Renee King-Sonnen and Jane Velez-Mitchell bring humor, country spirit, and a vision of change to “Texas Is Going Vegan,” an original song performed at Rowdy Girl Sanctuary.
Category: Voices of the Movement
Voices of the Movement: Monique Lukens Keeps Putting Animals on the Agenda
Educator, artist, and longtime vegan advocate Monique Lukens is bringing animal ethics into classrooms, unions, and institutional spaces—one proposal, one question, and one ripple at a time.
The Listening Lounge Reboot: “Animal Blessing Hymn” by Sherry Zitter
For this Listening Lounge reboot, we return to the music of Sherry Zitter with “Animal Blessing Hymn,” a gentle offering dedicated to animals great and small.
The Listening Lounge Reboot: Abolition with Shelley Harrison
The Listening Lounge is a Voices of the Movement series from The Humane Herald, resurfacing music, interviews, spoken word, and other audio worth hearing again.
The Reality That Disturbs Their Comfort
Why does veganism make some people angry? Jim Mason reflects on the uncomfortable reality animal advocates bring into view—and the comfort that reality can disturb.
The Listening Lounge Reboot: “Be My Voice” by Sherry Zitter
Welcome to our very first Listening Lounge Reboot. We’re beginning with “Be My Voice,” an original song written and recorded by vegan advocate Sherry Zitter.
Introducing The Listening Lounge
The Humane Herald is turning up the volume. Meet The Listening Lounge, a new Voices of the Movement space for music and recorded works carrying messages of compassion, advocacy, liberation, and change. Our first reboot is coming soon.
From the Interview to Black VegFest: Catching Up With Felicia Greenfield
A month after our Voices of the Movement interview, The Humane Herald caught up with Felicia Greenfield in person at Black VegFest—and found the same curiosity, compassion, humor, and willingness to listen that made our first conversation memorable.
Bloodlust
A podcast. A tick bite. A difficult question. In this thoughtful essay, Alison Irwin explores alpha-gal syndrome, ethics, and why changing what we eat doesn’t always change what we believe.
Felicia Greenfield Wants Animal Advocacy to Make People Laugh First
Actress, writer, and producer Felicia Greenfield discusses the inspiration behind Friends Not Food, ethical filmmaking with sanctuary animals, Hollywood, climate storytelling, and why laughter may be one of the movement’s most powerful tools for change.
A Fourth Group of Vegan Villagers
Originally published in Vegan Villager, Sherry Jeppson Zitter reflects on the often-overlooked humanitarian path to veganism, arguing that concern for world hunger and global justice can be just as powerful a catalyst for compassionate living as concern for animals, health, or the environment.
Renee King-Sonnen and the Ranch That Changed Sides
Before Renee King-Sonnen became a sanctuary founder, she lived on the other side of the fence. Her journey from Texas cattle ranch life to founding Rowdy Girl Sanctuary is a story of moral transformation, radical compassion, and the courage to challenge everything she once believed about animals, food, and the systems that profit from both.
Sherry Zitter on Veganism, Justice, and Meeting People Where They Are
Sherry Zitter, a Massachusetts-based vegan activist, musician, social worker, and educator, reflects on food as outreach, compassion as practice, and why veganism belongs in every justice conversation.
Against the Grain: Sitting with Jim Mason’s Madness
A reflection on Jim Mason’s Madness, exploring domination, cultural disconnection, and the unsettling clarity of a worldview that refuses to soften the truth about human systems.
Stand Up for Animals
A follow-up video featuring James Schultz, Chair of the Humane Party Policy Committee, sharing his thoughts on constitutional reform, ethics, and structural change — in his own words.
Voices of the Movement: Kearney Robinson
From a childhood moment of moral clarity to nearly two decades of vegan living and policy work, Kearney Robinson reflects on ethical awakening, sustainable activism, and the importance of community, care, and concrete action in building lasting change.
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