We are what we eat, but what are the powerful forces shaping our food choices? This is the key question explored in Robert Grillo’s presentation, Fictions, Facts and Food Choices. READ ON
Educational / Inspiring Talks
Fictions, Facts and Food Choices: A Presentation by Robert Grillo
Jay Quigley’s TED Talk on Overcoming Speciesism
Jay Quigley’s TED Talk provides a great primer on speciesism, a pervasive form of discrimination against animals that permeates all animal eating cultures, and shows how it fuels the socially READ ON
Melanie Joy Presentation: Speaking Truth to Power
In April of 2013, Free from Harm helped organize what would be remembered as a very special, unforgettable event, featuring social psychologist and author Melanie Joy, who spoke to a READ ON
NBA Star John Salley on Turkey Free Thanksgiving And Why He’s a Vegan
4 Time NBA Champion John Salley originally went vegetarian for health reasons. Now a committed vegan and animal rights activist, here he dishes on vegan Thanksgiving, why eating animals “isn’t READ ON
“I Like Them To Stay Standing Up”: Why Luiz Antonio Won’t Eat Animals
When I saw this video, I cried. Apparently I’m not the only one; every other comment I’ve seen from viewers expresses the same reaction. In the video, a toddler in READ ON
Damien Mander’s Journey from Sniper to Animal Rights Activist
Meat-eating is strongly associated with cultural perceptions of masculinity and power. The idea that meat-eating and killing are “manly” is constantly reinforced through advertising and other forms of cultural narrative READ ON
Video: Zoe Weil on Becoming a Solutionary to Combat Factory Farming
In this hugely inspiring TED-series video, Zoe Weil explains how each of us can apply our passions and skills to end a problem like factory farming. She highlights several people READ ON
Philip Wollen, Australian Philanthropist, Former VP of Citibank, Makes Blazing Animal Rights Speech
Wollen is a former VP of Citibank and Australian philanthropist who is known to keep out of the limelight. But, man, did he come to the table for this debate READ ON
From the Animal’s Point of View: Photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur’s Inspiring Presentation
In this hour-long video, photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur takes us on a journey of her work which involves travel to amazing places and truly unique experiences with individual animals that she READ ON
Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows: A Video Presentation by Melanie Joy
Author and speaker Dr. Melanie Joy has made numerous live presentations across the country to a general audience on the psychology behind eating meat she calls carnism. For those who READ ON
Gary Yourofsky Veganism Speech
Rip Esselstyn on TED
Rip Esselstyn is an Austin firefighter who transformed the health and wellness of the entire Austin Fire Department through his Engine2Diet program, which is now outlined in a book of READ ON
