Mike Stura of Skylands Animal Sanctuary and Rescue will be speaking at VegFest, to tell us about his incredible rescues! Here is a recent news story about him.
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Harold Brown
We are so happy that Harold Brown will be speaking at VegFest!
Harold Brown, appearing in the documentary Peaceable Kingdom, The Journey Home, spent half of his life in agriculture. Growing up on a beef farm in Michigan and later working in the dairy industry, Harold has been involved in the behind-the-scenes operations of food production that uses animals.
Today Harold is an activist advocating for sustainable food production, social and environmental justice, animal liberation, and peace through non-violence.
In addition to his talk, you may also find Harold at the Animal Rights Rochester tent at other times of the festival, if you’d like to stop by and talk to him.
Schedule
Schedule
Main Tent
10:00-10:45 Ted Barnett
10:45-11:30 Kerry Graff
11:30-1:00 Mike Stura
1:00-2:30 Torre Washington
2:30-3:50 Mark DeVries
4:00-5:40 What the Health
Lodge
10:30-12:00 Jo-Anne McArthur
12:30-1:30 Bruce Monger
1:30-2:30 Harold Brown
2:30-3:30 Josh Keeler
Dinner & a Movie: Speciesism and Director Mark Devries
Ticketing is now closed.
Start the VegFest celebration early with a special ticketed dinner on Friday, September 15, 2017. We’ll begin the evening in the big tent at Martin Luther King Jr. Park at 5:00 pm, when you can view and bid on all of our Silent Auction items, including a Ramon Santiago print, a beautiful handmade metalwork sign by local artist, John Greico, and gift certificates to some of Rochester’s best places! Dinner will be at 6:00, created by the talented folks at The Red Fern, and finished with dessert by Happy Cakes. At 7:00, we will screen “Speciesism: The Movie”, followed by a talk by the movie’s producer and director, Mark Devries. Tickets are very limited, and can be purchased for $40 below, with proceeds going to help defray the cost of bringing some of the vegan community’s best speakers to Rochester VegFest – and many of those speakers will be at the dinner on Friday night!
- 5 pm Arrive and silent auction
- 6 pm Red Fern restaurant’s Buddha Bowl & Happy Cakes dessert
- 7 pm Speciesism, the Movie
- the director Mark Devries will give a talk afterwards
- When: Friday, September 15, 2017
- Where: the big tent on the lawn of Martin Luther King Jr. Park
- Tickets: $40, purchase below
Buddha Bowl is gluten free and vegan. – organic marinated tofu, coconut brown rice, sautéd kale, roasted beets, pickled carrots & cabbage, sesame seeds, ginger garlic tamari sauce.
Yoga Benefit for We Animals
We are pleased to offer you an amazing way to start your day at Rochester VegFest! Mary Barletta will be leading a very special Yoga Benefit Class from 8:00 to 9:30 on Saturday September 16. All proceeds from your $20 donation will directly benefit Jo-Anne McArthur’s We Animals Project, which documents through photography animals in the human environment. Ten lucky yogis will receive a free Coobie Yoga Bra, generously donated by our friends at Coobie. We hope to see you there!
- When: 8:00 am – 9:30 am Saturday, September 16th
- Where: the Lodge at Martin Luther King Jr. Park
- Tickets: $20
Cam F. Awesome
Cam F Awesome will be speaking at Rochester VegFest!
Cam is a multi-time heavyweight National champion boxer. As a stand-up comedian, Cam has performed many comedy shows across the country and has been the emcee at many events. As a keynote speaker, Cam speaks on efficient resilience and how to live life with the focus of a fighter. He shares lessons he learned from boxing that can be used in everyday life. Cam is also a proud member of the National Speakers Association.
Cam is the U.S. National Team Captain and the Athletic Director on the USA Boxing Board of Directors. He is well respected by his peers, not only for his accolades in the boxing ring, but also for his positive personality that he instills upon others. Cam has been a Big for Big Brother Big Sister for 7 years and does a lot of work with the youth around Kansas City. He has been vegan for over 5 years and is active in advocacy for the vegan lifestyle.
Rochester Lifestyle Medicine
Rochester Lifestyle Medicine will have a booth at Rochester VegFest! Do you or someone you know have:
- Obesity/overweight
- Type 2 diabetes
- High blood pressure
- Heart disease
- Early prostate cancer
- Heartburn
Come on out and find out about joining the next medically-supervised Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP). What will they be selling at their booth? Nothing! Because they’re about “Teaching skills, not selling products.”
Are you a medical professional, or just interested in a deep dive into education about a plant-based diet? RLM also holds periodic 6-Week, 12-CME Plant-Based Nutrition Courses.
Check out their website, and tell your friends and family. Everyone knows someone who could benefit from CHIP.
Torre Washington
Professional Bodybuilder. NASM Certified Coach. Sprinter. Animal Lover.
We are far, far beyond excited that vegan bodybuilder Torre Washington is speaking at Rochester VegFest.
Jo-Anne McArthur
Photo: Lesley Marino
We are so excited that Jo-Anne McArthur will be speaking at Vegfest!
McArthur is an award-winning photographer, author, and educator based in Toronto, Canada. Through her long-term body of work, We Animals, she has been documenting our complex relationship with animals around the globe. Since 1998, her work has taken her to over fifty countries.
McArthur’s first book, We Animals, was published in 2014. Her forthcoming book, Captive, will be published in summer 2017.
McArthur was the subject of the critically acclaimed 2013 documentary The Ghosts in Our Machine, which followed her as she documented the plight of abused and exploited animals and advocated for their rights as sentient beings.
Her newest endeavour, The Unbound Project, with co-author Dr. Keri Cronin, is a photographic project that celebrates female leaders at the forefront of animal advocacy, both contemporary and historical.
McArthur’s photography and writing has been in publications such as National Geographic and National Geographic Traveller, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, the LA Times, Elle Canada, Canadian Geographic, THIS Magazine, DAYS Japan, Helsingin Sanomat, Der Spiegel, PhotoLife magazine, PDN Online, Huffington Post, Earth Island Journal, Outdoor Photography, Feature Shoot, Alternatives Journal, Canadian Living, and Canadian Dimension. In addition, We Animals images have been used by more than 100 organizations, publishers and academics to advocate for animals.
What The Health
We will be showing What the Health at 4:00 followed by a panel Q&A discussion (film screening event page, with trailer).
This is a film about how so many dietary recommendations are rooted in lobbying as opposed to informed research. Film starring Kip Anderson, the man behind Cowspiracy.
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