Vegetarian Star

February is Black History Month and a great time to not only celebrate civil rights, but highlight the dozens of black community leaders, celebrities and other famous persons who either follow or have followed a diet and promote animal rights as well.

The Reverend Al Sharpton, who once weighed over 300 pounds, found following a mostly vegetarian diet helped him lose over 100 pounds.

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A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities today.

• Alice Walker (67)

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Author Alice Walker was honored at the Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund, an advocacy group for black farmers. The Color of Purple author grew up on a farm with both her parents being harvesters, but told AI.com farming has over a 200 year history in her family.

A vegetarian, Walker said she considers her time with the Cooperative a merge between her passion for both animal rights and land preservation and hopes younger people will become educated about farming and choose to get involve.

Vegetarian Star has already briefly touched on initiatives to recognize and support eco-friendly black farmers, such as San Francisco’s Farmer Brown restaurant, which sources organic, sustainably grown and raised ingredients from local black farmers.

In addition, there is another organization that provides support to black farmers growing sustainable crops.

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A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities today.

• Alice Walker (66)

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This weekend was Omega‘s annual Women In Power Conference, which featured feminist and girrl powered names like Gloria Steinem and Natalie Merchant.

According to one attendee of the event, there was plenty of vegetarian food to keep empowered women satisfied.

“The food (vegetarian and totally yummy).”

What better way to promote the theme of empowerment than to empower animals by not eating them.

Reminds us of a quote that ties women’s rights to animal rights by vegetarian author Alice Walker.

“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.”

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“Alice Walker! She’s an amazing humanitarian and human rights advocate and has opposed the eating of animals for some time now. A brilliant woman and ahead of her time! I would love to share thoughts and ideas on how to help bring compassion and truth into the hearts of humankind.”

—-actress Persia White, in an exclusive interview with Ecorazzi.com, on what notable person in the vegetarian community she’d like to meet and why.

Alice Walker has written a poem, La Vaca, in praise of cows and was once quoted as saying, “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.”

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Alice Walker recently blogged about her experience with a naturopath doctor and natural treatments, one of which included medicine made from pigs’ eyes.

In discomfort, Alice, a vegetarian, tried the remedy for awhile, but eventually couldn’t block out the images of the animals she was putting in her body.

“One time she gave me a remedy made from pigs’ eyes, but that was as extreme as it got, and she had misgivings, being, I think, vegetarian. I took the pills for a while, in desperation, but couldn’t keep it up because of a mental image of a pig whose eyes twinkled at me. When I told her what had happened, she chuckled and said, Well, drink lots of water.”

The debate over the use of animals for medicine will probably never end until we have found a way recreate any animal “part” or devised a method for testing the effects of pharmaceuticals on humans without using laboratory animals.

Some are absolutely against any animal use or testing in medicine, while others keep their morals by ensuring they purchase pills manufactured without gelatin.

Where do you stand on the issue of animals and medicine?

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May I Be Frank? is a total makeover show for one man’s diet and life.

In the film, which is in the final production stages, an obese Italian American named Frank Ferrante is taken in by three guys at the Cafe Gratitude for a complete diet 180 to help Frank get healthier, rediscover himself, and fall in love.

If you recall us telling you, Cafe Gratitude is what raw vegan singer and songwriter Jason Mraz chose to name his current tour after.

The guys at Cafe Gratitude coach Frank as the former 10 espresso coffee drinks a day and drug addict eats only organic, raw vegan food for 42 days.

Alice Walker has recently reviewed the film on her blog, and praises the men at Cafe Gratitude for helping Frank reinvent himself.

“Some of us have taken our unruly selves in hand, the prerequisite step for liberation and peace, and some of us have dedicated ourselves to helping our sisters and brothers along. Not for the “doing good” aspect, which is fine, but simply for the fun of it. It is finally, fun, for these three young men to help Frank find his true and radiant self. Or joy, that word for which I am convinced our planet was meant.”

Have you experienced joy in doing good for someone lately? Whether it’s buying a carton of soymilk for your friend to try or warning your uncle about the dangers of trans-fat, is it time you gave yourself pleasure for helping someone along?

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