At the end of 2016, I had a conversation with someone that changed the way I thought about using animals for food, clothing, testing and entertainment ~ and on my birthday in January 2017, I committed to a full vegan lifestyle. This means that I don't eat meat, dairy, eggs, fish or honey. I don't wear or purchase products made from leather, wool, silk, or feathers. I don't buy products that are tested on animals. I don't support Zoos, Circuses, or riding on the backs of animals. This quote by Alice Walker sums up how I now feel about our relationship to animals:

"The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites or women for men."

Below is a list of documentaries, speeches, articles and organizations that inspired me to live and advocate for a vegan life.

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Documentaries

• For You ~ What the Health
  
• For You ~ The Game Changers
• For the Planet ~ Cowspiracy
• For the Oceans ~ Seaspiracy
• For the Animals  ~ Earthlings ~ Contains graphic images
• For the Animals ~ Dominion ~ Contains graphic images

* The reason for watching content with graphic images, is to be aware of the situations that vegans are wanting to end.

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Speeches

• Dr. Melanie Joy ~ The Secret Reason We Eat Meat
• Genesis Butler ~ A 10-year old's vision for healing the planet
• Philip Wollen ~ Most Inspiring Speech on Animal Rights
  
• James Aspey ~ This Speech is your Wake Up Call
• James Wildman ~ 101 Reason to go Vegan

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Leather, Wool & Feathers

• What's Wrong with Wool?
• The True Cost of Leather
• The Down Feather Industry
• Animals in Fashion ~ Contains graphic images
  

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Dairy & Eggs

• No Body Needs Milk
• 7 Ways Milk and Dairy Products are Making You Sick
• The Dairy Deception: Dump Dairy ~ Brenda Sanders
• The Process of Milk ~ A video by me!
• Egg Truth Website
  

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Environment & Climate Change

• Veganism and environmentalism
• The Gross Way Water Pollution From Livestock Affects You
• A Well Fed World  
• Truth or Drought
  
• Youth Climate Save
  

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Veganism, Feminism & Interconnected Oppressions

• On Thrive Vegan World Podcast, "Carol J Adams  discusses some of the themes of her revolutionary book, The Sexual Politics of Meat, including the inextricable link between misogyny and speciesism. We explore how understanding masculinity and meat, feminised protein and the function of the 'absent referent' is so important to dismantling these interconnected oppressions."