Listening, Deconstructing and Reconstructing: Celebrating black vegans and centering their stories

Listening, Deconstructing and Reconstructing: Celebrating black vegans and centering their stories

Too often we see the mainstream framing of black veganism or indigenous veganism as an assimilation into white veganism. Veganism is painted as a white person thing, when it isn’t and never has been. That is why creating spaces for the narratives of black vegans to grow and flourish is extremely important. I hope with this … Continue reading

Sustaining a grassroot movement to end animal research: Updates from No New Animal Lab & NYC Animal Defense League

Sustaining a grassroot movement to end animal research: Updates from No New Animal Lab & NYC Animal Defense League

In February 2015 we interviewed No New Animal Lab about their campaign to stop the expansion of the University of Washington’s research lab while pressuring the private construction firm, SKANSKA into terminating their contract with the university. U of W has been a long time animal research facility, using thousands of animals as research tools. Activists, … Continue reading