• Vegan Spirituality Online Gathering with guest Victoria Moran (Thursday, September 10)
• Sustainable Activism Webinar with instructor Dave Rubin (Thursday, September 17)

Vegan Spirituality Online Gathering (Thursday, September 10)

Join our free, monthly Vegan Spirituality Online Gatherings with co-hosts “Peace to All Beings” author Judy Carman and IDA’s Sustainable Activism Campaign Director Lisa Levinson. We offer these gatherings on the second Thursday of every month. For September, we’re honored to announce our special guest speaker, “The Good Karma Diet” author Victoria Moran, who is also the featured speaker for our upcoming Vegan Spirituality Retreat on September 19th. For information about the retreat, please visit us here.

What: Vegan Spirituality Online Gathering
When: Thursday, September 10th from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. PST
Registration Link: http://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=EC50D782874D3F

For information, contact Lisa Levinson at lisa@idausa.org.

Guest Speaker:
Victoria Moran has been a Main Street Vegan® for 31 years and is an obesity survivor, maintaining a 60+-pound weight loss for all this time. She’s the bestselling author of twelve books, including Creating a Charmed Life (in 30 languages around the world) and the plant-based weight loss classic, The Love-Powered Diet, and the iconic Main Street Vegan. Her latest book is The Good Karma Diet: Eat Gently, Feel Amazing, Age in Slow Motion. Her college thesis became Compassion the Ultimate Ethic: An Exploration of Veganism, originally published in 1985 and the first work on vegan philosophy and practice to come from a major publisher. Victoria is also an inspirational speaker, corporate spokesperson, certified holistic health counselor (HHC, AADP), graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Foundation/eCornell program in plant-based nutrition, host of the Main Street Vegan radio show/podcast, and founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches. Moran lives with her husband, writer and musician, William Melton, in a LEED-certified green condominium in New York City’s thriving Harlem neighborhood. They’re co-writers of the feature film in pre-production, Miss Liberty, and co-humans to a rescue-dog, Forbes.

Sustainable Activism Webinar, “Anger: A Positive Force for Activists” (Thursday, September 17)

When we develop values that differ from those around us, we may feel anger and frustration about these differences. As activists, anger can motivate and inspire action, but if not managed effectively, it can disrupt our lives and damage our relationships. Learning how to channel our anger, we can cultivate a sense of inner peace and maintain healthy relationships with ourselves and others.

If you are a vegan, animal rights, or other activist struggling to move through your anger, please join In Defense of Animals for a Sustainable Activism Webinar on “Anger: A Positive Force for Activists” with instructor Dave Rubin, where we hope you will learn:

• Four transformational concepts and techniques that will increase your impact
• The underlying causes of anger and other emotions
• How our feelings, including anger, can help us get the most out of life
• How to use anger to be a more effective activist and avoid burnout

What: “Anger: A Positive Force for Activists” Webinar
When: Thursday, September 17, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Register Here.
• Registrants will receive a replay link via email a week following the webinar.
Check out the Facebook event page here.

For information, please contact Lisa Levinson at lisa@idausa.org.

Instructor:
Dave Rubin trained in leadership development at Envision Global Leadership, an institution accredited by the International Coach Federation, and has expertise in Marshal Rosenberg’s “Nonviolent Communication” (NVC). Dave is writing a book on leadership communication and he specializes in helping people who wish to create a more compassionate world avoid burnout while being kinder to themselves and other people. He empowers activists to make a big impact via NVC tools and strategies. For more information about Dave’s work, go to http://www.transformandimpact.com.

This free webinar is part of In Defense of Animals’ Sustainable Activism Campaign, offering emotional support and self-care tools for animal activists. For weekly video tips, monthly webinars, and annual retreats, visit: www.idausa.org/events.