Podcast appearances and mentions of rae sikora

A more humane education feels very necessary right now. Our planet and its inhabitants all over the world seem to be crying out for it.  Humane Educators Zoe Weil and Rae Sikora created IHE In 1996 to do precisely this. And so it is a huge pleasure this week to be able to welcome Zoe, and her colleague Julie Meltzer, from the Institute onto the podcast. Zoe Weil is the co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education (IHE) and is considered a pioneer in the comprehensive humane education movement. Zoe created IHE's M.Ed., M.A., and graduate certificate programs, as well as IHE's Solutionary Framework, which guides teachers in bringing solutionary thinking and action to their students.  Zoe is the author of eight books including Amazon #1 New Release in Social Philosophy and Popular Applied Psychology, The Solutionary Way: Transform Your Life, Your Community, and the World for the Better with a Foreword by Jane Goodall (2024), Amazon #1 Best Seller in the Philosophy and Social Aspects of Education, The World Becomes What We Teach: Educating a Generation of Solutionaries (2021/2016), Nautilus Silver Medal winner, Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life (2009), The Power and Promise of Humane Education (2004), and Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times (2003). She has also written books for young people, including Moonbeam Gold Medal winner, Claude and Medea: The Hellburn Dogs (2023/2007), about 12-year-old activists inspired by their teacher to right wrongs where they find them, and So, You Love Animals: An Action-Packed, Fun-Filled Book to Help Kids Help Animals (1994). Julie Meltzer, Ph.D., is a self-described “pragmatic visionary” who is committed to creating schools that truly help students prepare to successfully meet their futures. She is a tireless advocate for literacy, justice and equity which she sees as integrally related. Julie supports teachers and administrators to develop collective efficacy to teach their students how to become changemakers. She agrees with Zoe Weil that our best hope for the planet is to educate a generation of solutionaries. After extensive experience in education including as a teacher, teacher education faculty member, district administrator, consultant, researcher, program evaluator, and project lead, to her current role as Director of K-12 and Teacher Education for IHE. Julie is also a published author, sought-after speaker and editor/reviewer. When not focused on teaching and learning, Julie enjoys hiking, dancing, writing poetry, reading international women's and children's literature, traveling, and working for social and environmental justice. Social Links

Rae Sikora has been a spokesperson for animals, the environment and human rights for over forty years. Her programs have been changing people's vision of what is possible to create in our lives and in the world. Rae has worked internationally with participants ranging from teachers, students and prisoners, to businesses and activists. As co-founder of the Institute for Humane Education, Rae created interactive critical thinking tools that are now being used by people around the globe. She holds degrees in Cultural Anthropology and Environmental Education from the University of Wisconsin. Rae draws from years of experience to help individuals and groups discover how implementing changes personally and locally can bring about positive change globally. She is also co-founder of VegFund and Root 66, a vegan food truck turned brick and mortar cafe. Additionally, Rae was selected by the North American Vegetarian Society as the 2013 recipient of its Vegan Hall of Fame and is co-author of Plant Peace Daily: Everyday Outreach for People Who Care. Her semi-fictional memoir, Little Jew on the Soul Train is currently available on both Amazon and Ingram Spark. Her novel, Cinny, Born into Homelessness, will be published in the summer of 2022.

Vegan Voices Series 4: Hope starts us off with an update from a recent Glimmers of Hope segment and some thoughts on the climate summit in Glasgow. She then has a conversation with Rae Sikora who has been a spokesperson for animals, the environment, and human rights for over forty years. Rae is the co-founder of The Institute for Humane Education, VegFund, Santa Fe Vegan, and Plant Peace Daily. She is the co-author and author of numerous books and has also contributed an essay in the new anthology Vegan Voices: Essays By Inspiring Changemakers. Her essay, called “There is No Other”, is a reflection on how our proximity to and relationship with others, human and nonhuman, can determine how we treat them. Hope and Rae have an inspiring conversation about how important it is to recognize the individual and not judge a being with our preconceived notions of the group they are part of.  They discuss the culture of animals and Rae also offers some thoughts for combating compassion fatigue and despair with self care. Resources:Vegan Voices: Essays by Inspiring ChangemakersPlant Peace Daily DOVE Retreat CenterBook: Little Jew on the Soul TrainSanta Fe Vegan FaceBook Group  

This premier episode features a Santa Fe, New Mexico husband and wife 'power duo' devoted to veganism. Jim Corcoran and Rae Sikora have more than 70 collective years of living vegan, and these pioneers share their insights, humor and compassion for animals and the environment. At Veganize THIS we look at the world through a vegan lens. Living a vegan lifestyle means avoiding all products derived from animals, whether it be food, fashion or entertainment. Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico but with a global reach, each week we’ll share Interviews with chefs, artists, scientists, farmers, activists and just regular folks who are choosing to go vegan for the animals, their health or the planet.   

Ever since I met Rae Sikora almost three years ago she has always stood out to me as someone who truly lives and breathes compassion and nonviolence. Rae has been a spokesperson for animals, the environment and human rights for over 30 years. Her programs have been changing people’s vision of what is possible to create in our lives and in the world. Rae has worked internationally with participants ranging from teachers, students and prisoners to businesses and activists. As co-founder of the Institute for Humane Education, Rae created interactive critical thinking tools that are now being used by people around the globe. She holds degrees in Cultural Anthropology and Environmental Education from the University of Wisconsin. Rae draws from years of experience to help individuals and groups discover how implementing changes personally/locally can bring about positive change globally. She is co-founder/co-director of Plant Peace Daily and VegFund. To find out more about her work, check out her website: http://www.plantpeacedaily.org

Two of the most beautiful women in our movement, inside and out: Crazy Sexy Cancer’s Kris Carr with her new book Crazy Sexy Juice, and Rae Sikora of Plant Peace Daily, someone whose gentle power heals those she touches while she changes the world for animals.

Vegcast 118 is our 2013 Sounds of Summerfest edition, featuring sonic memories and spoken clips from NAVS Summerfest earlier this month. Among the sounds are birdsong, along with identifications by Ted Barnett, a chat with Amie Hamlin on the first public school to go vegetarian, a clip of Jefferey Cohan of Jewish Vegetarians of North America on attending his frist Summerfest, a preview of Dr. Michael Gregers science talk, favorite moments from karaoke night, Rae Sikora on being inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame and Rich Roll on maximum nutrition for maximum human performance. This show also has the premiere of the new Green Beings song Animal Free.

Vegcast 118 is our 2013 Sounds of Summerfest edition, featuring sonic memories and spoken clips from NAVS Summerfest earlier this month. Among the sounds are birdsong, along with identifications by Ted Barnett, a chat with Amie Hamlin on the first public school to go vegetarian, a clip of Jefferey Cohan of Jewish Vegetarians of North America on attending his frist Summerfest, a preview of Dr. Michael Gregers science talk, favorite moments from karaoke night, Rae Sikora on being inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame and Rich Roll on maximum nutrition for maximum human performance. This show also has the premiere of the new Green Beings song Animal Free.

Rae Sikora and JC Corcoran join the ARZone team for a lively discussion about vegan advocacy and related topics. Rae and JC have each been advocates and educators for more 30 years. Rae Sikora is a co-founder of the Institute for Humane Education, working to help develop critical thinking skills and awareness about human health, the global environment, and justice for other animals. JC

Vegcast 106 features an interview with Rae Sikora and Jim Corcoran focusing on their efforts to integrate vegan outreach into daily life and their book about it, Plant Peace Daily. There is a song by Dada Veda promising No More Blood and a Science Fact about rats and their decision making. Plus, hear a clip from the Vegan Option podcast on a certain Rebel Poet from the 11th century. And, meet Seth Tibbott, owner and founder of Vegcast sponsor Tofurky.

Vegcast 106 features an interview with Rae Sikora and Jim Corcoran focusing on their efforts to integrate vegan outreach into daily life and their book about it, Plant Peace Daily. There is a song by Dada Veda promising No More Blood and a Science Fact about rats and their decision making. Plus, hear a clip from the Vegan Option podcast on a certain Rebel Poet from the 11th century. And, meet Seth Tibbott, owner and founder of Vegcast sponsor Tofurky.

01 May 2011 Richard Schwartz, Ph.D.; Professor Emeritus, Mathematics, College of Staten Island; President of the Jewish Vegetarians of North America and Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarianism; Author of Judaism and Vegetarianism, Judaism and Global Survival, and Mathematics and Global Survival discusses "Why People Should Be Vegetarians" with Rae Sikora; schwartz@jewishveg.com; http://www.jewishveg.com/schwartz/

In this podcast, Rae Sikora interviews Dr. Melanie Joy about her new book "Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism." Carnism is the word Dr. Joy uses to describe the widespread, invisible belief system, or ideology, that conditions us to eat some animals but not others. Dr. Joy argues that when eating meat isn't a necessity for survival, it's a choice, and choices always stem from beliefs. But carnism, unlike vegetarianism, has remained unnamed and therefore invisible. "Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows" explains, in plain language, the way carnism impacts our society and our minds, and helps both vegetarians and meat eaters become more informed and empowered, as consumers and citizens. More information on Dr. Joy and her work can be found at www.melaniejoy.org and at www.carnism.com.

In this podcast, Rae Sikora interviews Dr. Melanie Joy about her new book "Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism." Carnism is the word Dr. Joy uses to describe the widespread, invisible belief system, or ideology, that conditions us to eat some animals but not others. Dr. Joy argues that when eating meat isn't a necessity for survival, it's a choice, and choices always stem from beliefs. But carnism, unlike vegetarianism, has remained unnamed and therefore invisible. "Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows" explains, in plain language, the way carnism impacts our society and our minds, and helps both vegetarians and meat eaters become more informed and empowered, as consumers and citizens. More information on Dr. Joy and her work can be found at www.melaniejoy.org and at www.carnism.com.

Karen Davis, PhD, President of United Poultry Concerns is interviewed by Rae Sikora the co-founder and director of Plant Peace Daily.

Karen Davis, PhD, President of United Poultry Concerns is interviewed by Rae Sikora the co-founder and director of Plant Peace Daily.

Our 37th show features an interview with Rae Sikora, who has been a spokesperson for animals, the environment and human rights for over 25 years. As co-founder of the Center for Compassionate Living and the International Institute for Humane Education, Rae created interactive critical thinking tools that are now being used by teachers around the globe. Rae recently spoke at our Valley Vegan Society meeting and we took the opportunity to ask her a few questions! We also have a call-in interview with Freya Dinshah, who founded the American Vegan Society along with her late husband Jay Dinshah.In the News: Sunderland Man Convicted of Killing Protected Birds, Don't Blame Veganism for Child Neglect