5/2 and 5/16 – Next “Living Vegan” Get-Togethers

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The Living Vegan social hour/discussion group is where we come together informally for fun times and fun discussions. Need a recipe? A vegan fashion tip? Tips for dealing with nonvegan family/friends? You’ll get it all at Living Vegan!

Living Vegan currently meets

Vegan Kalamazoo Attends Michigan VegFest 2015

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On April 19th, 2015, I attended my first ever Michigan VegFest (Vegan Tastefest & Expo) with Hillary, Jan and new friend Nathan at Suburban Collection Showcase in Novi Michigan. Over 50 vendors and 1,500 people (Correction: 100 vendors and 6500 attendees according to Jim Corcoran from VegMichigan, Thanks!) came to advocate plant-based diets and show off their amazing and fascinating businesses. “VegFest has been going on since 1998 … and was happy to receive an audience of 50 people during the first year” claimed Jeff Hampton, a Director of Vegfest, in between presentations from well known Vegan activists including Anya … Continue reading →

5/3 – We’ll Be Having a Blast at the Kzoo Marathon!

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Vegan Kalamazoo has a terrific location for its hydration table at the Kalamazoo Marathon. We’ll be at Mile 19, right inside the entrance to Verberg Park, off Gull Road. We’ll be tabling alongside Central High School’s Honor Society, and right next to the “Gummy Bear Trail” where dozens of students will be handing out Gummy Bears* to the runners. So we’re going to have a great time, and also have the opportunity to model joyful, fun, cool veganism to lots of high school students.

The Marathon is Sunday, May 3, and we’ll … Continue reading →

5/2 – Tabling at Kalamazoo Humane Society Dog Walk and K9 Festival

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why-love-one-but-eat-the-other-puppy-piglet-dog-porkWe’ll be tabling at one of our favorite events, the Kalamazoo Humane Society Dog Walk and K9 Festival, where we hope to introduce Kazoo’s many dog lovers to the joys of compassionate, plant-based living.

We’ll also be asking the pertinent question, “Why love one and eat the other?”

Date: Saturday, May 5

Time: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Location: Prairie View County Park, 899 E U Ave., Vicksburg, MI (see below map)

Fee: Check event page.

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4/11 – Rewilding Conference at Aquinas College

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Rewilding: Protecting All Life
Saturday April 11, 2015
1PM-4:30PM in the Wege Ballroom
Aquinas College

Speakers:

  • Dr. Michelle Loyd-Paige, Executive Associate to the President for Diversity and Inclusion, Calvin College
  • Gregory Bassett, Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Hope College
  • Jamie Lee Sansone, Aquinas Sustainable Business student, President and Founder of Keeping Bees
  • Brett Colley, Associate Professor, Art & Design, Grand Valley State University
  • Marc Bekoff, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, author of numerous
    books including Rewilding Our Hearts and founder with Jane Goodall of Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. (Attending via Skype.)

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4/23 – Book Group: Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

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eatinganimalsPlease join us for a fun discussion of Jonathan Safran Foer’s bestselling book Eating Animals.

Date:  Thursday, April 23

Time:  7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Location: Kalamazoo Public Library Central Branch
3d Floor Board Room
315 South Rose Street, Kalamazoo
Directions and Parking

Book Description:

Like many young Americans, Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his teenage and college years oscillating between enthusiastic carnivore and occasional vegetarian. As he became a husband, and then a … Continue reading →

4/19 – Carpool to Michigan Vegfest!

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Vegfest, Michigan’s premier veg*n event, will be held Sunday, April 19, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Novi, MI. Featured speakers include vegan actress/author Alicia Silverstone, Farm Sanctuary founder Gene Bauer, and journalist Jane Velez-Mitchell. There will also be cooking demos, exhibits of vegan causes and products, children’s activities, and much more.

VegFestLogo1More info / complete schedule here.

We urge all Vegan Kalamazoo members to attend–and we especially urge you to attend if you’ve … Continue reading →

3/21 & 3/23 – Next “Living Vegan” Get Togethers

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The Living Vegan social hour/discussion group is where we come together informally for fun times and fun discussions. Need a recipe? A vegan fashion tip? Tips for dealing with nonvegan family/friends? You’ll get it all at Living Vegan!

Living Vegan currently meets

  • The first and third Saturday mornings of each month at 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. at the Fourth Coast Cafe in Kalamazoo. (Next meeting March 21; topic will be relationships with nonvegans) And,
  • The fourth Monday evening of each month at 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at Jac’s Cekola’s Pizza in Portage. (Next meeting March … Continue reading →

Living Vegan social club / discussion group launches!

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justwanttodrinkcoffeeThe Living Vegan social club / discussion group is officially launched!

Organizer Laurie Oldfather writes:

“We will begin our first “Living Vegan” on Saturday morning March 7th. It will be at Fourth Coast Cafe (816 S. Westnedge Ave.) from 9:30 -11:30 am meeting every other Sat to start.

“There is also interest (4 of us) in a Mon evening group also starting near the end of March as well. That one would meet once monthly. … Continue reading →

Vegan Book Club Starting at the Kzoo Public Library!

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eatinganimalsWe’re thrilled to announce that we’ve won approval to to hold a book club at the Kalamazoo Public Library! The Vegan Book club will be an official event at the Library and promoted on all its literature.

We’ll meet quarterly, and the first meeting will probably be some time in April, 2015. The first book (so you can get started early) is Jonathan Safran Foer’s bestselling Eating Animals. The library already stocks several copies of it, and most bookstores should carry … Continue reading →