Afghan food!

Last Saturday, April 13th we had our Afghan dinner! We hope that by coming together over a cruelty-free meal and learning a little bit about Afghan culture we can contribute to spreading the message of peace. Our menu: Afghan chai spiced tea, salaata, maash pulao (rice dish), burani bonjon, vegetable qorma, and vanilla ice cream with pistachios and rosewater poached pears. Thanks to everyone who joined us for one of the best dinners this year!

SoCal Activist Empowerment Conference

On April 6th, we hosted our first Activist Empowerment Conference! Brandilyn Tebo, our club's founder, planned the entire event. The event drew approximately 70 attendees from all over the L.A. area, and featured speakers, workshops, and tons of vegan food. Best of all it was free!

Speakers included (P: presentation):
Brandilyn Tebo- Oxy Veg Club founder and event organizer. Introduction.
John Pierre- personal trainer and nutrition coach. P: The health benefits of plant based diets
Clair Morrissey- professor of philosophy, Occidental College. P: Animal ethics.
Kim Dreher- VegFund Programs Director. P: Effective forms of communication and advocacy.
Charlotte Cressey- yoga instructor and animal rights activist. P: Feminism, the body, and animal rights.
Prabhat Gautam- Animal Advocacy Museum creator. P: Networking
Dave Rutan- Vegan Toastmasters. P: Public speaking and constructing persuasive arguments.
Ryan Flegal- animal rights activist and community organizer. P: Activism and solidarity.
Alec Pederson- filmmaker involved with "The Cove." Previews of films "Unity," and "The Heist."
Nathan Runkle- Mercy for Animals founder. P: Media and politics in the animal rights movement.

Lunch was generously provided by VeggieGrill and the incredible Chef Rawsheed catered dinner.

Thank you so much to everyone who came out for the event! We'll contact you about future public events like this, and meanwhile let's keep the conversation going to make sure that our important work keeps moving forward!

Korean food!

On Friday we hosted our Korean food dinner! Since Brandilyn works for Dave's Gourmet Korean Food at the Farmers Market, we got a ton of donated goodness! We dined on Dave's tempha black bean and brown rice cakes, spicy daikon radishes and burdock root with a spinach salad, mixed seaweed, marinated lotus and garlic root, miso soup with glass noodles, two types of kimchee, bibimbap- rice and veggie stir-fry with red bean paste and carrots, and baesuk- cooked pears with ginger, cinnamon, dates, and agave. A great end to a very cooking-intensive week! Vegheads also participated in the Student Labor Action Coalition's Employee Appreciation Luncheon on Thursday, for which we made spinach, apple, and grape salad with raspberry vinaigrette, cajun-spiced dirty rice, and apple and pear crumble! It's almost April, but we're not slowing down-- RSVP for our all-day Activist Empowerment Conference next Saturday, April 6th, and keep an eye out for the rest of our upcoming events: our Middle Eastern dinner April 13th, April 17th faculty dinner, and of course Go Veg Week April 22-28th! For all the details, check out our new website: oxyvegclub.weebly.com