Wake Up Weekend 2010–You’re invited



If you’re near Grand Rapids, Mich. on January 22-23 and want to start the new calendar year off with a new outlook drop by Calvin College for the annual Wake Up Weekend for nonhuman animal awareness and advocacy.

This year, the featured guest will be Vegan Soul Kitchen eco-chef and bestselling cookbook author Bryant Terry. Other speakers include überActivist Paul Shapiro (Humane Society) who will discuss recent animal protection legislation and the generous and spirited Harold Brown (Farm Kind) who will share about veganic agriculture. More speakers are expected in addition to the vegan eats, art displays and the ever popular vegan chili cook-off. For a full schedule, keep your eyes peeled on the extraVEGANza Web site: http://g-rad.org/vegan/

As a vegetarian and staunch non-vegan, I went to Wake Up Weekend three-years ago as a hard-core skeptic and left as a convert. Listening to passionate presenters Christian and non-, meeting (*gasp*) healthy, happy committed vegans who could articulate their positions well, and most of all seeing with eyes wide open the plight of God’s creatures who we destroy for consumption was one of the most transforming (spiritually, mentally, practically, etc) things I have done. If you are a vegetarian who isn’t sure what the big deal is with “those vegans,” or a “meat”-eater who is open-minded enough for a challenge, or a convinced ethical vegan who wants to meet new people, deepen your knowledge or get some kick-ass new recipes, I highly recommend checking out this event if you can.

Tags: , , , ,