Five “Core” Educational Sessions

Required of Coaches and Pledges; all except May 20th open to the public, too!

All core sessions listed below will be held at Cyclops Books, 30 W. North Ave., Baltimore, MD 21201 except for the May 6th field trip to Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary, 15200 Mt. Nebo Road, Poolesville, MD 20837. 

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Sunday, April 15th, 3:00-5:00pm

THE BASICS OF VEGAN LIVING with Michael A. Weber, Program Director of Farm Animal Rights Movement, and VEGAN INGREDIENTS presentation with local activist, Jamie Cohen

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Sunday, April 22nd, 3:00-5:00pm

VEGAN NUTRITION BASICS with Joseph Gonzales, R.D., staff dietitian for Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

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Sunday, April 29th, 3:00-5:00pm

“BEING GREEN" BY LIVING VEGAN with Demosthenes Maratos, Communications Director of the Sustainability Institute at Molloy College, plus VEGAN HEALTH AND FITNESS with “The Boot Camp Girl” Stephanie Dignan, and Javier de la Camara of Gorilla Fit

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Sunday, May 6th, 1:00-3:00pm

FIELD TRIP to Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary, 15200 Mt. Nebo Road, Poolesville, MD 20837

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Sunday, May 20th, 3:00-5:00pm

CELEBRATION FOR PLEDGES AND COACHES!

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Note: On May 13th there will be no core session. Instead, there will be a special elective Mothers' Day VEGAN COOKING DEMO with Land of Kush. Details below.

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Seven Fantastic “Elective” Sessions

All elective sessions listed below will be held at Cyclops Books, 30 W. North Ave., Baltimore, MD 21201 except for the May 13th cooking demonstration at The Land of Kush, 840 N. Eutaw Street, Baltimore, MD. 

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Saturday April 21st, 3:30pm

GARDENING WORKSHOP with Sonya Miller
Learn about how plants grow, and how to grow your own vegetable container garden!

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Sunday April 22nd, 5:30pm (following the Nutrition “core” VLP session)

RAW FOODS DEMO with Fitness Instructor/Personal Trainer Tracy Matthews
Tracy will demonstrate a raw vegan savory dish to delight your taste buds and your health!

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Sunday April 29th, 5:30 - 6:30pm (following the Environment/Fitness “core” VLP session)

VEGAN LIVING AND SPIRITUALITY ROUNDTABLE with Wendy Stewart
A roundtable discussion on vegan lifestyles and spirituality, with 2011 Pledge Wendy Stewart.

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Saturday May 5th, 1:00 - 2:30pm

RAISING VEGAN KIDS ROUNDTABLE with Lesley Parker-Rollins
A roundtable discussion on raising vegan children, with vegan mom of three Lesley Parker-Rollins, who is also the Baltimore Volunteer Outreach Coordinator for Compassion Over Killing.

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Saturday May 5th, 3:00pm

VEGAN BAKED GOODIES WORKSHOP with Teresa Pessaro of Goody Goody Gumdrops Vegan Goodies
A hands-on workshop and discussion of vegan baking!

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Sunday May 13th, 6:00pm

VEGAN COOKING DEMO with Land of Kush, 840 N. Eutaw Street, Baltimore, MD
The Land of Kush, home of fabulous vegan soul food, will demonstrate preparation of a delicious vegan dish.  Bring your mom for Mothers’ Day and then stay for the cooking demo!  Land of Kush closes for dinner at 6pm, so be sure to come early for dinner!

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Saturday May 19th, 1:00-3:00pm

RAW DESSERTS DEMO with Jahari "Chef RawLife" Adjiri of Raw Soul-licious Gourmet
Chef RawLife will demonstrate preparation of a raw dessert fit for vegans, the health-conscious, diabetics...and more than yummy enough for everyone else too! 

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Please note: All educational sessions and electives may be documented with video and/or photography.  Media may be invited to some sessions.