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Did you know that Black Americans are 3x more likely to be vegan than other Americans?

Are you aware of the Afro Vegan/Black Vegan movement and its roots? Vegan or not, it's a fascinating history!

Check out our YouTube Playlist to find out more:

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The Surprisingly Black History of Veganism

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Find out more about celebrating Afro Veganism this month

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We're providing resources, support, and community to everyone who takes the Veguary Pledge. Each day will be filled with vegan recipes, online cooking demos, virtual education sessions & panels, daily email updates, live Q&A sessions, exclusive prizes and discounts from vegan brands, and interactive check-ins through our Veguary Facebook group.

Plant-based traditions have been prominent in cultures throughout the African Diaspora for centuries. In the US, civil rights leaders made some of the earliest and most concise assessments of the connections between our society's systemic racial violence, and the cruelty of the animal agriculture industry. Today, African American's are the fastest growing population of new vegans. Afro-Vegan Society's Veguary campaign is designed to create a pathway to vegan living for people in our community who are interested in making a lifestyle change, but need support from a community that understands and centers the Black experience.

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We're providing resources, support, and community to everyone who takes the Veguary Pledge. Each day will be filled with vegan recipes, online cooking demos, virtual education sessions & panels, daily email updates, live Q&A sessions, exclusive prizes and discounts from vegan brands, and interactive check-ins through our Veguary Facebook group.

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Bryant Terry, chef and author of Vegetable Kingdom, which focuses on Afro Vegan cuisine, particularly vegan soul food.

Afia Amoako, vegan blogger focused on vegan cuisine from the African continent

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George Laraque
Tabitha Brown
Erykah Badu

Black Vegan Social Media Influencers

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sustainability@vanier.college

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AfroFuturism, Fantasy or Science Fiction,  Black authors are writing about issues related to sustainability & environmental racism in a variety of different ways. Here are just 8 you can check out:

Octavia E Butler
Helon Habila
Marlon James
N.K. Jemisin (photo)
Nnedi Okorafor
Sherri L Smith
Jesmyn Ward

This one is a little different in that it's a collective featuring a mixed team of artists: Protectors of the Wood

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Ibrahim Abdul-Martin is the co-founder of the Brooklyn Academy for Science and the Environment (BASE) and author of:
Green Deal: What Islam Teaches about Protecting the Planet

Dr Robert Bullard. Considered the father of environmental justice, he has won several awards for his contributions to the field of environmental justice and authored several books on the topic, including:

The Wrong Complexion for Protection

Environmental Health & Racial Equity

Dr. Carolyn Finney is the author of Black Faces, White Spaces.
The "aim of her work is to develop greater cultural competency within environmental organizations and institutions, challenge media outlets on their representation of difference, and increase awareness of how privilege shapes who gets to speak to environmental issues and determine policy and action." (From her website)

Catherine Coleman Flowers
Founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice (CREEJ) and author of Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret

Dr Ayana Elizabeth Johnson  "is a marine biologist, policy expert, writer, and Brooklyn native. She is founder of Urban Ocean Lab, a think tank for coastal cities, and is co-creator and co-host of the Spotify/Gimlet podcast How to Save a Planet. With Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, she co-edited the anthology All We Can Save, and co-founded The All We Can Save Project, to nurture the feminist climate renaissance." (From her website). She is the author of numerous articles (click her name to link to them)

And so many more....

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And some lists if you're looking for more...

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Sustainability xi

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Farming while Black is written by Leah Penniman, co-director of Soul Fire Farms, an Afro-Indigenous community farm. The book discusses sustainable farming practices and connection to farming from

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List of 8 Black contributions to regenerative farming in Canada

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YouTube video about the history of Amber Valley in Alberta: a Black farming community.

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Series of TED talks on bringing nature into urban ghettos

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Jardins Lakou: growing Caribbean produce in the Eastern Townships

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@BlackForager
@OutdoorAfro

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Specializes in sustainable fashion

Wrote for CNN about sustainable fashion and inclusivity

“Why the sustainable fashion movement should always include plus size people”

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/sustainable-fashion-should-include-plus-size-sept/index.html

Posts daily on her Instagram page: @ajabarber

Has written about fast-fashion and intersectionality for Eco-Age

https://eco-age.com/resources/author/aja-barber/

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Dares us to replace the old-school 4 R’s (reduce, reuse, recycle, rot) with a bolder model “Redefine, Reclaim, Reimagine and Revolutionize”

Instagram: @dominiquedrakeford

Bachelor’s in Business Environmental Management and a Master’s from NYU in Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Fashion

Founder of online publication MelaninASS (Melanin & Sustainable Style) which focuses on Black people who are at “the forefront of the sustainability movement”

From: https://www.essence.com/culture/melanin-and-sustainable-style-is-putting-black-people-at-the-forefront-of-the-sustainability-movement/

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Leah Thomas is passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism.

She is the founder of eco-lifestyle blog @greengirlleah , @thegreensgirlco and The Intersectional Environmentalist Platform, which is a resource + media hub that aims to advocate for environmental justice + inclusivity within environmental education + movements.

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More BIPOC sustainability influencers at:

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More BIPOC sustainability influencers at:

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https://ecowarriorprincess.net/2020/06/black-brown-poc-sustainable-lifestyle-influencers-that-white-allies-should-know/