Our Supporters
Carol J. Adams
Carol J. Adams is a feminist-vegan advocate, activist, and independent scholar whose written work explores the cultural construction of intersectional oppressions. Through an analysis of attitudes, literary works, philosophical positions, and contemporary images culled from various media and advertising sources, Adams’ books The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory (1990), Neither Man Nor Beast: Feminism and the Defense of Animals (1994), and The Pornography of Meat (2003) theorize interconnected ways in which women and animals are subjugated and sexualized. She is also the co-editor of Animals and Women (1995) and The Feminist Care Tradition in Animal Ethics (2007) (both with Josephine Donovan), and has written extensively on vegetarianism and veganism. Her books Living Among Meat Eaters and How to Eat Like A Vegetarian even if You Don’t Want to Become One (co-authored with Patti Breitman) offer ways to embody feminist-vegan theory. She has also been an activist against domestic violence, racism, and homelessness, and for reproductive justice and fair housing practices.
Calling All Crows
Calling All Crows is a service organization that mobilizes musicians and fans to promote human rights.
Founded by musician Chad Stokes (State Radio, Dispatch) and tour manager Sybil Gallagher.
Calling All Crows engages music fans in service through a three-pronged approach to social change: humanitarian aid, hands on volunteerism, and issue advocacy.
Check out our interview with Calling All Crows’ Sybil Gallagher from August 2010!
Aaron Castro
Aaron Castro is a filmmaker from San Francisco. Aaron’s message: “Please be involved in our government in any way possible. Join organizations be they on neighborhood or national levels. Be involved in the arts and their preservation. Stand up for what is right and for what you believe in. Be engaged, be responsible, be creative and be good. Thank you for your time here at this site and seek for yourself.”
Lindsey Horvath
http://www.weho.org/index.aspx?page=117
Councilmember Lindsey Horvath was appointed to the West Hollywood City Council to fill the vacant seat of former City Councilmember Sal Guarriello who passed away in April 2009. Councilmember Horvath is an Entertainment Advertising Executive at Cold Open. She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame where she earned a bachelor’s of arts degree in Political Science and Gender Studies. She is a resident of West Hollywood and has been a community leader on a variety of issues. Councilmember Horvath is the immediate Past President of the National Organization for Women, Hollywood Chapter; former President of the National Women’s Political Caucus, NWPC-LA Westside; former chair of the City of West Hollywood’s Women’s Advisory Board; Board member of the West Hollywood Democratic Club; advocate for A Window Between Worlds; Board member of the Women’s Reproductive Rights Assistance Project; member of Planned Parenthood; member of Human Rights Watch; member of Amnesty International; and a member of the Human Rights Campaign.
Councilmember Horvath has also served on the Steering Committee for the West Hollywood Women’s Leadership Conference; the West Hollywood Plan B Access Committee; as well as the Producer of VDay & Until the Violence Stops Festival; Co-Founder of OBJECT: It’s How You Say It; and a community partner for the Equality for All Campaign.
Marti Kheel
Marti Kheel is a prominent scholar and activist in the areas of ecofeminism, animal advocacy and environmental ethics. Her articles have been widely published in journals and anthologies both within the United States and abroad. Her book, Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist Perspective has been hailed as a “groundbreaking contribution to the literature and a must read for anyone concerned with the links among environment ethics, animal liberation, and feminist critique of male cultural bias” (Rosemary Radford Ruether). She co-founded Feminists for Animal Rights in 1982 and holds a doctorate from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. Currently she is a visiting scholar at the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM), University of California, Berkeley. You can learn more about her work by visiting www.martikheel.com .
Zoe Nicholson
http://onlinewithzoe.typepad.com/
Activist, author, and speaker Zoe Nicholson‘s commitment to all facets of equal rights is unflappable and her contribution to the advancement of women’s rights is undeniable. Zoe was one of seven women who, in an act of conscience, fasted for 37 days to support ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Her memoir is The Hungry Heart ~ A Women’s Fast for Justice, from Lune Soleil Press. Zoe supported Civil Rights in the 60’s, lesbian rights and CA Prop 6 in the 70’s, and feminism in the 80’s. Marching on Pennsylvania Ave for LGBT rights on October 11, 2009 was just another pilgrimage on her path. Since 2001, she is founding partner and manages Eclipse Data Systems and Eclipse Global. She is a member of the ERA Roundtable, a life-long member of NOW and proud member of the Veteran Feminists of America.
Pete Stewart
A Grammy-winning producer and musician, Pete Stewart is well know for forming the band Grammatrain and for his solo work. Pete’s third solo album, Under North Sky, is available now!
The Material
Hailing from San Diego, CA The Material has catapulted into the national limelight of up-and-coming bands. With their debut EP release ‘Tomorrow’, The Material has effectively attracted attention from multiple media outlets including television, internet, radio, and even video games.
Fans of The Material have made their presence known by making The Material the number one unsigned band in San Diego Myspace’s music polls and by voting for The Material out of 4,000 bands to perform live on MTV’s Dew Circuit Breakout.
The Material’s song ‘Moving to Seattle’ is featured on the video game Rock Band, they have had songs featured on MTV’s ‘The Hills’, the WB’s ‘Sorority Forever’, and have had their video for the song ‘The Truth About Reality’ featured on MTV2. In March 2010, The Material released a new single called ‘What Happens Next’ which is now the opening theme song to the Australian Reality TV show Freshwater Blue.
With three national tours under their belt, The Material has created a huge underground following made up of extremely supportive fans. After self-booking a tour around the US and Canada last fall, The Material moved to Portland to write their new record and are currently recording their first full-length album. The new album drops in late 2010 and will be followed by a national CD release tour.
Vedera
At once aggressive, atmospheric, and emotionally forceful, Vedera is a four-piece indie rock band from Kansas City, MO. In 2006, the group released its first full-length album, The Weight of an Empty Room, and toured extensively during the subsequent months, including a co-headlining a tour with Dear and the Headlights. Vedera announced plans in early 2007 to return to the studio in the summer for work on a second album, which would mark the band’s first release for Epic Records. The final product, Stages, arrived in digital format in October 2009. Vocalist Kristen May describes the album as, “our blood, sweat, and tears over the past five years as a band on the road. It’s about our relationships to one another and the changes we’ve gone through.” Vedera has received great media attention, including spots on The Hills and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The group also continues to log numerous hours on the road, peforming on several Lilith Fair 2010 dates and touring with the likes of The All American Rejects, Matt Kearney, the Goo Goo Dolls, Jason Mraz, and more!
Zoe Weil
Zoe Weil is the co-founder and President of the Institute for Humane Education (IHE). IHE works to create a work in which we all live humanely, sustainably, and peaceably. In addition to creating IHE’s M.Ed. and certificate programs and leading IHE’sSowing Seeds and MOGO (Most Good) workshops, Zoe Weil is the author of The Power and Promise of Humane Education (2004) for educators, Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times (2003) for parents, and Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life (2009). She has also written books for young people, including Claude and Medea: The Hellburn Dogs (2007) about 12-year-old activists inspired by an eccentric substitute teacher who’s really a humane educator, and So, You Love Animals: An Action-Packed, Fun-Filled Book to Help Kids Help Animals (2004). She has written numerous articles on humane education and humane living and has appeared frequently on radio and television.
Michael McMeel
Angel Eyewear
