Dynamic Speakers, Exciting & Meaningful Topics

Each past meetup is listed after this section, where you will find video replays, meetup summaries, and links to presenters' websites.

AGING EXQUISITELY with VICTORIA MORAN: Founder of Main Street Vegan. Voted "Sexiest Vegan Over 50" by PETA in 2016/17 when she was a young 67, Victoria is the bestselling author of 13 books and founder of Main Street Vegan Academy, certifying Vegan Lifestyle Coach Educators. Her entertaining Main Street Vegan Podcasts is for anyone who wants to look and feel amazing, eat extraordinary food, and help animals

REGISTRATION: $3 

CLIMATE HEALERS Founder, SAILESH RAO, PHD, is a producer of numerous documentaries about the many, far-reaching impacts of our food choices. 

"Transform. yourself, Transform your world. Together we can bring about the greatest transformation in human history." 

Vegan World 2026 Convergences are a live, online, interactive series to help us "design a new system of Normalized Non-Violence, to live in Compassion for all and to Reverse Climate Change."

Dr. Rao's position paper, "Animal Agriculture is the Leading Cause of Climate Change," is published in the Journal of Ecological Society, 2020-2021. In this paper, Dr. Rao proves "that animal agriculture is the leading cause of climate change, responsible for at least 87% of greenhouse gas emissions annually."

NUTRITION AND BRAIN HEALTH with NANCY POZNAK, MS, CHES

• Nutrition Basics

• Nutrients that fuel 

and nourish our brain.

• Substances that harm our brain

• Gut health and brain function

• Nutritional Genomics: How food choices can help preserve DNA integrity and cell replication, slowing the aging process.

• "Nutrition modifies genetic codes that influence our health,  modifying the potential of our genetic background., for better (healthy foods) or worse (unhealthy foods)." 

— Nutrigenomics: The Genome-Food Interface by M. N. Mead, National Insitutes of Health

REGISTRATION: $3 

Building Vegan Community with Marla Rose & John Beske, Founders of Vegan Street, a premiere online powerhouse of inspiration, information, recipes, fantastic memes, and blog. Check out their "Guide for New Vegans."

Marla and John have been living vegan for decades. This is another fantastic opportunity to learn from the best. As always, there will be Q&Q and comments.

REGISTRATION $3