On this show, we play the recording of a recent panel discussion, “One Year In: Reflections and the Ongoing Resistance” held on September 28, 2024 and hosted by Dr Leila Dehghan. In this conversation, the panel reflect on the televised genocide of the Palestinians, the silence within the vegan and animal rights movement, and discuss actionable steps for moving forward in solidarity. This panel discussion is available on YouTube as a video recording. If you’d like to watch that, please find it here. Dr Leila Dehghan, doctor turned plant-based nutritionist and the Founding Director of Plant-based Health Justice. Plant-based Health Justice’s initiatives include planetary health, animal justice, human health and racial justice. Joining Leila on the panel are: Anas Araft and Laura Schleifer, co-founders of Plant the Land, Akbar Ali, Director of Communications at APEX Advocacy and Wassem Hijazi, founder of Plant Based Arab and Vegans for Palestine. The panel mentioned two important fundraisers that directly support Gazans with food and essentials: Vegan for Gaza: https://4fund.com/xdh9gr Plant the Land Team: There’s a GoFundMe for water, food and essential items: link to GoFundMe here and the Gaza Winter Appeal link to Muslim Giving fundraiser here Connect with the panellists on Instagram and Facebook: Plant-based Health Justice: / plantbased_health_justice Vegans for Palestine: / vegansforpalestine Plant Based Arab / plantbasedarab APEX Advocacy: / apexadvocacy Plant the Land Team Gaza: / plantthelandteamgaza Music we played: Samer – World Goes Blind Nemahsis – Immigrant’s Tale Dami Falasteeni – My Blood is Palestinian Please contact the Freedom of Species team with any feedback at freedomofspecies@gmail.com Thank you for listening and supporting radical radio via 3CR Community Radio.
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