VEGETARIAN SUMMERFEST 2012 PROGRAM

Celebrating 38 Years of Advocating Healthy, Compassionate and Ecological Living

June 27 – July 1 ★ Johnstown, PA

38th Annual Conference of the North American Vegetarian Society GENERAL INFORMATION SPEAKERS

ANNOUNCEMENTS MEALS MARIBETH ABRAMS (CT) Certified Nutritional Consultant, Holistic Health Practitioner, Lifestyle Educator; Such as class changes, will be posted on bulletin Meals will be served Wednesday lunch through author, The 4-Ingredient Vegan and Tofu 1-2-3; NAVS board member; Associate Editor Vegetarian Voice boards in the Student Union Building and Living Sunday lunch in the cafeteria on the Student magazine; vegan for 19 years; mother of two teens, vegan since birth Learning Center. Please consult them daily. Union 2nd floor. Meals will be served at the following times: CHEF AJ (CA) Chef and culinary instructor, creator and co-producer of HealthyTasteofLA.com; author of NAVS’ INFORMATION DESK the popular book, UNPROCESSED: How to Achieve Vibrant Health and Your Ideal Weight 1st floor lobby of the Student Union Building. Breakfast: 7:30 – 8:30 AM DINA ARONSON, MS, RD (NJ) Iternationally-recognized nutritionist specializing in plant-based nutrition Lunch: 12:30 – 1:30 PM SUMMERFEST BADGES and community health; President of Welltech Solutions, a health and wellness consulting company, Must be worn for admission to all sessions. Dinner: 5:30 – 6:30 PM co-author of three nutrition books and is the recipient of numerous awards Farewell Dinner: 5:30 – 7:00 PM SUMMERFEST SESSIONS WILL BE HELD JONATHAN BALCOMBE, PHD (MD) Author, Pleasurable Kingdom: and the Nature of Feeling IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: We’re sorry, and beverages may NOT be Good, Second Nature: The Inner of Animals and scientific papers and lay-articles on behavior, taken out of the dining hall. humane education and animal research Classes, Lectures, Workshops Meals are prepared by the Food Service of the CHIP BALLEW (MO) Leader Veg. Club Ozarks; entertains/teaches juggling, flip stix, top & bubble tricks Living Learning Center: Heritage Hall A and B, & other toys/games; longtime vegan animal advocate University Room, Campus Room, Scholars University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, under the direction of award-winning Chef Mark Reinfeld Room, President’s Room, Board Room, College CAROLE BARAL, MS (NY) Certified Integral Yoga instructor for over 25 years; NAVS board member Room, Engineering and Science Building – of Vegan Fusion and assisted by Chef Chris Jolly of Live Jolly and Chef Kevin Archer with Auditorium, Room 200 NEAL BARNARD, MD (DC) President and Founder of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine guidance from NAVS. All food and meal related (PCRM); author of Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Plenary Presentations questions should be directed to the NAVS staff Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs and 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart: Boost Metabolism, Lower Cholesterol, Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center members at the (signed) NAVS table, and not to and Dramatically Improve Your Health the University’s food service personnel. Food Demonstrations CAROL H. BARNETT, PhD, JD (NY) Co–coordinator, Rochester Area Veg. Soc.; mother of three vegan children Heritage Hall C, Living Learning Center MEAL TICKETS Are required to enter the cafeteria. Treat them TED D. BARNETT, MD (NY) Board certified interventional and diagnostic radiologist; co–coordinator, Morning Yoga as you would cash. There is a charge to replace Rochester Area Veg. Soc.; father of three vegan children Heritage Hall A, Living Learning Center lost tickets. RYNN BERRY (NY) NAVS historical advisor; author, Food for The Gods: and the World’s Exercise Classes SINGLES Religions, Famous Vegetarians and Their Favorite Recipes, and Hitler: Neither Vegetarian Nor Animal Lover Terrace Room, Living Learning Center There are designated tables at meals for those and others Studio Theatre, Pasquerilla Performing Arts who are interested in meeting other singles. Also, Center, Outside as designated see singles bulletin board in Student Union. JOHN BOLUS (FL) America’s sole instructor, Chinese Wand Exercise; ranked 1st in his state’s 5K races Singles activities/events are open to ALL adult for 65–69 age group, 5th in Nat’l Sr. Olympics; professional keyboard musician Children’s Center singles, regardless of age, sexual orientation, Laurel Hall Lower Lounge ableness, ethnic or religious persuasion. PATTI BREITMAN (CA) Co-author of How to Eat Like a Vegetarian, Even If You Never Want To Be One and How to Say No Without Feeling Guilty; Founder and Director of the Marin Vegetarian Education Group SWIMMING & FITNESS Youth Activities HAROLD BROWN (NY) President, Farm Kind, Ltd.; raised on a cattle farm in Michigan and spent half Laurel Hall Lounge, Outside as designated Zamias Aquatic Center pool hours: of his in agriculture; appears in the film, Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home, where he tells the See separate Children/Youth Program for activities Wednesday 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM powerful story of his transformation from “beef” farmer to vegan farm animal advocate 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM Evening Social Activities Thursday 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM JENNY BROWN (NY) Co-Founder and Director of the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, a farm animal Heritage Hall, Living Learning Center 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM shelter; went undercover in Texas to film farmed animal abuse; author of the forthcoming book, The Lucky Ones: My Passionate Fight for Farm Animals Film Screenings Friday 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Engineering & Science Building – Auditorium, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM KAREN BUDKIE (OH) An avid freecycling, recycling, reusing, composting vegan activist for Blackington Hall, Room 138 Saturday & Sunday Times To Be Announced over three decades; co–founder (1996) and operations manager of Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! (SAEN) (Times may vary, always check in advance for any changes – THE NAVS BOOKSTORE dial hotline: 2002) MICHAEL BUDKIE, AHT (OH) Co-Founder & Executive Director of Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! (SAEN), Located in the Cambria Room, Student Union. which has been successful in terminating animal research projects Exhibits will be in the Student Union Main Lobby. Adults: Living Learning Fitness Center offers 24–hour–a–day use of weight training machines DREENA BURTON (CANADA) Author of 4 vegan cookbooks charting her journey as a cook and at-home and cardiovascular equipment. mother of three, including her newest, Let Them Eat Vegan: 200 Deliciously Satisfying Plant-Powered Recipes for the Whole Family

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PAULETTE CHANDLER, MD (MA) Graduate Princeton University, Duke Medical School & Harvard School SHARON GREENSPAN, CHHP, HTP, MED (VA) Author, Eating Your Way To Health Workbook, Wildly of Public Health; practices internal medicine at Brigham & Women’s Hosp.; Harvard Med. School faculty; Successful Fermenting, Raw and Living Food Basics, and Warming Winter Recipes; board certified as a Dir., Natural Healing Pathways, Inc., providing holistic approaches to helping people with chronic diseases Holistic Health Practitioner and raw food chef

TINA CHIU, MPH, RD (TAIWAN) Registered dietitian; Secretary General for Taiwan Vegetarian Nutrition MICHAEL GREGER, MD (MD) Director, Public Health & Animal Agriculture, Humane Society of the U.S.; Society; researcher with the Tzu Chi Health study – a prospective cohort looking into health outcomes of graduate Cornell’s College of Agriculture & Tuft’s Univ. of Medicine; nationally known speaker on public vegetarians in Taiwan; co-author of the cookbook, Vegetarians from the Heart health & social justice issues; author, Carbophobia: The Scary Truth about America’s Low-Carb Craze and Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching CLIFTON, MD (MI) Practices internal medicine in Northern Michigan where she teaches her patients about the importance of following a plant-based diet; Nutrition Consultant for Cancer Survivor’s LEE HALL, JD (PA) Vice President of legal affairs for ; author, On Their Own Terms: Group; conducting a study researching the effects of plant-based diets on arthritis and fibromyalgia Bringing Animal-Rights Philosophy Down to Earth and Capers in the Churchyard: Animal Rights Advocacy in the Age of Terror; co-author, Dining With Friends: The Art of North American Vegan Cuisine JOSEPH CONNELLY (CA) Serial entrepreneur and cereal eater who ran a successful music collectibles business for 15 years before turning his talent to ; founder VegNews; in 2010 VegNews began AMIE HAMLIN (NY) Executive Director of New York Coalition for Healthy School Food; wrote NYS Legislative leading vegan tours, and to date he has traveled to India, Thailand and Bali Resolution which requested vegan entrees each day and nutrition education that includes information on multi-cultural and vegetarian/vegan eating styles FRAN COSTIGAN (NY) Internationally recognized culinary instructor, teaches at the Institute of Culinary Education and the Natural Gourmet Institute; author of More Great Good Dairy-Free Desserts Naturally LARA HEIMANN MS, PT, RYT (NJ) Registered Yoga Teacher, with over 15 years of yoga teaching experience; her teaching style, YogaStream, is a fun-filled sweatfest that combines precise alignment with EILEEN WIEDER CRONE, MS, RD, RYT (PA) Registered dietitian with master’s degree in nutrition; playful and creative sequencing to elevate the heart rate and calm the mind registered yoga teacher; ACSM–certified health/fitness specialist and raw food educator ALEX HERSHAFT, Ph.D (DC) Founded FARM (Farm ); launched World Farm MARTY DAVEY, RD, MS (PA) Dietitian at Wordsworth Academy, a residential treatment facility for older Animals Day; the Great American Meatout and other programs youths and teens with behavioral issues, and The Lodge at Woodloch (a top 10 destination spa); writer for VegFamily.com and Vegan Culinary Experience JULIEANNA HEVER, MS, RD, CPT (CA) Best-selling author, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition and co-author, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Gluten-Free Vegan Cooking; Executive Director of BRENDA DAVIS, RD (CANADA) Registered dietitian, co-author of: Becoming Raw, Becoming Vegan, EarthSave, Intl; recently featured on The Doctor Oz Show Becoming Vegetarian, The New Becoming Vegetarian, The Raw Food Revolution Diet, Defeating Diabetes and Dairy-free and Delicious, lead dietitian in a diabetes intervention project in Majuro, Marshall Islands CHRIS HIRSCHLER, Ph.D, CHES (NJ) Assistant professor of Health Studies at Monmouth University; author of What Pushed Me Over the Edge Was A Deer Hunter. ANNE DINSHAH (NY) Lifetime vegan and third generation vegetarian; author of Healthy Hearty Helpings and the just released Dating Vegans: Recipes for Relationships; co-author of The 4-Ingredient Vegan , PHD (MA) Professor of Psychology and Sociology, UMass-Boston; author, Strategic Action for Animals and Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to FREYA DINSHAH (NJ) President, The American Vegan Society: editor, American Vegan magazine; author, The Vegan Kitchen, Vegetarian Cooking for 100; lecturer & teacher; lifetime vegetarian (53 years vegan) MICHAEL KLAPER, MD (CA) Staff physician at the True North Health Center, a nutritionally-based medical clinic specializing in health improvement through therapeutic fasting and a whole-foods, plant-based diet GEORGE EISMAN, RD (NY) Nutrition Director of The Coalition for Cancer Prevention Through Plant-Based Eating; Co-Founder Vegetarian Nutrition Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association; author of DAN LADERMAN (CA) Co-Director of Living Light Culinary Institute and President of the Institute for The Most Noble Diet, A Basic Course in Vegetarian and Vegan Nutrition and Don’t Let Your Diet Add to Vibrant Living, which produces educational health events worldwide; certified Hippocrates Health Educator Your Cancer Risk JAMES LAVECK (NY) Co–founder of Tribe of Heart, a non–profit organization that creates award–winning, STEPHAN ESSER, USPTA, MD (MA) Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School; resident physician at life–changing films; producer of The Witness and Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home and co–creator Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital; member of the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine in Boston, educating, of HumaneMyth.org empowering and motivating individuals to achieve their best health; a lifelong vegetarian/vegan VANCE LEHMKUHL (PA) Vegan columnist (“V for Veg”) for the Philadelphia Daily News; cartoonist; JOANN FARB (KS) Author, Compassionate Souls – Raising the Next Generation to Change the World and founding member of vegetarian pop band Green Beings; creator of “Edgy Veggies” cartoon for VegNews; Get Off Gluten; mother of two daughters, vegan since birth author, Joy of Soy; feature writer for Vegetarian Voice magazine

ALLISON MEMMO GEIGER (PA) Board member of Peace Advocacy Network, where she educates about BOB LEROY, RD, MS, EDM (NY/NC) NAVS Nutrition Advisor; vegan since 1976; public health nutritionist, the benefits of a vegan lifestyle; mother of 2 vegan children researcher and fitness instructor

REBECCA GILBERT (PA) A former competitive figure skater who healed her body by switching to a plant- ISABEL MARMOLEJO, MAT (NJ) Certified Zumba Fitness instructor, Gold’s Gym instructor, creator of based diet; founder of Yummy Plants, an online community to help connect and support others who are instructional dance videos exploring a plant-based lifestyle PARAS MEHTA, MD (NC) Physician, acupuncturist, musician, presenter, meditator; his special interests include food as medicine, pain management and nutrition; blends a knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, ayurvedic and allopathic approaches

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MILTON MILLS, MD (VA) Associate Director of Preventive Medicine, Physician’s Committee for CHERIE SORIA (CA) Founder and Director of Living Light Culinary Institute; internationally known chef Responsible Medicine; co-author of PCRM’s report on Racial and Ethnic Bias in the U.S. Dietary Guidelines teaching gourmet raw vegan cuisine for over 30 years; author of classic Angel Foods: Healthy Recipes for Heavenly Bodies and Raw Food Revolution Diet: Feast, Lose Weight, Gain Energy, Feel Younger DAWN MONCRIEFFE, MA (DC) Founding director of a Well–Fed World, a food justice and animal protection organization; educates people about the impact of increasing production on global JENNY STEIN (NY) Co–founder of Tribe of Heart, a non–profit organization that creates award–winning, hunger, climate change and oil scarcity life–changing films; producer of The Witness, and Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home and co–creator of HumaneMyth.org VICTORIA MORAN (NY) Motivational speaker and metaphysical life coach; author of eleven books, including: The Love-Powered Diet: Eating for Freedom, Health & Joy, and Living a Charmed Life sequel to KATHY STEVENS (NY) Founder and Director of the Catskill Animal Sanctuary, a shelter for horses and her best-selling Creating a Charmed Life and the just released Main Street Vegan farmed animals, author of Where the Blind Horse Sings and Animal Camp

JILL NUSSINOW, MS, RD (CA) Nutrition specialist and culinary educator, author of 2 award-winning WILL TUTTLE, PHD (CA) Author of the best-selling book, The World Peace Diet, award-winning writer; cookbooks, The New Fast Food: The Veggie Queen Pressure Cooks Whole Food Meals in Less than 30 pianist and composer Minutes and The Veggie Queen: Vegetables Get the Royal Treatment; teacher at the McDougall program ROBERT VICTOR (CA) Former staff astronomer, Abrams Planetarium, Michigan State University MYRIAM PARHAM, RD, CDE, CLC (FL) Clinical dietitian & certified diabetes educator at the Florida Hospital Zephyrhills, Seventh Day Adventist Hospital; certified lactation consultant; mother of a vegan child CHRISTINE WALTERMEYER (NJ) Founder and Director of The Natural Kitchen Cooking School; chef and teacher, specializing in macrobiotic, vegan and raw foods cuisines; author, Natural Vegan Kitchen COLLEEN PATRICK-GOUDREAU (CA) Inspiring public speaker on the spiritual, social, and practical aspects of a vegan lifestyle; author, The Joy of Vegan Baking, The Vegan Table, Color Me Vegan, and MICHAEL WEBER (DC) Program director of Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM) The 30-Day Vegan Challenge; host of the podcast Vegetarian Food for Thought; columnist for VegNews magazine

DORON PETERSAN (DC) Founder Sticky Fingers bakery; vegan baker extraordinaire; author of Sticky Fingers’ Sweets: 100 Super-Secret Vegan Recipes; winner of the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars All-Stars; holds a degree in dietetics ENTERTAINMENT KRISTIN STAR PICUN (NJ) Long-time Vegetarian/Vegan and Animal Rights Activist, as well as a singer, ELIZABETH BARNETT (NY) plays piano, cello and sings; lifetime vegan writer, college radio show host and aspiring actor; recently started the North Jersey Animal Rights Coalition REBECCA BARNETT (NY) plays piano, violin, guitar and sings; lifetime vegan JOHN PIERRE (IL/CA) Personal trainer for Ellen DeGeneres; vegan nutrition and fitness consultant who lectures throughout the US sharing the principles of compassionate living to people of all ages; best JOHN BOLUS (FL) professional keyboard player known for his innovative work helping older adults enhance cognitive functioning, and his fun, yet effective approach to functional fitness SAMMI FARB (KS) (age 14) Suzuki violinist, lifetime vegan

KATHY POLLARD, MCN Candidate (PA) Instructor for eCornell’s T. Colin Campbel Plant-Based Nutrition SARINA FARB (KS) pianist 9 years, lifetime vegan Certification Course and owner of the Wellness Forum in State College, teaching health through a plant- based diet and lifestyle DJ JOHNNY V (OH) vegan dee–jay

STEPHANIE REDCROSS (CA) Founder and Managing Director of Vegan Mainstream (VM) – a marketing SKYLER LEHMKUHL (PA) actor, singer, fiddle player and computer programmer company that strives to bring vegan and veg companies and their services into the mainstream VANCE LEHNKUHL (PA) cartoonist, songwriter and pianist ALLISON RIVERS SAMSON (CA) Since 1997, she has been pleasing palates with her award-winning vegan bakery, confectionary & chocolaterie, Allison’s Gourmet; writes the award-winning recipe column, SARAH SCHLUETER EISMAN (NY) (age 17) vocalist; lifetime vegan “Veganize It!” for VegNews magazine WILL TUTTLE , PhD (CA) award–winning writer, pianist and composer KERRIE SAUNDERS, MS, LLP, PHD (MI) Author, The Vegan Diet as Chronic Disease Prevention; VegNews magazine’s “Dear Dr. Kerrie;” Master’s level psychologist; Functional Food Consultant; certified FLT health SANDY YAGENDORF (MA) classic pianist, has played all over the world care provider performing everything from Bach to Jazz ROBERTA SCHIFF, MS (NY) Vice president, Mid–Hudson Veg. Soc.; health educator; nutrition counselor

RAE SIKORA (NM) Co-Founder of Plant Peace Daily, Vegfund and the Institute for Humane Education; she leads compassionate living and ethical consumerism programs for diverse audiences ranging from schools and prisons to businesses and universities

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Learn how to become an – Paras Mehta, MD (40 min) “first–timers” and attendees who are new to exemplary role model for the cause) 7:15 PM – OPENING PLENARY SESSION vegetarianism – Led by Maribeth Abrams – Julieanna Hever, MS, RD, CPT Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center 9:20 PM – GET ACQUAINTED PARTY Piano Prelude Heritage Hall - Living Learning Center 2:45 - 3:45 PM Heritage Hall B – Performed by Sarina & Sammi Farb Time to have fun, meet other attendees and Heritage Hall A Why Raw Foods? – Dan Ladermann dance to music provided by vegan DJ Johnny V. Dissolving Your Sugar Habit (Constantly craving Emcee – Maribeth Abrams Light refreshments available. sweets? Uncover what drives your unhealthy University Room food cravings and learn about food choices to Secrets to Creating Fabulous Condiments, The North American Vegetarian Society 9:45 – 11:00 PM – EVENING SKY WATCHING increase your energy, health and joy) Dressings and Sauces Welcomes You Meet at the Front Entrance to – Sharon Greenspan, CHHP, HTP, M.ED – Christine Waltermeyer Living Learning Center Campus Room Guide to Summerfest, Announcements The Moon and Saturn with its rings will be Heritage Hall B Communicating with Locavores, Carnists, – Carole Baral quite impressive (Mars and Mercury will also Identifying and Using Wild Edibles to Friends and Family – Rae Sikora visible) – Led by Robert Victor Supplement Your Diet (includes a slow walk Love Stories from the Animal World: True around building) – George Eisman, RD Scholars Room Accounts of Animals Loving Within and Beyond Creating A New Culture Of Peace (Our Their Own Species – Rae Sikora (30 min) University Room culture’s relentless killing of animals for food The Interconnectedness of Life (Sometimes causes damage to our outer world and to our we take for granted the amazing and psychological, spiritual, and cultural health. wonderful dynamic that binds all life together. Learn about the hidden ramifications of our food Let’s explore the meanings of truly being choices and how we can heal this and create a THURSDAY, JUNE 28 interconnected to each other, non-humans, new culture of freedom, abundance, and peace) and the planet. The more we deepen our – Dr. Will Tuttle 3:00 – 4:00 AM – PREDAWN SKY WATCHING 6:15 – 7:15 AM – EXERCISE understanding and connection the more full Meet at the Front Entrance to Volleyball Net (South side of Engineering & and peaceful our lives become) - Harold Brown President’s Room Living Learning Center Science Building) Founding and Running a Small Non-Profit See good views of the Milky Way in a dark Boot Camp: Fun & Effective Sports and Campus Room Organization for Animals as a Family (How moonless sky Conditioning for all Fitness Levels Raw Vegan Career Choices – Chef Cherie Soria to be a national player without starting a – Led by Robert Victor (Please bring water and appropriate footwear) bureaucracy) – Karen & Michael Budkie – John Pierre & Anne Dinshah Scholars Room 4:30 – 5:00 AM – PREDAWN SKY WATCHING Traveling Vegan: Business or Pleasure EXERCISE Meet at the flagpole near Blackington Hall 6:30 – 7:30 AM – YOGA (including road trips and how to eat well) Meet in front of Living Learning Center Venus will show an impressive crescent phase, Heritage Hall A - Amie Hamlin Hiking - All levels. Explore the trails that surround and Jupiter its four bright moons (You may want to bring a blanket or towel) the area (please bring water and appropriate – Led by Robert Victor – Eileen Wieder Crone, MS, RD, RYT-500 President’s Room footwear) – John Pierre Spreading Our Message: Getting News 4:00 – 5:00 PM 6:00 – 6:40 AM – EXERCISE 6:50 – 7:20 AM – EXERCISE Coverage for Animal Rights/Vegetarian Issues Meet in front of Living Learning Center Lobby Living Learning Center – Michael Budkie WELCOME SUMMERFEST SINGLES! Board Room / Living Learning Center Exerstriding (Use synergistic resistance to build Chinese Wand Exercise: This Ancient Practice strength, stamina and endurance) – John Bolus is Stimulating, Gentle & Safe (You may want to College Room Come meet and get to know other veggie friendly singles at Vegetarian Summerfest 2012. bring a towel or blanket) – John Bolus The Four Most Famous Vegetarians of the Last 6:00 – 7:15 AM – BIRD WALK Three Millennia: Pythagoras, the Buddha, (Have no fear – the singles program is not about matchmaking, it is simply a venue for meeting Meet in front of the Living Learning Center 8:40 AM – PLENARY Jesus and Leonardo da Vinci. (Learn how these Emphasis will be on identifying by their Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center four gigantic cultural figures have left a lasting other attendees who are experiencing some of the same issues, living single as a vegan/ calls (Binoculars optional, but desirable) ethical vegetarian stamp on the history of – Ted Barnett Emcee: Sue Speck human culture) – Rynn Berry vegetarian/veggie-curious in today’s society) – Led by Karen Schiltz The Exciting Growth of Vegetarianism in Taiwan 3:00 – 3:30 PM – EXERCISE 5:00 TO 5:30 – SINGLES WALK - Tina Chiu, MPH, RD (20 min) Terrace Room / Living Learning Center Meet in front of the Living Learning Center for Chinese Wand Exercise: This Ancient Practice a walk around the beautiful campus with fellow Vegan Dining at the Academy of Culinary Arts is Stimulating, Gentle & Safe (You may want to singles before going to dinner. - Freya Dinshah (20 min) bring a towel or blanket) – John Bolus – Led by Karen Schiltz

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Ethical Food Selection and Noble Eating Heritage Hall B Heritage Hall A 3:00 – 4:00 PM - George Eisman, RD (15 min.) Brilliant Birds, Einstein Elephants (Intelligence, The Power of Fermented Foods and How to Engineering & Science Building – Auditorium creativity and caring in the non-human world. Use Them (Probiotics are hot right now and Sun Power: Explore the Benefits of Vitamin 10:00 – 11:00 AM We are part of a big extended family we know getting them from foods, not supplements might D in Improving Overall Health and Preventing Engineering & Science Building – Auditorium very little about. Our language and actions be the best and easiest way for you. A variety Disease (Vitamin D deficiency is related to The Energetic Case for a Plant-based Lifestyle often reflect this lack of knowledge. While of fermented foods will be reviewed, including the onset and progression of various chronic (from an Acupuncture perspective) intelligence is not a measure of worth, our lack what they are and how to eat and use them diseases. Review strategies to get the most – Paras Mehta, MD of understanding about non-human intelligence daily. The benefits and drawbacks of food versus benefit from the sun in the safest manner) is often how we justify treating animals as supplements will also be discussed. Learn how – Paulette Chandler, MD Heritage Hall A non-feeling, non-thinking objects. Come hear to make your own fermented vegetables. No Raw Foods for Health, Beauty and Longevity incredible and moving true accounts of our actual preparation will be done in this class.) Heritage Hall A – Chef Cherie Soria amazing animal relatives) – Rae Sikora – Jill Nussinow, MS, RD The Biggest Winners: Lessons Learned from Food & Fitness Consultation Clients (Clients Heritage Hall B University Room Heritage Hall B share their success stories - diet, fitness, Toward Justice for Animals (How to recognize Changing Food in Schools (A presentation and A Cultural Phenomena: The Water Repentance emotions and mind set are all addressed) and participate in authentic forms of justice discussion session) Performance – The Story of 30,000 People – John Pierre activism that lay the foundations for revolutionizing – Amie Hamlin Collectively Becoming Vegetarian (The Water our society’s relationship to animals) Repentance Sutra, a story in Buddhist text was Heritage Hall B – James LaVeck Campus Room re-written into a musical play that creatively Transitioning to A New Way of Eating: The Art The Water Cure Physicians (The pivotal role incorporated the renowned Taiwanese Cloud- of Living as a Vegetarian/Vegan/Raw Foodist University Room they played in promulgating vegetarianism, Gate dance group, modern dance, Taiwanese (Learn how to negotiate work parties, family Are Humans Designed to Eat Meat: Part 1 hydrotherapy, and rawfoodism in 19th century opera, soft opera style acting, and sign-language gatherings, eating out. Common questions such – Milton Mills, MD America) – Rynn Berry choir. All performers, both professionals and as: Does organic make a difference? How long community members needed to observe a will it take to change? will be addressed with Campus Room Scholars Room vegetarian diet for at least 108 days lasting particular emphasis on emotional and social I’m Not Dead, Yet: Nutrition for the Over 50 Crowd So You Want to Write A Book (A former literary until the end of performance - with many vowing issues) – Sharon Greenspan, CHHP, HTP, M.ED – Marty Davey, MS, RD agent (Patti) and author of 11 books (Victoria) afterward to be life long vegetarians. Learn share what they know about creating a book that about all the other changes this extraordinary University Room Scholars Room publishers want and readers will buy. Explore self performance created and how it transformed a Meat Eating and The Biology of Disgust Advocacy, Social Media, and the Promotion publishing vs. big publishers. Small publishers country) – Tina Chiu, MPH, RD – Milton Mills, MD of Plant-based Diets (Learn how to utilize vs. the dream of big name success and what it Facebook, YouTube, Xtranormal, and other takes to get a contract) University Room Campus Room technologies to expand your reach and take – Patti Breitman and Victoria Moran Can Desserts Have A Place In A Healthy The Metaphysics of Food (This presentation advantage of cost effective, Internet-based Whole Foods Based Vegan Diet? (Are vegan will explore the healing power of food and the methods of advancing the promotion of plant- President’s Room desserts forbidden, or is it possible to be eating importance of our attitudes while preparing based diets) – Chris Hirschler, PhD, MCHES Lifelong Animal Activism: Staying in the Fight a whole foods plant based vegan diet and have and eating food, focusing on the metaphysical (Learn from a 25+ year activist how to handle a birthday or wedding cake, a holiday dessert or dimensions of food, eating, agriculture, and food 10:00 – 12 NOON – FOOD DEMONSTRATION frustrations and avoid burnout, to continue a cupcake too? Learn all about this hot button production) – Will Tuttle, PhD Heritage Hall C making a difference for animals) topic) – Chef Fran Costigan Are You Ready to go UNPROCESSED: Whole – Michael Budkie Scholars Room Food Plant-based Recipes with No Sugar, Oil or Campus Room Prenatal and Breastfeeding Nutrition Salt – Chef AJ Terrace Room / Living Learning Center Animal People, Vegetable People: What Can – Myriam Parham, RD, CDE, CLC YogaStream (A fun-filled sweatfest that combines Animal Advocates and Vegetarians Learn From 11:15 – 12:15 PM precise alignment with playful and creative Each Other? – Lee Hall, JD Studio Theatre Engineering & Science Building – Auditorium sequencing to elevate the heart rate and calm Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center Diet and Cancer: Exploring the Links Between the mind - Please bring a mat) – Lara Heimann Scholars Room ZUMBA (This Latin inspired fitness program Diet and the Promotion of Cancer Growth Living in Balance – Yoga and Ayurveda to combines dance and aerobic elements. Zumba’s – Mary Clifton, MD 1:45 – 2:45 PM Nourish the Body and Mind choreography incorporates hip-hop, samba, Engineering & Science Building – Auditorium – Eileen Weider-Crone, RD, DS, ERYT-500 salsa, merengue, mambo, martial arts and some Heritage Hall A Maximizing the Protective Capacity of a Plant- Bollywood and belly dance moves. Appropriate Plant-Based Losers: Winning at Weight Loss based Diet (Learn about the pros and cons of a 2:00 – 4:00 PM - FOOD DEMONSTRATION for all fitness levels. For ages 12 and up – with a Plant-Based Diet variety of eating patterns and how to construct Heritage Hall C Sneakers required) – Isabel Marmolejo – Julieanna Hever, MS, RD, CPT a diet that will provide the greatest protective Plant-Powered Dinners and Desserts capacity. This session will focus on practical ways – Dreena Burton 4:15 – 5:15 PM to minimize harmful dietary components and Engineering & Science Building – Auditorium maximize those which have proven to be most Does Spinach Help a Backache: Plant-Based effective for optimal health and disease risk Nutrition and Pain Management reduction) – Brenda Davis, RD – Paras Mehta, MD

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Heritage Hall A The Most Perfect Diet – Julieanna Hever, MS, 6:00 – 6:40 AM – EXERCISE Scholars Room Basic Nutrition for Vegetarians, Vegans, and RD, CPT (20 min) Meet in front of the Living Learning Center Grief of Animal Activism: Dealing with the Everyone Else Exerstriding (Use synergistic resistance to build Challenging Personal Issues Caused by Caring – George Eisman, RD Does Meat Mess With Your Head? – strength, stamina and endurance) – John Bolus About Animals (Whether you work on factory Draw-a-long – Vance Lehmkuhl (20 min) farming, animal experimentation, circuses, or Heritage Hall B Think or Swim: The Mental Lives of Fishes (This 6:00 – 7:15 AM – BIRD WALK some other form of exploitation, they all are Stocking Your Vegan Pantry richly illustrated presentation will outline the Meet in front of the Living Learning Center depressing and stressful issues that can take – Christine Waltermeyer remarkable capacities of fishes, an enormously Emphasis will be on identifying birds by their a heavy toll on us personally. Learn how to sur- diverse group of vertebrates that have been calls (Binoculars optional, but desirable) vive) – Michael Budkie University Room utterly misunderstood by humankind) – Ted Barnett & Jonathan Balcombe Feast, Lose Weight, Gain Energy with Raw Foods – Jonathan Balcombe, PhD (30 min) President’s Room – Dan Ladermann 6:15 – 7:15 AM – EXERCISE How do we Vegetarians Look, as Portrayed in If I Wasn’t Meant to Fly I Wouldn’t Have These Volleyball Net (South side of Engineering & Corporate and Online Media? – Lee Hall, JD Campus Room Wings (dedicated to in cages) Science Building) Future Trends: Meat, Hunger, and Population – Sarah Schlueter Eisman Boot Camp: Fun & Effective Sports and Con- 10:00 – 11:00 AM (Find out why global meat consumption is ditioning for all Fitness Levels (Please bring Engineering & Science Building – Auditorium predicted to double over the next 50 years due to Dollars and Salad: The Economics of Personal water and appropriate footwear) Latest in Nutrition 2011: Review of the Most increasing population and increasing per person Choice! (How do personal choices contribute – John Pierre & Anne Dinshah Important Research Published in Peer-Reviewed consumption. Find out how meat consumption to healthcare spending in America? How much Scientific Nutrition Journals from Summer 2010 and the scarcity it creates undermines hunger- do preventable diseases contribute to cost? 6:30 - 7:30 AM – YOGASTREAM to Summer 2011 – Michael Greger, MD alleviation efforts. Examine also how reversing Can plant based nutrition reduce healthcare Heritage Hall A America’s “overconsumption” is a powerful tool expenditures? Explore the science, review the A fun-filled sweatfest that combines precise Heritage Hall A for change) – Dawn Moncrieffe, MA stats, be prepared to engage in the national alignment with playful and creative sequenc- Fermented Foods: What You Need to Know dialogue) – Stephan Esser, MD (30 min) ing to elevate the heart rate and calm the and How to Make Them (Learn how fermented Scholars Room mind (You may want to bring a mat, blanket or foods aid digestion and build immunity, and Public Speaking for Educators & Activists Intermission (5 min) towel) – Lara Heimann why we’re hearing more about them in today’s – Victoria Moran society. The different kinds of fermented foods 9:30 PM 6:50 – 7:20 AM – EXERCISE – and why some are better than others – will be President’s Room (or immediately after the plenary session) Lobby Living Learning Center addressed) – Sharon Greenspan, CHHP, HTP, MEd How to Live on an Activist’s Salary: Eating like Piano Passion: Concert For A New World Chinese Wand Exercise: This Ancient Practice a King While Earning like a Pauper (Everyone – Performed by Will Tuttle is Stimulating, Gentle & Safe (You may want to Heritage Hall B who works on behalf of the earth and animals Enjoy a delightful musical concert for world bring a towel or blanket) – John Bolus To Buy or Not to Buy (Should vegans support has to learn how to live as economically as peace and for celebrating the beauty of the new vegan products from big conglomerates – possible. Whether working for a non-profit, or Earth. Rooted in ancient sacred traditions 8:45 AM – 9:45 AM or save their dollars for true-blue vegan fitting activism into your free time, we all need to that see music as a vehicle of consciousness, Heritage Hall A businesses? What choices can we make as con- economize drastically. Learn from an expert) this concert of uplifting original piano music Vegan Fashion, Beauty, and Style – Victoria Moran sumers to limit the ill effects of consumerism, – Karen Budkie generates a field of healing and insight. and/or drive positive product trends? Come and Combined with visionary art by Madeleine Tuttle, Heritage Hall B discuss these issues and get some new ideas Terrace Room / Living Learning Center a vegan nature artist, this event will be inspiring Prostate Cancer and Plant-Based Nutrition on putting your money where your mouth – and Gentle Chair Yoga (A multilevel class will include and uplifting! (The big C-word! Come learn the basic science your heart – are) – Vance Lehmkuhl (moderator), adaptive positions, with or without the use of a about prostate cancer and why plant-based Lee Hall, Amie Hamlin & Rae Sikora chair, for breathing and deep relaxation) Heritage Hall nutrition may just be a must-do preventive tool – Carole Baral Get Together for every man) – Stephan Esser, MD University Room Light refreshments available. Who They Are, and Why They Matter (The lives 5:00 – 5:30 PM – SINGLES VOLLEYBALL GAME University Room of the cows, pigs, chickens, horses and turkeys Volleyball Net (South side of Engineering & 9:45 – 11:00 PM – EVENING SKY WATCHING Ask the Kids: Growing Up Vegan (Learn about fortunate enough to live in the protection of a Science Building) Meet at the Front Entrance to what it is like to be raised vegan. Bring your sanctuary are compared and contrasted with Let’s have some fun while getting our metabolism Living Learning Center questions to ask them directly what worked, the lives of those grown to feed human beings. revved before dinner! Inexperienced players are The Moon and Saturn with its rings will be and what didn’t. How did they handle specific This session will inspire vegheads to stay on the welcome! – Coordinator Karen Schiltz quite impressive challenges?) – JoAnn Farb (moderator) Aidan path, and encourage the veg-curious to join us!) (Mars and Mercury will also visible) DeRicco, Sammi Farb, Meara Hamlin, Keegan – Kathy Stevens 7:15 PM – PLENARY – Led by Robert Victor Ostler, Meena Potter and Sarah Schleuter Eisman Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center Musical Prelude – Rebecca Barnett Campus Room Chemistry for Understanding Nutrition – Emcee – Vance Lehmkuhl Antioxidants & Phytochemicals – Milton Mills, MD

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Campus Room 11:15 – 12:30 PM Campus Room Campus Room Food is No Joke, But Laughter is Medicine University Room Navigating Nutrition Labels on Food Products: Obesity and Weight Loss: Question & Answer (With humor and humility, we will share stories Breaking Down, or Breaking Through? How How to Read Between the Lines (and which Session (Get your unresolved questions of triumph and failure around our food choices. Disillusionment and Disempowerment can be lines to ignore) – George Eisman, RD answered) – Bob LeRoy, RD, MS, EDM Jokes about food will set the mood for a light- Transformed into Breakthrough Opportunities for hearted look at people who don’t understand us Personal Growth – James LaVeck Scholars Room Scholars Room and food policies that give us heartburn. We will Act with a Famous Vegetarian (Class volun- Teach Your Kids to Cook: A Lesson for Parents explore how to use humor to keep our balance COMMUNITY OUTREACH: MAKING A DIFFERENCE teers will get to perform supporting roles in 5 (Kids may attend) in this crazy world) – Patti Breitman President’s Room one act plays about Leonardo da Vinci, Dr John – Freya Dinshah and Anne Dinshah Local Vegetarian Groups: Starting One & Harvey Kellogg, Jesus, the Buddha, Leo Tolstoy, Scholars Room Keeping it Alive (Discussion) Pythagoras, and Sir Paul McCartney) President’s Room Let Them Eat Greens! (How to incorporate – Ted Barnett (moderator) Carol Barnett, Amie – Playwright Rynn Berry Gross Things That Happen When You Eat Bad greens in your daily fare, including with smooth- Hamlin, Kristin Star Picun & Roberta Schiff Food (For young people: teens and college age) ies) – Dreena Burton CIRCUS TRICKS PLAYSHOP – Kathy Pollard, MCN Candidate 1:45 – 2:45 PM Meet in front of Owen Library College Room Engineering & Science Building – Auditorium Learn to balance on a rola-bola, spin a diab- Studio Theatre Relationship Issues Workshop: Tips on improv- Inflammation as Health Enemy #1: How to pre- olo, juggle (those who can juggle could learn Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center ing your dating – Anne Dinshah vent it, Measure it and Reverse it rings and/or clubs), do juggling stix and spin ZUMBA (This Latin inspired fitness program – Dina Aronson, MS, RD poi (Teens & Adults) – Led by Chip Ballew combines dance and aerobic elements. Zum- 10:00 – 12 NOON – FOOD DEMONSTRATION 2:00 – 4:00 PM – FOOD DEMONSTRATION ba’s choreography incorporates hip-hop, samba, Heritage Hall C Heritage Hall A Heritage Hall C salsa, merengue, mambo, martial arts and Spectacular Raw Summer Soups Why Don’t You Understand Me? Under- Power Packed Nutrition for the Busy Person some Bollywood and belly dance moves. Appro- – Chef Cherie Soria standing Personality Styles to Improve Your (Delicious dishes designed for maximum health priate for all fitness levels. For ages 12 and up Communication (Whether we’re discussing seri- and performance!) – Sneakers required) – Isabel Marmolejo 11:15 – 12:15 PM ous issues or making casual conversation, so – Kerrie Saunders, MS, LLP, PhD & John Pierre Engineering & Science Building – Auditorium often, we can feel like we’re talking to someone 3:00 – 5:00 PM – DOCUMENTARY SCREENING Health Effects of Vegetarian Diets: Evidences from another planet. One of the main reasons 3:00 – 4:00 PM Blackington Hall – Room 138 from the Tzu Chi Health Study (Plant based for miscommunication is because people have Engineering & Science Building – Auditorium BETHANY’S STORY: A Journey of Miraculous diets had been shown to be beneficial in pre- fundamentally different personality styles which Let the Myths Stop Here: Debunking The Most Healing. This compelling documentary about vention of many devastating chronic diseases. shape the way they express and interpret infor- Commonly Held Nutrition Misconceptions a 13-year-old girl suffering from a mystery ail- Much of the current evidence on effects of mation—and most of us are unaware of these with Current Nutritional and Medical Science ment, that baffled doctors, who recovered from vegetarian diet comes from large cohort stud- styles. By understanding our own and others’ (Topics will include protein, bone health, soy her paralysis and got out of her wheelchair ies, such as the EPIC-Oxford, and the Adventist personality styles, we can significantly improve consumption and when to choose organic) after adopting a raw plant-based diet. The film Health Studies. These two major studies are the quality of our conversations) – Julieanna Hever, MS, RD, CPT chronicles the girl’s illness from its onset to based on American and European populations, – Melanie Joy, PhD, EdM her recovery and includes interviews with five which have very different diets from Asians. The Heritage Hall A prominent doctors: Neal Barnard, Brian Clem- Tzu Chi Health study is the first cohort study Heritage Hall B Vegan Diet and Pain in Arthritis (New research ent, Gabriel Cousens, Michael Greger and Lewis looking into health of vegetarians versus omni- The C Vegetables: Everything that You Wanted information on how diet affects arthritis and Mel-Madrona. This is a very powerful film about vores in Taiwan) – Tina Chiu, MPH, RD to Know About Cruciferous Vegetables (Which fibromyalgia symptoms) – Mary Clifton, MD the healing powers of vegan and raw food diets. vegetables are cruciferous and why you might (Introduced by Kaymen Bonev, Producer and Heritage Hall A want to eat them daily — and why certain peo- Heritage Hall B Janet McKee, Executive Director, and followed by Strong Bones for Life (Review of latest strate- ple might want to avoid them. Covers research How to Thrive on a Whole Foods, Plant-Based a question and answer session. gies to build bone) – Paulette Chandler, MD and practical ideas for eating more crucifers) Diet (Tips and advice on ingredients, prepara- – Jill Nussinow, MS, RD tion, etc) – Chef AJ 4:15 – 5:15 PM Heritage Hall B Engineering & Science Building – Auditorium The Latest on the Organic Standards (Things University Room University Room Myths and Misconceptions about Exercise are changing and not for the better. Learn about Heifer International Uncovered & Happy Meat: How NOT to Prevent Disease: A Brief History (We’ve all heard them! Pregnant women these latest developments and how we can take Labels, Lies & Loopholes (This presentation of Official Dietary Recommendations (The his- shouldn’t exercise, running is bad for your joints control of our food and possibly steer govern- will examine two separate but similarly alarm- tory of official dietary advice in the U.S. will and so many other myths and misconceptions ment policy) – Harold Brown ing issues regarding the raising of animals for be traced, including the evolution of the food about exercise and health. We will break down food. The dark side of Heifer International will be groups, the Food Pyramid, MyPyramid, and the myths, explore the benefits and identify our Campus Room examined and alternate animal-friendly options MyPlate. Because of the influence of lobbyists own personal motivations to embrace a more Compelling, Yet Little Known Reasons for will be provided. The second area of discussion on various governmental and non-governmental active life) – Stephan Esser, MD Adopting a Plant-Based Diet will be the rising popularity of “happy meat” with bodies, we need to regard their recommenda- – Chris Hirschler, PhD, MCHES examples of the labels, loopholes and lies to be tions with a grain of salt and balance them with wary of and easy rebuttals to proponents) other reliable, and unbiased, sources of infor- Scholars Room – Dawn Moncrieffe, MA mation. Learn useful information that will help Vegan Menu Planning 101 – Christine Waltermeyer you in discussions with skeptical non-vegans) –Ted Barnett, MD

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Heritage Hall A 5:00 – 11:00 PM 3:00 – 4:00 AM – PREDAWN SKY WATCHING and our families to prevent, treat, and even Raw Food Diet: Separating Fact from Fiction WEEKEND PACKAGE REGISTRATION Meet at the Front Entrance to reverse chronic disease in an engaging interac- (Can we survive--and thrive--on a raw food diet? Living Learning Center Lobby Living Learning Center tive quiz show format. You won’t want to miss This session will address the many questions See good views of the Milky Way in a dark this one. (60 min) that arise about eating raw, such as: Should we 7:15 PM – PLENARY moonless sky be eating buckwheat greens, sprouted legumes, Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center 10:00 – 11:00 AM raw mushrooms, and seaweeds? Learn what the Piano Prelude – Elizabeth Barnett 4:30 – 5:00 AM – PREDAWN SKY WATCHING Heritage Hall A major scientific studies show about the health Meet at the flagpole near Blackington Hall Slowing Aging with Your Fork benefits of a diet composed entirely, or mainly Emcee – Maribeth Abrams Venus will show an impressive crescent phase, – Julieanna Hever, MS, RD, CPT of raw plant foods. What does a nutritionally and Jupiter its four bright moons adequate raw food diet look like?) Voices for the Voiceless: If We are to Progress – Led by Robert Victor University Room – Brenda Davis, RD as a Peaceful, Moral Society and as a Sustain- Vegan Empowerment: How to Have a Sus- able Planet, We Need to Take a Serious Look 6:00 – 6:40 AM – EXERCISE tainable and Empowered Life as a Vegan in Heritage Hall B at Animal Farming – Jenny Brown (30 min) Meet in front of Living Learning Center a Dominant, Meat-Eating Culture (Includes a Remaining a Joyful Vegan in a Non–Vegan Exerstriding (Use synergistic resistance to build brief discussion about the mentality of meat, World (How to cultivate healthy relationships Leftovers – Original Song performed by Vance strength, stamina and endurance) – John Bolus ways to relate to meat eaters in one’s life, com- between vegan and non-vegans, speak up for and Skyler Lehmkuhl (The new improved 21st– munication strategies, ways to take care of yourself, and cope with the stress and sorrow century version) 6:00 – 7:15 AM – BIRD WALK yourself as a vegan/vegetarian, and how to that comes with the awareness of animal suffer- Meet in front of the Living Learning Center maintain hope and inspiration in the face of ing) – Colleen Patrick-Goudreau Vegan Empowerment: How to Live an Inspired, Emphasis will be on identifying birds by their animal suffering and the meat-eating majority. Fulfilling, and Empowering Life in a Non-Vegan calls (Binoculars optional, but desirable) Participants are invited to share their experi- University Room World – Melanie Joy, PhD, EdM (20 min) – Ted Barnett and Jonathan Balcombe ences in this workshop. Vegans around the world Put Your Colon to Work for You (How the say that this is the kind of support they need human colon affects our health and physiology) Memory: How Foods and Lifestyle Choices 6:00 - 7:30 AM – YOGA most) – Melanie Joy, PhD, EdM – Milton Mills, MD (with Roberta Schiff) Can Strengthen the Brain and Protect Against Heritage Hall A Everyday Memory Lapses, “Senior Moments”, (You may want to bring a mat, blanket or towel) Heritage Hall B Campus Room And Even Reduce Your Risk of Alzheimer’s Dis- – Carole Baral Exercise and Alzheimers: Exploring Connec- Creating Vegan Cooking Classes That Sell ease and Stroke – Neal Barnard, MD (60 min) tions, Setting Goals (The US population is (How to develop and market a vegan cooking 6:15 – 7:15 AM – EXERCISE widening and graying at an unprecedented rate. class that will be irresistible to too) 9:30 PM – EVENING SOCIAL Volleyball Net (South side of Engineering & With this shift has come an explosion in neuro- – Chef Fran Costigan Heritage Hall / Living Learning Center Science Building) cognitive impairments. Can exercise alter your Time to meet and socialize with other attend- Boot Camp: Fun & Effective Sports and Con- risk of Alzheimer’s?) – Stephan Esser, MD Scholars Room ees. Refreshments available. ditioning for all Fitness Levels (Please bring Issues in Raising Vegan Children (Panel) water and appropriate footwear) Engineering & Science Building – Room 200 Maribeth Abrams, MS, CNC (moderator) Dina 9:30 TO 10:15 PM – John Pierre & Anne Dinshah Hospitals Serving Only Vegetarian Meals Aronson, MS, RD; Marty Davey, MS, RD; Vance SINGLES ICE-BREAKER GAMES (Enter a whole new world where vegetari- Lehmkuhl & Myriam Parham, RD, CDE, CLC Meet at the Campus Room in the Living 6:50 – 7:20 AM – EXERCISE anism becomes mainstream in healthcare. Learning Center. Reveal your true nature with Lobby Living Learning Center Learn about the 6 hospitals in Taiwan, includ- Terrace Room / Living Learning Center some fun ice-breaker games! Afterwards we’ll Chinese Wand Exercise: This Ancient Practice ing four large teaching hospitals founded by Gentle Chair Yoga (A multilevel class will keep the party going at the evening social! is Stimulating, Gentle & Safe (You may want to the Tzu Chi foundation, that serve only a veg- include adaptive positions, with or without the – Led by Karen Schiltz bring a towel or blanket) – John Bolus etarian diet – 2,543,669 meals in 2011 – to use of a chair, for breathing and deep relaxation) patients, employees, and visitors. Many doctors, – Carole Baral 9:45 – 11:00 PM – EVENING SKY WATCHING 8:40 PM – PLENARY nurses and other health care professionals are Meet at the Front Entrance to Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center actively involved in promoting vegetarian diets OUTDOOR COOPERATIVE GAMES: Living Learning Center to patients) – Tina Chiu, MPH, RD EVERYBODY IS A WINNER The Moon and Saturn with its rings will be Emcee: Vance Lehmkuhl Meet in front of Laurel Hall quite impressive (Mars and Mercury will also Campus Room (For all who are old enough to do balance and visible) – Led by Robert Victor The Latest in Nutrition 2012 M is for Mushrooms: Meat Substitute and More coordination activities) – Rae Sikora – Michael Greger, MD (Mushrooms taste great, there’s no doubt about 10:00 PM – TWEETUP Always a crowd pleaser, Dr. Greger’s “ Latest in that, if you are a mushroom lover but did you 5:00 – 5:30 PM - SINGLES VOLLEYBALL GAME University Room / Living Learning Center Nutrition” sessions are engaging, humorous and know that mushrooms have incredible medic- Volleyball Net (South side of Engineering & Meet the people you’ve friended on Facebook entertaining – making serious nutrition stud- inal and nutritional properties? A variety of Science Building) and/or followed on Twitter, or come to meet ies – enjoyable and fun. He scours the world’s mushrooms will be reviewed, along with their Let’s have some fun while getting our metabo- folks face-to-face whom you may want to keep scholarly literature on clinical nutrition every nutritional, medicinal and culinary uses) lism revved before dinner! Inexperienced players in touch with throughout the year on social year and develops a brand-new talk based on – Jill Nussinow, MS, RD are welcome! networks – Led by Stephanie Redcross and the latest in cutting-edge research and world - Coordinator Karen Schiltz Vance Lehmkuhl premiere’s it at Summerfest. Dr. Greger offers practical advice on how best to feed ourselves

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Scholars Room Campus Room 2:00 – 4:00 PM – FOOD DEMONSTRATION Scholars Room Promoting Veganism to a Captive Audience Changing Food in Schools (A presentation and Heritage Hall C Pictorial Essay: Vegan Travel is Easy, Fun, and (Learn how to address a roomful of non-vegans, discussion session) Comfort Foods: Veganized Versions of Your All Educational! (This lecture / slide show will dis- without watering down your message by tapping – Amie Hamlin Time Favorites pel any fears you may have about finding vegan into values already held by the vast major- – Allison Rivers Samson food in exotic destinations such as India, Thai- ity. An interactive presentation with audience COMMUNITY OUTREACH: MAKING A DIFFERENCE land and elsewhere. Learn from an experienced participation can nudge a whole roomful of peo- Scholars Room 3:00 – 4:00 PM tour leader why worldwide vegan travel has ple towards the animal rights perspective and Successful Vegetarian Programs and Cam- Engineering & Science Building – Auditorium never been easier) – Joseph Connelly end with most of the room promising at least a paigns: Reaching Out In Your Local Community Defeating Diabetes: Lessons from the Mar- reduction in animal consumption) – Maribeth Abrams, MS, CNC (moderator) Alli- shall Islands (The Marshallese experience Studio Theatre – Alex Hershaft, PhD & Michael A. Weber son Memmo Geiger & Michael A. Weber among the highest rates of type 2 diabetes in Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center the world, with close to 50% of adults over 35 ZUMBA (This Latin inspired fitness program 10:00 – 12 NOON – FOOD DEMONSTRATION President’s Room years being affected. The Diabetes Wellness combines dance and aerobic elements. Zum- Heritage Hall C Raw and Live Food Diets: Question & Answer Project is a research study testing the efficacy ba’s choreography incorporates hip-hop, samba, Coconut: The Functional Fashionista (Learn Session (Get your unresolved questions of aggressive lifestyle intervention in this pop- salsa, merengue, mambo, martial arts and how to create exciting and exceptional vegan answered) – Bob LeRoy, RD, MS, EDM ulation. Our research results are both exciting some Bollywood and belly dance moves. Appro- baked goods) – Doron Petersan and inspiring. The people there have overcome priate for all fitness levels. For ages 12 and up Terrace Room / Living Learning Center enormous cultural, economic and environmental – Sneakers required) – Isabel Marmolejo 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM YogaStream (A fun-filled sweatfest that com- barriers to succeed in making effective lifestyle DOCUMENTARY SCREENING bines precise alignment with playful and changes. This experience provides hope to peo- 3:30 PM TO 4:00 PM Engineering & Science Building – Auditorium creative sequencing to elevate the heart rate ple with diabetes around the world) SINGLES OUTDOOR GAMES PEACEABLE KINGDOM: The Journey Home and calm the mind – Please bring a mat) – Brenda Davis, RD Meet in front of the (The film tells the story of five farmers, an ani- – Lara Heimann Pasquerilla Performance Arts Center. mal rescuer, and a humane police officer, Heritage Hall A Fun outdoor games to continue getting to know each struggling to follow the voice of their con- 11:15 – 12:30 PM Sense and Nonsense in Nutrition: Gallbladder each other. science, and to challenge the commonly held University Room Flushes and Colonic Irrigations belief that animals exist in order to fulfill human What the Bible/Torah Teaches About a Plant- – Michael Klaper, MD 4:15 – 5:15 PM wants and needs. Strikingly honest interviews based Diet and Animal Rights (The importance Engineering & Science Building – Auditorium reveal the web of complex social, psychological and impact of a vegetarian/vegan diet on our Heritage Hall B Paradigm Shift: From a Whole Lot of Nutrients and economic forces at play, while seldom- spirituality from a biblical perspective. Come Why Be Ordinary When You Can Be Extraordinary to a “Wholeistic” Diet – Dina Aronson, MS, RD seen footage documents the beauty, emotional prepared to share important/favorite Bible/ – Chef Cherie Soria lives, and family bonds of farm animals. PG 13 Torah verses and engage in discussion) Heritage Hall A due to some brief scenes depicting animal cru- – Milton Mills, MD, Roberta Schiff & Michael Budkie University Room Superfoods for Women’s Health & Beauty elty) Introduced by filmmakers Jenny Stein and What Animals Teach Us: Life-Altering Lessons – Christine Waltermeyer James LaVeck and followed by a Question and 1:45 – 2:45 PM – PLENARY from Farm Animals (This session presents inti- Answer session Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center mate portraits of sanctuary cows, sheep, goats, Heritage Hall B and a larger-than-life car-riding, lunch-stealing Beastly Bliss: Animal Pleasure and Its Sig- 11:15 – 12:15 PM Emcee: Lorene Cox “lap rooster” named Paulie, and the life-altering nificance (This lavishly illustrated presentation Heritage Hall A lessons they’ve offered to humans lucky enough debunks the popular perception that life for ani- Digestion Made Easy – A Journey Through Your “What Do You Say When Someone Says…” to know them) – Kathy Stevens mals is a continuous, grim struggle for survival. Amazing Digestive System Strategies for Good Communication: Advo- As pleasure-seekers, animals’ lust for play, sex, – Michael Klaper,MD cating Humor, Intention, and Joy (Practical Engineering & Science Building – Room 200 touch and food holds important lessons about and effective responses to the typical excuses Kitchen Shortcuts (Discover how to save hours how we ought to lead our own lives) Heritage Hall B people make from “I used to be vegan, but my of food preparation with planning, shopping and – Jonathan Balcombe, PhD Great Tips for Starting a Healthy Diet acupuncturist told me to eat meat” to “eating cooking methods that create a week of ready to – Mary Clifton, MD vegan is more expensive”) eat meals in just a few hours. Learn how to work University Room – Colleen Patrick-Goudreau (25 min) less and enjoy food more) – Patti Breitman The 30-Day Unprocessed Challenge Engineering & Science Building – Room 200 – Chef AJ and John Pierre Compassionate Communication: Choosing A Dating Vegan’s Story – Anne Dinshah (10 min) Campus Room Language that Reflects Kindness (A fun, ety- Weight Loss Wow! Food Friends and Foes Engineering & Science Building – Room 200 mology- and idiom-driven lecture that provides Diet and Cancer: The Latest Information that (Common but little known sources of cho- Be The Change (In this interactive workshop compassionate versions of many familiar idi- Links Animal Products, Especially High-Pro- lesterol; natural and botanical remedies for farmer Brown will share the ways that he has oms and that urges vegetarians and vegans to tein Ones, With Increased Cancer Risk symptoms associated with menopause; fitness found to remain centered in a world that doesn’t stop saying “fake,” “faux” and “substitute” meat) – George Eisman, RD (20 min) tips; the importance of correcting nutritional always make a lot of sense. We will look at ways – Colleen Patrick-Goudreau deficiencies to help curb cravings) of nurturing inner peace so that we can be – Kerrie Saunders, MS, LLP, PhD effective agents of compassion, empathy, and love for the world) – Harold Brown

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Campus Room Creating a Vegetarian Future Heritage Hall A Heritage Hall B Why the Subject of Gluten Sensitivities is so – Maribeth Abrams & Victoria Moran Vegan and Raw Nutrition: Getting it Right Bulletproof: How Micronutrients Protect You Important to the Promotion of Veganism (Keep yourself in superb health on a vegan or from Harm – Mary Clifton, MD – JoAnn Farb Vegetarian Hall of Fame – Induction Ceremony raw vegan diet. Get an update on protein power University Room from plant foods, bone building without a drop Are Humans Designed to Eat Meat: Part 2 Scholars Room Main Street Vegan of dairy, getting reliable sources of vitamin B12, (Can also be attended by those who didn’t How to Plan and Conduct an Excellent Food – Victoria Moran (30 min) balancing essential fatty acids. Gather numer- attend Part 1) – Milton Mills, MD Demo or Hands-On Cooking Class ous practical tips to help you put together an (This session, based on over 20 years of expe- Reasons for Hope for 21st Century eating pattern that is both delicious and nutri- Campus Room rience, examines the cooking demo from Vegetarians – Michael Klaper, MD (40 min) tious) – Brenda Davis, RD The Meat Crisis, Gas Prices, and Global Warm- the inside out, sharing her process: how she ing (A beyond-the-basics examination of how chooses recipes to demo, preps, travels, set ups Immediately following the Special Presentation Heritage Hall B animal-based foods are top contributors to and juggling cooking while engaging the audi- – until 1:00 AM Boost Your Brain Power: Lifestyle Strategies to global warming and how they inflate gas prices. ence) – Chef Fran Costigan Boost Mental Performance The session concludes with talking points and EVENING SOCIAL / DANCING / – Paulette Chandler, MD easy-to-use handouts to improve the quality President’s Room SUMMERFEST DRAWING and expand the reach of our advocacy) Vegan Entrepreneurs: Twitter and Facebook Heritage Hall / Living Learning Center Engineering & Science Building – Room 200 – Dawn Moncrieffe, MA Marketing in 15 Minutes a Day It’s our last night together, so you won’t want Diet & Cancer: Learn Which Plant-Based – Stephanie Redcross miss this chance to mingle, dance and see the Foods do the Most to Reduce Cancer Risk Scholars Room new friends you’ve made this week. – George Eisman, RD Bringing Peaceable Kingdom to Your Community 5:30 PM – SINGLES WALK Music provided by vegan DJ Johnny V. Light (10 effective ways you can use this film to Meet in front of the Pasquerilla Performance refreshments available. University Room awaken hearts and minds, transform lives, and Arts Center for a walk around the beautiful Working Towards Abolition of a Meat-Eating create lasting change) campus with fellow singles before going to DRAWING: Would you like to attend Vegetarian Society Through Compassion – Jenny Brown – James LaVeck and Jenny Stein dinner. – Led by Karen Schiltz Summerfest 2013 for free? – At tonight’s draw- ing during the evening social, we’ll give away Campus Room President’s Room 5:30 – 7:45 PM – FAREWELL DINNER one free package that includes room, meals and Pot Lucks, Meet Ups, and Local Veg Groups Activism Through “Social Networking” (Serving until 7:00 PM) registration. Entering the drawing is totally free – (Tired of being the only vegan you know? It is (Lecture/Discussion: using social media, such MUSIC by John Bolus but – you must be present to win. easier than ever to find like-minded people in our as Twitter and Facebook, to spread important own community. This uplifting workshop will help animal rights and vegetarian messages) 8:00 PM – SPECIAL PRESENTATION 10:00 – 11:00 PM – EVENING SKY WATCHING people learn how to join with other vegetarians – Kristin Star Picun Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center Meet at the Front Entrance to for shared meals, events and actions. Learn what Piano Prelude – Vance Lehmkuhl Living Learning Center works and how to get started) – Patti Breitman 11:00 – 12:10 – PLENARY The Moon and Saturn with its rings will be quite Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center Emcee – Maribeth Abrams impressive (Mars and Mercury will also visible) Scholars Room Piano Prelude – Sandy Yagendorf – Led by Robert Victor Compassionate Souls (Bring your questions Performance by the Summerfest Children about vegan parenting, healthy lifestyle choices, Emcee – Maribeth Abrams teaching your children to swim against the tide, or any other challenges) – JoAnn Farb Planting the Seed for Healthy School Food – in New York and Across the Country President’s Room – Amie Hamlin (15 min) SUNDAY, JULY 1 Vegan Entrepreneurs: Creating a 6 Month Marketing Plan (How to integrate different mar- Veganism: The Hidden Key to Wellness and 6:00 – 6:40 AM – EXERCISE 6:30 AM – MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR keting strategies) – Stephanie Redcross Transformation – Will Tuttle (15 min) Meet in front of Living Learning Center THE ANIMALS Exerstriding (Use synergistic resistance to build Whalley Memorial Chapel 9:45 – 10:45 AM Under One Roof: Living and Working Peace- strength, stamina and endurance) – John Bolus (Inter-religious / Non-denominational) Engineering & Science Building – Auditorium fully Together with Co-workers, Family and – Dr. Will Tuttle Sense and Nonsense in Nutrition: Probiotics, Friends – Even When Values and Lifestyle 6:30 – 7:30 AM – YOGA Music by Ted, Elizabeth and Rebecca Barnett Dairy, Olive Oil, Chocolate, Red Wine, Coffee, Choices Differ – Rae Sikora (15 min) Heritage Hall A etc – Michael Klaper, MD (You may want to bring a blanket or towel) 8:30 – 9:30 AM Think Good Thoughts – Do Good Deeds – Eileen Wieder Crone, MS, RD, RYT-500 Engineering & Science Building – Auditorium Heritage Hall A – John Pierre (15 min) Growing Older Better - Victoria Moran Sugar: Is It Really as Toxic as Some Say? 6:50 – 7:20 AM – EXERCISE – Dina Aronson, MS, RD Closing Remarks Lobby Living Learning Center – Maribeth Abrams Chinese Wand Exercise: This Ancient Practice is Stimulating, Gentle & Safe (You may want to bring a towel or blanket) – John Bolus

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