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Dr. John McDougall
Presentation Title: TBA
Limited Seating Available on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Physician and nutrition expert who teaches better health through vegetarian cuisine. John A. McDougall, MD. has been studying, writing and "speaking out" about the effects of nutrition on disease for over 30 years.
Dr. McDougall believes that people should look, feel great and enjoy optimal health for a lifetime. Unfortunately, many people compromise their health unknowingly through poor dietary habits.
As with many leaders of public opinion, he often finds it necessary to challenge the accepted wisdom of the time, and was one of the first traditional physicians of the medical "establishment" to assert that adoption of a vegetarian diet can reverse unfavorable medical conditions such as heart disease. Medical research is now confirming this assertion. And slowly but surely, medical practitioners are accepting it.
Dr. McDougall is the author of several national bestsellers including: The Starch Solution: The McDougall Plan: 12 Days to Dynamic Health, McDougall's Medicine: A Challenging Second Opinion, The McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss, The New McDougall Cookbook, The McDougall Program for Women, and his latest ground breaking book, The McDougall Program for a Healthy Heart.
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Will Tuttle, Ph.D.
Presentation Title: TBA
Dr. Will Tuttle, author, educator, pianist, and composer, has lectured and performed widely throughout North America and Europe. Author of the acclaimed Amazon #1 best-seller The World Peace Diet, he is a recipient of the Peace Abbey’s Courage of Conscience Award, and is the creator of several wellness training programs. His Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, focused on educating intuition and altruism in adults, and he has taught college courses in creativity, humanities, mythology, religion, and philosophy. A former Zen monk and a Dharma Master in the Korean Zen tradition, as well as a 30-year vegan, he is devoted to cultural healing and awakening, and has created 7 CD albums of original piano music. Traveling full-time with his spouse Madeleine, a Swiss visionary artist, in their solar-paneled rolling home, he presents over 150 lectures, retreats, workshops, and concerts annually. Go to his website at http://worldpeacediet.org for more information.
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Lani Muelrath, M.A., CGFI, CPBN, FNS
Presentation Title: TBA
Award winning Lani Muelrath specializes in helping people who struggle with health, weight and energy levels transform their bodies - and their lives - without going hungry or grueling, excessive exercise. Lani is the author of Fit Quickies: 5 Minute Targeted Body Shaping Workouts with plant-based diet (Penguin) and creator of Lani Muelrath's Plant-Based Blueprint. Lani is presenter and celebrity coach for the 21-Day PCRM Vegan Kickstart and VegRun Programs and is the Fitness Adviser for the Dr. John McDougall Health and Medical Center Discussion Boards. She presents regularly for the Complete Health Improvement Project (CHIP). In addition, she is the Health and fitness expert for Vegan Mainstream and Plant-Based Fitness and Healthy Living Examiner for Examiner.com.
Lani overcame her own lifetime struggle with weight over more than 15 years ago when she lost 50 pounds, which she has maintained easily with the tools that she uses to coach others to be successful with in weight loss, body shaping, and health. Multiple resources for you for healthy fitness, weight loss, and plant-based nutrition at lanimuelrath.com.
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Victoria Moran, Main Street Vegan
Victoria Moran is the author of 11 books including Main Street Vegan, which VegNews calls "the vegan Bible, New Testament." A professional speaker, journalist with articles in publications including Yoga Journal, Vegetarian Times, Natural Health, and The Huffington Post, and a two-time Oprah guest, Victoria is founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying Vegan Lifestyle Coaches.
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Saturday Presentation Title: Living Well & Loving Life in the Real World
Have you noticed? Kale chips and veggie-burgers are the new normal. In this fun- filled presentation from Victoria Moran, you can join the bandwagon -- either all the way, or to the extent that you're ready -- with the fast facts you need to respond to questions from the curious; how to add far more to your meals and your life than you subtract; as well as tips for choosing foods that will help you love your body now and for decades to come. Finally, you’ll be introduced to the ethical underpinnings of being vegan and making this a lifelong adventure in compassion and vitality.
Sunday Presentation Title: The Eat Green, Live Lean, Feel Amazing Lifestyle
There’s a formula for getting the glow, making peace with food and weight, and living long without growing old and you'll learn in this fast-moving, content-rich presentation that will cover:
- How to move into a high-vitality diet deliciously and at your own pace, and on your own budget
- A simple, foolproof way to manage your stress every day
- The metaphysical and metaphorical underside of physical exercise
- Quick detox techniques for upping your energy and giving you the glow!
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Armaiti May, DVM
Presentation Title: Vegan Diets for Dogs and Cats: Risks and Benefits
Armaiti May is a vegan animal advocate and housecall veterinarian for dogs and cats in Los Angeles. She obtained her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in June 2005. After graduating from veterinary school, Dr. May spent 20 months working at a 24-hour emergency dog and cat hospital in the Los Angeles area. She then became certified in veterinary acupuncture through the Chi Institute of Chinese Medicine and started a housecall practice for dogs and cats in Los Angeles.
As a practicing veterinarian, Dr. May educates people about preventive medicine as well as holistic options that exist for treating their companion animals’ ailments. Since 2006 Dr. May has served on the Board of Directors for RedRover, an animal protection organization that brings animals out of crisis and into care. She has also volunteered her time extensively lecturing to a variety of groups across the country on a wide range of topics including humane education in veterinary school, humane alternatives to declawing, the benefits of vegetarianism, and how to keep companion animals healthy.
Dr. May speaks Spanish and has provided volunteer veterinary services including surgeries, vaccines, and deworming to remote areas in Guatemala and Nicaragua without access to regular veterinary care. To learn more about Dr. May, please visit her website veganvet.net.
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Scott West, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Director of Intelligence and Investigations
Presentation Title: TBA
Scott West retired from federal law enforcement in 2008 and began working with Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. He had been a supporter of the organization for over 20 years, so his position as Director of Intelligence and Investigations was a natural transition. Scott has been to some amazing and some pretty horrible places around the world investigating marine wildlife destruction and working to end such practices. His work has taken him both undercover and into the middle of the Japanese tsunami. No two days are the same.
Elora Malama West is a homeschooled teenage activist. She is on the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) Board of Advisors for Children’s Education and Activities. She is currently 19 and attending community college with plans to soon transfer to pursue a BA in Environmental Studies and a minor in Multimedia/Journalism.
In the fall of 2010 at age 16, Elora accompanied her father, Scott West, to Taiji, Japan for the first SSCS Cove Guardian campaign. They spent three months on the ground reporting everyday about the plight of the dolphins. While there Elora began a blog, A Teenage Activist: This Girl's Soapbox and encouraged thousands of people to call the Japanese embassies in their area to protest the dolphin slaughter. Her young age combined with her blog reports brought international attention to what is happening in Taiji, Japan.
Elora participated in the first ever meeting between the mayor of Taiji and the SSCS activists opposing the town's annual slaughter. She hopes to send a message to her generation that you are never too young to make your voice heard. Elora wants to inspire kids to stand against cetacean captivity, protest swim with dolphin programs, and other institutions that exploit marine mammals. She believes that if you love dolphins and whales, you want to work to protect them.
Elora also spent time in Australia aboard the Steve Irwin. She worked with SSCS Australia in preparation for Operation Zero Tolerance, the 2012-2013 campaign against Japanese whaling in Antarctic waters. In April 2013, she joined SSCS US at the Columbia River for the Dam Guardian campaign in an effort to end the slaughter of sea lions in Washington and Oregon. Follow her blog and keep up with her story.
Scott and his daughter Elora Malama (crew member and Board of Advisors) will discuss their campaign activities, and share stories about their global travels in defense of our world’s oceans during their weekend seminars. From the southern ocean to the shores of Taiji, Japan, Scott and Elora have participated in numerous campaigns. Come hear about their efforts, learn how you can be involved in participating, and what you can do to support the efforts of the organization to save the world’s oceans.
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Jiivapriya, Yoga Instructor
Jiivapriya has been practicing yoga and meditation for 15 years. She has enjoyed teaching yoga classes for both children and adults in Portland for the past 7 years. She is also a co-founder and teacher of Tender Leaf Preschool, a Neo-Humanist school in SW Portland, which uses yoga, meditation, vegan diet, art and nature study as the base of its learning curriculum. tenderleaf.org
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Suman S.Barkhas, Yoga and Tai Chi Instructor
Presentation Title for September 23: "Tai Chi and Qigong for Better Balance"
Suman S.Barkhas, Nationally certified (E-RYT-500) Yoga Therapist , Yoga teacher trainer and Tai chi Moving for better balance Master instructor trainer offering Holistic Health therapeutic classes of Yoga, Chair Yoga, Tai Chi for better balance for all levels at Peace Health River Bend Oregon Heart & Vascular Institute.
Suman (Sodnomdarjaa) Barkhas, born in Mongolia, has traveled as a yoga monk throughout forty-six countries. He currently resides in Eugene, Oregon, working as a holistic wellness coach and has been a vegetarian for more then 21 years.
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More Speaker Information Coming Soon!
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This event will need 400+ volunteers to make it an even greater success than last year's VegFest. Want to help out with VegFest 2013? Please email volunteer@nwveg.org
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