 30


  • Pamela Rice, author of “101 Reasons Why I’m a Vegetarian" and coordinator of Veggie Pride Parade NYC
  • Nancy Kogel, founder, ROAR (Reaching Out for Animal Rights)
  • Eric Walton, celebrated magician, actor, artist, & writer
  • Mickey Z, speaker, activist
  • Karen Davis, PhD, founder and president of United Poultry Concerns
  • Freya Dinshah, president of American Vegan Society, has authored several books
  • Dr. Natural, instructor in natural healing
  • Edita Birnkrant, New York Director of Friends of Animals
  • Richard Schwartz, PhD., author, podcaster, president, Jewish Vegetarians of North America (JVNA)
  • Fran Costigan, the “Queen of Vegan Desserts.” 
  • Marybeth Abrams, nutritional consultant, nutritionist, author
  • Victoria Moran, bestselling author of 12 books, vegan life coach
  • Lee Hall, environmental lawyer, author of several books on veganism and animal rights. 
  • Joan Wai, founder and director of Youth Buddhism Communications Center and GreenCompassion.us.
  • Bob DiBenedetto, co-founder of Healthy Planet and is creator of the group’s Healthy School Lunch Program
  • Kathy Stevens, founder and director of Catskill Animal Sanctuary
  • Anne Dinshah is a lifetime vegan and third-generation vegetarian, has authored several books



Confirmed Exhibitor List, Veggie Pride Parade 2014

Over 40 exhibitors
Veggie Pride Parade 2014 

CONFIRMED EXHIBITOR LIST 


Over 40 exhibitors
VEGGIE PRIDE PARADE NYC 2014
Sun., Mar. 30
Following are the confirmed exhibitors
(information subject to change)

TABLE 01
=>  (A) North American Vegetarian Society (NAVS) /speaker Marybeth Abrams
=>  (B) author/speaker Victoria Moran

TABLE 02
=>  (A) Team Organic
=>  (B) Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary

TABLE 03
=>  (A) American Vegan Society / Freya & Anne Dinshah
=>  (B) Physicians Committe for Responsible Medicine 

TABLE 04
=>  (A) United Poultry Concerns /speaker/author Karen Davis
=>  (B) Fish Feel

TABLE 05
=>  (A) NY Farm Animal Save
=>  (B) author/speaker Mickey Z

TABLE 06
=>  (A) PeTA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
=>  (B) ROAR, activist Nancy Kogel 

TABLE 07
=>  (A/B) Real Veggie Direct, Freeport, NY (food donation)

TABLE 08
=>  (A/B) V-Spot, Brooklyn (food donation)

TABLE 09
=>  (A) Supreme Master Ching Hai, International
=>  (B) Black Vegetarian Society of New York

TABLE 10
=>  (A) Vegetarian Resource Group
=>  (B) Catskill Animal Sanctuary

TABLE 11
=>  (A) Responsible Eating and Livin (REAL)
=>  (B) Raw Revolution (food donation) 

TABLE 12
=>  (A) Friends of Animals / speaker Edita Birnkrant
=>  (B) Coalition to Ban Horse Drawn Carriages

TABLE 13
=>  (A) Vegan Outreach
=>  (B) Christian Vegetarian Association

TABLE 14
=>  (A) Memorial table, author & scholar Rynn Berry
=>  (B) Lantern Books, Martin Rowe 

TABLE 15
=>  (A) Mercy for Animals
=>  (B) Pay-Per-View (omnivores watch a veggie video, get a dollar & a DVD); sponsored by Mercy for Animals and Veg Fund

TABLE 16
=>  (A) Global Justice for Animals and the Environment
=>  (B) Original Buddhism Society

TABLE 17
=>  (A) Young Jains of North America
=>  (B) Humane Farming Association 

TABLE 18
=>  (A) Green Compassion, Youth Buddhism Communications/speaker Joan Wai
=>  (B) F.A.R.M. (Farm Animal Rights Movement)

TABLE 19
=>  (A) The Love Kitchen, food donation
=>  (B) Compassion Over Killing (COK)

TABLE 20
=>  (A/B) May Wah Vegetarian Market (food donation)

TABLE 21
=>  (A) VivaVegie Society/ NYC Veggie Pride Parade organizer Pamela Rice
=>  (B) menu table

TABLE 22
=>  (A) National Animal Rights Day
=>  (B) Healthy Planet/speaker Bob DiBenedetto

TABLE 23
=>  (A) Jewish Vegetarians of North America (JVNA)
=>  (B)  Alliance to End Chickens as Kaparos


Veggie Pride Parade 2014 plain-text promo material to post to your online social network ....



Veggie Pride Parade 2014 plain-text promo material to post to your online social network .... 


[Sunday, Mar. 30, 2014]
March from the Olde Meat District to Union Square Park
Mark your calendar, take part, support, & spread the word.
First, register your attendance at the Facebook page: 
https://www.facebook.com/events/262998593863099/
Now, subscribe to our Twitter page: 
https://twitter.com/VeggiePrideNYC
Visit and bookmark the HOME PAGE: 
http://www.veggieprideparade.org
From the home page, find all links:
=> official press release
=> downloadable poster
=> exhibitor list
=> speaker/performer list
=> volunteering info
=> videos/images pages
=> media links
=> blog
=> bulletin board
=> maps
=> e-mail-list sign-up page
=> sponsorship/donation info
=> costume-contest prize-donation page
=> goals & why-we-march pages
Map for line-up/start point and route can be found at: 
http://www.veggieprideparade.org/dept/maps.htm 
for map.
Special features at post-parade rally & expo?
=> 40 exhibitors
=> 20 speakers
=> soapbox testimonial station
=> Pay-per-view: Watch a veggie video, get a buck & a free DVD
=> entertainment, music, & vegan food
=> costume contest @ 2 p.m.

Thank you, one and all,
Pamela Rice
organizer, Veggie Pride Parade