There are multiple wars raging, the youth are in turmoil over the atrocities they are witnessing, wild animals are dying and the climate is in chaos. Of what use is a Vegan Convergence Of the Peoples at this time of planetary peril, you may ask.

“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.

I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge—even wisdom. Like art,” wrote Toni Morrison two decades ago.

Along with our co-convenors, Switch4Good, Plant Based Treaty, UnchainedTV, The Interfaith Vegan Coalition, GoDharmic and The Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute, we are pleased to be hosting V-COP17, the Vegan Convergence Of the Peoples #17, on Saturday, Apr 27 and Sunday, Apr 28, this coming weekend. The theme for V-COP17 is “The Stories We Tell, The Games We Play” and it will feature a number of renowned speakers, Dr. Alan Goldhamer, Dr. Ted Barnett, Keith Akers, Patrik Baboumian, Dr. Anita Krajnc, Dr. Richard Schwartz, Jordi Casamitjana, Jane Velez-Mitchell and Cory Davis.

We will be screening the new documentary, Christspiracy, followed by Q&A with producer Kameron Waters and we will also be featuring a number of panels and cooking shows as well as hosting the ceremony for the 2024 Homo Ahimsa Award sponsored by the Interfaith Vegan Coalition.

Please join us this weekend and help us accelerate this sacred global movement towards a Vegan World by 2026.

With much love,
Sailesh on behalf of the Climate Healers Core team.
(Alison, Anne, BJ, Carl, Dakota, Dani, Deborah, Debra, Gabriele, Giva, Jamen, Kelly, Ken, Kimaya, Krish, Lisa, Liz, Maggie, Marco, Paige, Pareen, Paul, Ray, Sailesh, Sarah, Shankar, Stacey, Suzanne, Tami and Vega, the Cow and Climate Healer and her Veguitas)