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Joanne Kong

June 28, 2021

Dr. Joanne Kong, DMA, has been praised as one of the most compelling advocates for plant-based nutrition today, centered ethically in raising awareness that greater compassion for animals and our planet is vitally necessary for transformative growth and positive world change. Her TEDx talk, The Power of Plant-Based Eating, has over 1 million views on YouTube. She has appeared at numerous conferences and festivals, including the North American Veg Society Summerfest, San Francisco World Veg Fest, Veggie Pride Parade in New York City, National Animal Rights Day, VegFest Colorado, Twin Cities Veg Fest, Dr. Sailesh Rao’s Vegan Convergence of the Peoples, Peace Advocacy Network, Compassion Arts Festival, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Plant-Based Climate Summit, and many others. Her vegan advocacy has been recognized around the world with international talks in Italy, Spain, Germany, Norway, Canada, and a three-week, ten-city tour of India. Dr. Kong is the editor of Vegan Voices: Essays by Inspiring Changemakers, which features fifty vegan advocates from around the world, is the author of Vegan Made Easy: A Practical Guide to Plant-Based Living and If You’ve Ever Loved an Animal, Go Vegan, and was profiled in the book, Legends of Change, about vegan women impacting the world. She appears in the documentaries Eating Our Way to Extinction and Taking Note. Dr. Kong is a critically acclaimed, award-winning classical pianist on the music faculty at the University of Richmond and draws upon a diversity of skills as a musician, writer, speaker, and creative artist in her advocacy activities. Find further information on the websites www.vegansmakeadifference.com and www.joannekongmusic.com.

Stephen R. Kaufman

August 26, 2020

Stephen R. Kaufman is an ophthalmologist specializing in retinal disease and is a clinical assistant professor at both Case Western Reserve University and Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. He is cochair of the Medical Research Modernization Committee, president of Vegetarian Advocates (a Cleveland-based group), and cochair of the Christian Vegetarian Association. He has written and lectured extensively on animal experimentation’s scientific shortcomings, diet and health, and Christian spirituality and vegetarianism.

Gary Kowalski

August 14, 2020

Reverend Gary Kowalski, a graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Divinity School, is author of The Souls of Animals and Goodbye Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet, as well as other books on spirituality, nature, history, and science. He has served congregations in Vermont, New Mexico, Washington, and Massachusetts. His website is kowalskibooks.com.

Lisa Kemmerer

August 14, 2020

Lisa Kemmerer (B.A. in international studies, Reed College; M.T.S. in comparative religions, Harvard Divinity School; Ph.D. in philosophy, University of Glasgow, Scotland) is a philosopher-activist, artist, and lover of wild places, who has hiked, biked, kayaked, backpacked, and traveled widely. Kemmerer recently retired as associate professor of philosophy and religions at Montana State University, Billings.

Thomas Keating

August 14, 2020

Fr. Thomas Keating was a founding member and the spiritual guide of Contemplative Outreach. He served on Contemplative Outreach’s Board of Trustees since the organization’s beginning and served as the Chairman of the Board. Fr. Keating was one of the principal architects and teachers of the Christian contemplative prayer movement. He lived for much of his life at St. Joseph’s Abbey, Massachusetts, and St. Benedict’s Monastery, Snowmass, Colorado. He died in 2018.

Syl Ko

August 14, 2020

Syl Ko studied philosophy at San Francisco State University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is currently working on a book exploring Wittgensteinian “forms of life” defenses of animal use, taking into account the racialization of the animal.

Aph Ko

August 14, 2020

Aph Ko is a writer and independent digital media producer. She is the founder of Black Vegans Rock and coauthor of Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters. Aph also served as the Associate Producer for the documentary Always in Season, which won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury award for Moral Urgency at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019.