EVENT SCHEDULE
Mellwood Art Center, 1860 Mellwood Ave, Louisville KY
Saturday July 15th
12pm - 6pm
FREE GENERAL ADMISSION to Exhibitor Hall, Food Trucks and Guest Speakers!
Detailed schedule below.
SPECIAL ADMISSION
11am - 12pm: VIP Preview Hour
(Tickets sold out)
11am-11:45am: Free Barre3 workout
11:00 - 11:45
FREE Barre 3 Class!
12:15 - 1:15
Karyn Moskowitz
Karyn Moskowitz - Food Justice Activist, Founder of New Roots Fresh Stop Markets
Talk Title: Fresh Food is a Basic Human Right
Karyn Moskowitz is a veggie-obsessed leader and social entrepreneur for food justice movements in Louisville, Kentucky, Asbury Park, NJ, and beyond.
She is one of the founders and executive directors of the New Roots Fresh Stop Markets, an award-winning solution to food injustice, where thousands of families pool their resources on an income-based sliding scale and pay fair prices to Kentucky and Indiana farmers for fresh, seasonal, organic produce. Known as “the veggie lady,” wherever she goes, Karyn brings a fresh, judgment-free, and contagious enthusiasm to plant-based eating.
1:30 - 2:30
Dr. Kim Williams
Dr. Kim Williams - Vegan Cardiologist, Chair of Dept of Medicine at U of L
Talk Title: Taking the DIE Out of DIET
“There are two kinds of Cardiologists - those who are vegan and those who haven’t read the data.”
- Dr. Kim Williams
Dr. Kim Williams is an internationally recognized speaker and was recently named the Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Louisville. He switched to a vegan diet in 2003 due to his high cholesterol levels, which can lead to heart disease. After extensive research he recommended it to all patients with blood pressure, insulin sensitivity or cholesterol issues, and has had tremendous success improving their health.
2:45 - 3:45
Dotsie Bausch – Vegan Olympian Medalist, Founder Switch4Good
Talk Title: The Optimum Human State
Since concluding a prolific professional cycling career that produced a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games, eight U.S. national championships, two Pan American gold medals, and a world record, Kentucky-born Dotsie Bausch has become a powerful influencer for plant-based eating for athletes and non-athletes alike. Named one of the world's top 20 most influential vegans by VegNews magazine, she uses her soapbox and her degree in plant-based nutrition to advocate for dietary justice, planet earth and animals.
Bausch is a star of the Netflix documentary Personal Gold: An Underdog Story and the 2017 documentary The Game Changers.
She is the founder of Switch4Good, an evidence-based nonprofit disrupting the disinformation Big Dairy feeds the public, works with health experts, athletes, social justice warriors, enlightened policymakers, and progressive corporations to promote ethical lifestyles and widespread behavioral change related to how we eat.
Dotsie Bausch
4:00 - 4:45
Soul Eubanks
Soul Eubanks – Animal Rights and Social Justice Activist
Talk Title: Introduction to Veganism, Anti-Speciesism and Collective Liberation
Christopher “Soul” Eubanks is a social justice advocate, creative, and public speaker raised in Atlanta, GA who has dedicated himself to advocacy work that combats all forms of injustice. After learning the horrors of animal exploitation, Christopher became vegan, began doing community organizing, and has helped co-organize Atlanta’s first-ever animal rights march. Christopher is the founder of APEX Advocacy, a non-profit animal rights organization that uses digital content and grassroots activism to help communities of color defend themselves against animal industries and fight for collective liberation.
5:00 - 5:45
Kristina Addington
Kristina Addington – V-Grits Founder and Chef
FOOD DEMO: Vegan Cheesemaking and Charcuterie
Chef Kristina will demonstrate how to create delicious plant-based cheeses at home and wow your guests with the ultimate vegan charcuterie board. Learn to build a balanced board of salty, sweet, savory, and spicy flavors while keeping it simple enough for every home chef to master
After learning about the cruelties of factory farming and the exploitation of animals across many industries more than sixteen years ago, Chef Kristina dedicated her life to educating and promoting a cruelty-free, vegan existence. She previously worked as a Campaign Coordinator and Corporate Liaison for PETA, while also teaching vegan cooking classes.
In 2014 Chef Kristina used the prize money from a cooking competition on the food network to launch the V-Grits food truck (an acronym for vegan girl raised in the south) focusing on southern-style vegan comfort food. V-Grits has taken many forms over the last decade, including a meal service, a product line, a full-service restaurant and brewery, and now resides inside Louisville’s Logan Street Market, serving fast-casual vegan comfort food.