🌴🏊‍♂️🍉 Join us for a Labor Day Vegan Pool Party, hosted at a secret oasis!

This sun-soaked celebration will feature:

• 🏊 Swimming in a sparkling private pool

• 🧘 Lounging and lawn games in the poolside sun

• 🥗 A fully vegan potluck feast

That’s right: this party will have food, drinks, people, a pool, and—most of all—fun! It’s the perfect opportunity to unwind with other vegans in a relaxed, rejuvenating environment.

To claim your spot, all you have to do is:

• ✅ RSVP below

• ✅ Bring a vegan dish to share

• ✅ Apply to volunteer with Project Animal Freedom

We want to celebrate Labor Day with a feast. And where better than a green yard bordered by trees, soaking up one of the final days of summer?

Space is limited to just 15 guests, with priority given to current volunteers. RSVP today to secure your place in line + get the exact location closer to the event!

📧 Want more vegan events + community? Join our mailing list today!

🥘🌱❤️ Join us for our second-ever Plant Lovers Potluck, hosted at the beautiful Lafayette Square Inn!

At this delicious monthly celebration, we will:

1. 🤤 Feast on a homemade, 100%-vegan potluck spread featuring a wide variety of dishes

2. 💚 Connect with longtime vegans, new vegans, and vegan-curious friends in a warm, welcoming space

3. 🏡 Build community as part of St. Louis’ only regularly recurring monthly vegan potluck

That’s right: we gather on the second Tuesday of every month to share food, friendship, and fellowship, vegan style!

🥣 WHAT TO BRING:

Just bring a vegan dish or drink to share! (Vegan = no meat, dairy, eggs, honey, or any other animal product.) Ingredient labels are appreciated for friends with allergies, and don’t forget a serving utensil if your dish needs one.

🏡 OUR BEAUTIFUL VENUE:

Dating to 1876, the Lafayette Square Inn is a lovingly restored Victorian gem in the heart of Lafayette Square, a historic neighborhood renowned for one of the largest collections of Victorian homes in the country. With its cozy parlor, elegant dining room, and full kitchen, the inn is the perfect home for St. Louis’ newest vegan tradition.

A heartfelt thank-you to the inn’s wonderful owners for so generously opening their doors to our community! 💚

We believe vegan community should be within everyone’s reach. That's why this potluck is completely free to attend, making it one of the most affordable, accessible ways to plug into St. Louis’ vegan scene, month after month after month.

This event is for you if you:

• 🥕 are vegan, veg-curious, or simply love good homemade food

• 💸 want an affordable, low-pressure way to find vegan community

• 🏛️ have always wanted to step inside one of Lafayette Square’s Victorian beauties

Whether you bring a treasured family recipe or a simple store-bought treat, you belong here.

What are you waiting for? RSVP today and help us make St. Louis more vegan friendly, one potluck at a time!

📧 Want more vegan events + community? Join our mailing list today!

🍔🔥🤤 Join us for St. Louis’ only 100%-vegan BBQ festival—a mouthwatering celebration of smoky, saucy, plant-based goodness!

Featuring top vegan caterers from across the region, this one-of-a-kind event will serve up the best vegan BBQ St. Louis has to offer, including:

• 🍖 Smokehouse-style ribs

• 🍔 Juicy brats & melty cheeseburgers

• 🧀 Creamy mac & cheese

• 🥔 Classic potato salad

• 🫘 Hearty baked beans

• 🥧 Decadent desserts

• 🤤 …and so much more!

Whether you're vegan, veg-curious, or just a fan of amazing food, this event is for you! It’s:

• ✅ Family-friendly

• ✅ Absolutely delicious

• ✅ Free to attend

• ✅ One day only!

Come hungry. Leave amazed. Don’t miss the vegan BBQ revolution!

📧 Never miss another vegan market. Join our mailing list today!

🌱📚🐷 Join us for the grand launch of The Uncaged Page, St. Louis’ only vegan book club, as we discuss “The Humane Hoax,” a groundbreaking anthology edited by Hope Bohanec!

“The Humane Hoax” contains no fewer than 18 essays penned by movement leaders exposing the myth of happy meat, humane dairy, and ethical eggs.

Exploring the timely topics of humanewashing and greenwashing, this expansive volume also tackles how so-called alternative animal agriculture:

• 🤥 relies on deceptive language and labeling

• ♀️ intersects with feminism

• 🌎 affects the environment

• 📺 is represented in the media

• 💔 and impacts human and nonhuman communities alike

As The Uncaged Page vegan book club, we seek to liberate our hearts and minds from the prejudices that bind us, to liberate our nonhuman friends from captivity and exploitation, and to liberate our world from injustice, one page at a time.

The Uncaged Page Book Club is for you if you:

• 💚 enjoy learning more about veganism, animal rights, and social justice

• 🧠 desire stimulating conversations about thought-provoking issues connected to animals

• ✊ want to help animals by educating yourself about their plights, effective activism, and much more

A project of Project Animal Freedom, this initiative will take place at Adina’s Vegan Cuisine on the third Wednesday of the month every month, starting this September.

Due to the length and nature of the text, we encourage you to prioritize the Introduction, Conclusion, and Chapters 1, 5, 8, and 13 (extra credit for Chapters 2, 3, 10, 15, or any others that spark your interest).

📧 Want more vegan events + community? Join our mailing list today!

🦜🪧📢 Join us as we protest Petco’s exploitation and mistreatment of birds as part of one of PETA’s latest campaigns!

This bold demonstration will feature:

1. 🪧 Eye-catching signs and banners speaking up for birds

2. 🦜 Powerful visuals from PETA’s undercover investigation

3. 🗣️ Friendly outreach to shoppers and passersby

This event is for you if you:

• ⛅ Believe birds belong in the sky, not on store shelves

• 🐶 Want to defend victims of the pet trade

• ☮️ Are looking for a welcoming, peaceful first action

Where do the parakeets in Petco’s cages come from? PETA’s three-month undercover investigation into Creekside Birds, a breeding operation in Petco’s supply chain, documented workers tearing the heads off living birds, crushing parakeets’ necks, and denying sick and injured birds veterinary care for weeks on end.

After talks with PETA, Petco has already stopped selling larger birds like cockatoos and macaws. The next step is obvious: end the sale of birds altogether. Until Petco acts, advocates are urging shoppers to steer clear of the chain.

Activists have already brought this campaign to Petco stores in Chicago, New York, and Albuquerque. Now it's St. Louis’ turn. Project Animal Freedom is proud to fight alongside PETA and help protect every parakeet bred, boxed, and sold as if she were a product instead of a person.

This will be a peaceful, legal demonstration. First-timers are welcome, and no experience is needed. We’ll have signs ready for you!

To take part, all you have to do is:

• ✅ RSVP below

• ✅ Show up ready to advocate for the birds

• ✅ Apply to volunteer with Project Animal Freedom here

RSVP today for campaign updates!

📧 Want more vegan events + community? Join our mailing list today!

😊🫖🍓 Join us for an unforgettable meetup at La Pâtisserie Paris, St. Louis’ premier vegan tea party destination!

Known for their handcrafted French pâtisseries and signature pink tea room, La Pâtisserie Paris is the perfect place to enjoy an authentic, fully vegan afternoon tea on historic Main Street in St. Charles.

You can also enjoy all of the following exquisite eats with the purchase of just one ticket:

1. 🥐 cucumber croissant tea sandwiches, vegan turkey gouda croissant tea sandwiches, and tomato bruschetta tartlets

2. 🍇 fruit scones with cream & jam

3. 🍰 almond croissant mini tea sandwiches, fresh fruit tartlets, French macarons, chocolate caramel cake, and raspberry cake with an edible flower

4. 🍵 signature teas: Paris black tea and butterfly pea flower herbal tea

Space is limited, and the experience is simply unparalleled; there is nothing else quite like La Pâtisserie Paris in the St. Louis metro!

If you want to enjoy the ultimate tea and dining experience, then this is your opportunity. Don’t miss out!

📧 Want more vegan events + community? Join our mailing list today!

🧠✊🕊️ Join us as we march to prevent suicide, advance mental health, and fight for people with disabilities!

Suicide is often a very painful process that is frequently a result of despair, overwhelm, and neglect. At Project Animal Freedom, we are proud to support people struggling with suicidal ideation, other mental health issues, and a full range of disabilities.

We have protected, upheld, and venerated people in our community with mental health challenges and disabilities, and we would like to extend that work by officially participating in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s annual Out of the Darkness St. Louis Walk.

By walking with us, you will:

1. 💜 Help raise awareness about suicide prevention

2. 💭 De-stigmatize mental health struggles

3. 🤲 Support fellow community members, suicide survivors, and their loved ones

This cross-movement advocacy is critical, not only in theory, but because of how suicide has touched so many of our lives. Plenty of us have lost loved ones to suicide, and many of us struggle with suicidal ideation and other difficult mental health struggles.

We strive to build a more resiliently anti-ableist animal rights movement, and that starts not just with empathy, but with a commitment to meaningfully helping others. Through this action, we will champion neurodiversity, mental health, and disability rights.

Whether you march with us as a survivor or simply join as a concerned citizen, this walk is the perfect opportunity to express solidarity with those experiencing suicidal ideation, other mental health challenges, and/or struggling with disabilities like depression.

Suicidal and disabled people have so much to offer the world, our community, and our movement. Let’s show them we care and are willing to help.

What are you waiting for? Join us as we celebrate hope and healing!

✍ Register here: https://afspwalks.donordrive.com/participants/3544253

📧 Want more vegan advocacy opportunities + community? Apply to volunteer with us here!

🎭📺🐄 Join us for the grand relaunch of the St. Louis chapter of Anonymous for the Voiceless—hosted at Ritz Park!

This riveting, impact-driven demo will feature:

• 📺 TV screens playing standard-practice footage from factory farms and slaughterhouses for onlookers to witness

• 💬 Structured outreach conversations that help passersby make the connection and go vegan

• 📜 Your chance to be a meaningful part of St. Louis animal rights history as our AV chapter comes back to life

This event is for you if you:

• 🎭 Would rather hold a screen in silence and let the footage do the talking

• 🗣️ Love a good one-on-one conversation and want to get better at them

• 🌱 Are new to activism and want a peaceful, structured first action

What is Anonymous for the Voiceless?

Anonymous for the Voiceless (AV) is an international vegan activism organization that specializes in street outreach. Founded in Melbourne, Australia, in 2016, AV now has hundreds of chapters around the world, and the Cube of Truth is its signature action. Silent volunteers in Anonymous masks stand in formation holding screens and TRUTH signs. Outreach volunteers talk one-on-one with the people who stop to watch. No chanting. No bullhorns. Just the footage, a question, and a conversation.

Why the masks? So the attention stays on the animals, not on us.

What to know

Wear all black, the AV uniform. Masks, signs, and screens will be provided. New to the Cube? You’ll get a quick briefing on both roles before we set up.

RSVP below and invite a friend!

🐷 Want to do more for the animals? Apply to volunteer with Project Animal Freedom here!

🎲♟️🎉 Join us for the four-year anniversary of our Vegan Game Night series at Pieces, St. Louis’ premier board game bar and café!

Our very first Vegan Game Night was held on October 9th, 2022. Four years and many game nights later, the tradition is still going strong, and we’re throwing a party to celebrate!

At this lively get-together, you can enjoy:

• ✅ hours of board game fun

• ✅ a delicious vegan menu, featuring a full selection of vegan cookies

• ✅ a relaxed space to connect with local vegans

You can also enjoy beer, wine, cocktails, or coffee while you game the night away!

Here are some menu highlights:

• 🥑 Midwest Poke Bowl – sushi rice, avocado, sweet chili edamame, black sesame seeds, sriracha aioli, and sesame ginger sauce

• 🥢 Fried Rice Bowl – sesame ginger sauce, wonton chips, broccoli, edamame, and carrots

• 🥟 Pot Stickers – filled with mushrooms, topped with green onions, and served with sesame ginger sauce

This event is for you if you:

• 🧩 want more structure than a casual meetup

• 🧩 find it easier to connect over a game than over small talk

• 🧩 have been meaning to meet more local vegans

Whether you’ve been rolling dice with us since 2022 or this is your first time, you’re welcome at the table. Connect, unwind, and have fun with fellow vegans in a welcoming, stimulating environment.

Come for an hour or stay the whole night, but don’t miss this one!

📧 Want more vegan events + food finds? Join our mailing list here!

👻🌱🎃 Join us for a 100%-vegan Halloween potluck, hosted at the “spook-tacular” Lafayette Square Inn!

At this frightfully fun monthly celebration, we will:

1. 🤤 Feast on a homemade, 100%-vegan potluck spread featuring a wide variety of devilishly delicious dishes

2. 💚 Connect with longtime vegans, new vegans, and vegan-curious friends in a warm, welcoming space

3. 🍬 Celebrate Halloween as part of our Plant Lovers Potluck series, St. Louis’ only regularly recurring monthly vegan potluck

That’s right: we gather on the second Tuesday of every month to share food, friendship, and fellowship, vegan style!

🥣 WHAT TO BRING:

Just bring a vegan dish or drink to share! Bonus points if it’s spooky and seasonal! (Vegan = no meat, dairy, eggs, honey, or any other animal product.) Ingredient labels are appreciated for friends with allergies, and don’t forget a serving utensil if your dish needs one. Costumes are welcome but not required!

🏡 OUR BEAUTIFUL VENUE:

Dating to 1876, the Lafayette Square Inn is a lovingly restored Victorian gem in the heart of Lafayette Square, a historic neighborhood renowned for one of the largest collections of Victorian homes in the country. With its cozy parlor, elegant dining room, and full kitchen, the inn is the perfect “haunt” for St. Louis’ spookiest vegan potluck.

A heartfelt thank-you to the inn’s wonderful owners for so generously opening their doors to our community! 💚

We believe vegan community should be within everyone’s reach. That's why this potluck is completely free to attend (no tricks, just treats!), making it one of the most affordable, accessible ways to plug into St. Louis’ vegan scene, month after month after month.

This event is for you if you:

• 🥕 are vegan, veg-curious, or simply love good homemade food

• 💸 want an affordable, low-pressure way to find vegan community

• 🏛️ have always wanted to celebrate Halloween inside one of Lafayette Square’s Victorian beauties

Whether you bring a treasured family recipe or a simple store-bought treat, you belong here.

What are you waiting for? Don’t ghost us: RSVP today and help us make St. Louis more vegan friendly, one spooky potluck at a time!

📧 Want more vegan events + community? Join our mailing list today!

🐶🥩🤠 Join us for our first-ever “dog meat” tasting, hosted at Soulard Farmers Market!

That’s right: we’re bringing Elwood’s Organic Dog Meat, the internet’s most infamous family farm, to the streets of St. Louis.

At this deliciously deadpan demonstration, we will:

1. 🍖 Serve free samples of “dog meat” to unsuspecting passersby (100% vegan, 0% dog)

2. 🐷 Ask one simple question: why do we love dogs but eat pigs?

3. 💚 Spark kind, curious conversations about veganism, one free sample at a time

Elwood’s dogs are free-range, local, organic, antibiotic-free, and humanely slaughtered. Sound familiar? That’s the point.

Elwood’s isn’t real. But the outrage it sparks is, and so is the question behind it: if the thought of eating a Labrador turns your stomach, why doesn't the thought of eating a pig, an animal every bit as sensitive and loving as any dog?

Most people never think about this at all. Our job is to make them think: with a smile, a free sample, and a menu they’ll never forget.

This tongue-in-cheek action is for you if you:

• 🐶 love dogs (and want people to love pigs, cows, and chickens just as much)

• 😂 believe humor can open hearts that arguments can’t

• 🌱 are looking for a fun, low-pressure first action

🤠 HOW IT WORKS:

We’ll set up shop with Elwood’s signage, menus, and farmhand badges, then offer free samples of “Pug Bacon,” “Labrador Steaks,” and other farm favorites to anyone who walks by. When people recoil (and they will), we’ll gently ask why. No gotchas, no lectures, and nothing about any other country or culture: this is about us and our own double standards. As Elwood’s likes to put it, anyone upset by the farm is simply having a vegan experience.

All samples are 100% vegan. Dogs are welcome (as guests, not as samples).

🐾 ABOUT ELWOOD’S ORGANIC DOG MEAT:

Elwood’s has offered “delicious dog, since 1981.” Or, more accurately, since 2021, when vegan activist (and standup comic) Molly Elwood launched a satirical “family farm” that markets dog meat using the same language real farms use to sell pigs, cows, and chickens. The farm has since racked up over 4 million website visitors, an ad campaign on the London Underground, and “dog meat” tastings from Toronto to Zagreb. Not bad for a farm with no dogs.

Every animal deserves to live safe, happy, and free, whether they sleep at the foot of your bed or behind the walls of a factory farm. What are you waiting for? RSVP today and become an honorary Elwood’s farmhand!

📧 Want more vegan advocacy opportunities + community? Apply to volunteer with us here!

🤓🌱🧠 Join us for St. Louis’ second annual Vegan Trivia Night as we celebrate Project Animal Freedom’s 8th anniversary!

This vibrant community celebration will feature:

1. 🥘 a vegan potluck complete with drinks, a silent auction, and a live jazz performance

2. 🏆 a live trivia competition packed with vegan-themed trivia questions

3. 🐷 a celebratory speech on our progress toward a fully vegan Midwest by 2056

Grab a table with friends, put your knowledge of vegan trivia to the test, and cheer each other on! We'll wrap up the evening with decadent vegan cake from Bombay Food Junkies, plus a special surprise!

You should attend if you:

• 📚 enjoy trivia/friendly competition

• 🥕 are vegan, vegetarian, or willing to learn

• 🤝 would like to get more involved in our local vegan community

From vegan pop culture to our local vegan scene, vegan history, and more, don’t miss our 8th anniversary party!

📧 Want more vegan events + community? Join our mailing list today!

🐷📚🌙 Join us for the second meeting of The Uncaged Page, St. Louis’ only vegan book club, as we discuss “The Pig Who Sang to the Moon,” a groundbreaking exploration of the emotional world of farm animals by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson!

To celebrate World Day for Farmed Animals (Oct. 2) and Project Animal Freedom’s eighth birthday (Oct. 19), we return our attention to the foundation of our activism, namely, the immeasurable value of our nonhuman neighbors and the incredible inner lives they live.

Drawing on five years of firsthand observation on farms and at sanctuaries, Masson (author of the bestseller “When Elephants Weep”) makes the case that the animals we call “livestock” think, feel, and suffer, and that an animal is happy only when free to live according to their own nature.

Weaving together science, history, folklore, and personal encounters, this eye-opening book devotes a chapter to each of the animals we farm the most, revealing:

• 🐷 pigs who dream, know their names, and even save human lives

• 🐔 chickens who make friends and roost together in the treetops at night

• 🐑 sheep who balance their own diets and goats who face down leopards

• 🐄 mother cows who mourn their stolen calves

• 🦆 and ducks and geese who love their mates and their young

Set against the brutal reality awaiting the vast majority of these animals on today’s farms, their stories remind us why we do what we do.

As The Uncaged Page vegan book club, we seek to liberate our hearts and minds from the prejudices that bind us, to liberate our nonhuman friends from captivity and exploitation, and to liberate our world from injustice, one page at a time.

The Uncaged Page Book Club is for you if you:

• 💚 enjoy learning more about veganism, animal rights, and social justice

• 🧠 desire stimulating conversations about thought-provoking issues connected to animals

• ✊ want to help animals by educating yourself about their plights, effective activism, and much more

A project of Project Animal Freedom, this initiative takes place at Adina’s Vegan Cuisine on the third Wednesday of the month every month. Missed our September launch? No problem! Each month’s book stands on its own, so newcomers are always welcome.

At 277 pages, the book is an easy read cover to cover, but if you’re short on time, we encourage you to prioritize the chapters on pigs, chickens, and cows (extra credit for sheep, goats, and ducks, or any other chapter that sparks your interest).

📧 Want more vegan events + food finds? Join our mailing list here!

👻🌱🎃 Join us for St. Louis’ only 100%-vegan Halloween celebration—hosted at the tree-shrouded Moss Shelter in Laumeier Sculpture Park!

This spooky celebration will feature:

1. 🍲 a vegan chili cook-off with 12+ soul-warming chilis to sample

2. 🧟‍♀️ a Halloween costume contest with prizes for children, adults, and companion animals

3. 🍫 a candy-filled trunk-or-treat where every single piece of candy is vegan

You will also have the opportunity to connect with dozens of fellow vegans and enjoy devilishly good desserts that are perfectly suited to the Halloween season.

If you’re vegan without any allergies or further dietary needs, this is truly St. Louis’ only trunk-or-treat where you don’t have to check a single label, and the rare chili cook-off where you can taste every entry without asking what’s in it.

This event is the perfect opportunity to celebrate a beloved holiday in a vegan, family-friendly environment. After all, when’s the last time you went to a vegan Halloween party with a trunk-or-treat and a fully vegan food lineup?

• 🌶️ Want to enter a chili or host a trunk? Register here!

• 🎟️ Tickets are free, though donations are strongly encouraged!

Don’t miss our largest, spookiest, and most enjoyable vegan Halloween party yet!

📧 Want more vegan events + food finds? Join our mailing list here!

✊🩸🐮 Join us as we march to close all slaughterhouses in St. Louis and beyond!

Slaughterhouses are places of:

• 🔪 unimaginable violence

• 💔 grotesque suffering

• 💀 and horrific death

They cause profound harm to humans, animals, and the environment—

• 😱 Animals suffer horrifically and endure extreme distress at slaughterhouses.

• 👷‍♂️ Slaughterhouses exploit workers and cause PTSD.

• ☣️ Slaughterhouses pollute entire communities.

By marching, we will:

1. ✊ demand the abolition of slaughterhouses and the permanent cessation of animal slaughter

2. 📢 build pressure to shut down existing and proposed slaughterhouses in the St. Louis region

3. 🗽 and champion a slaughter-free world where animals live safe, happy, and free

Over 80 billion animals suffer and die needlessly in slaughterhouses each year. This event is your opportunity to protest their gruesome fates while building momentum for a slaughter-free St. Louis.

What are you waiting for? Join the slaughter-free movement today!

📧 Want more vegan advocacy opportunities + community? Apply to volunteer with us today!

🍎🌱🎓 Join us for Veganism 101, a free online class, documentary screening, and community discussion, all in one night, hosted live on Zoom!

Curious about veganism but never had a place to ask your questions? This is it. In one evening, alongside fellow St. Louisans, you’ll get the whole picture: the ethics, the environment, the health, and the how.

This eye-opening evening will feature:

1. 🎓 Veganism 101: the ethics of veganism, the environmental toll of animal agriculture, and the health benefits of plant-based living, plus practical tips for going and staying vegan

2. 🎬 A screening of Dominion, the most powerful animal rights documentary in history, narrated by Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara

3. 💬 A community discussion afterward, where you can ask anything, process what you saw, and meet others on the same path

Filmed with drones, hidden cameras, and handheld footage, Dominion shows the reality behind the food on our plates, and it has inspired countless people to go vegan. You’ll never look at a grocery store the same way again.

This event is for you if you:

• 🥕 want to understand veganism, whether or not you’re ready to go vegan

• 🎯 want to eat healthier, feel better, and reach your health and fitness goals

• 🐷 want to make a real difference for animals, the planet, and your community

What are you waiting for? RSVP today and discover the truth about where our food comes from and what we can do to combat animal cruelty!

💚 ABOUT STL VEGMONTH:

STL VegMonth is St. Louis’ brand-new celebration of vegan living, held all November long during World Vegan Month. Throughout the month, Project Animal Freedom and VeganSTL are hosting 10+ vegan events across the STL, four free online classes, and the inaugural Gateway to Compassion Challenge: a month of free help, resources, and community for anyone ready to try vegan living. This January, 768 St. Louisans took our Veganuary challenge. This November, we’re aiming to inspire 2,056 St. Louisans to try vegan! Whether you’re vegan-curious or vegan for life, there’s a place for you.

🔥 JOIN THE CHALLENGE HERE!

🗓️ VEGMONTH THURSDAYS (7 p.m., Zoom)

1. Oct 29th: Veganism 101 + Dominion Screening

2. Nov 5th: Vegan Living 101

3. Nov 12th: Vegan STL 101

4. Nov 19th: Vegan Activism 101

📧 Want more vegan events + community? Join our mailing list here!

🕯️🌹🖤 Join us for Candles of Compassion: A Vigil for the Animals—hosted in the heart of the Central West End during St. Louis’ legendary Halloween street party!

While thousands of revelers celebrate make-believe monsters, we’ll gather at the edge of the party to remember the ghosts in the machine: the billions of land animals and trillions of fish who suffer and die needlessly every year, hidden away and forgotten. For them, Halloween is real, and it never ends. This Halloween, we refuse to forget.

This candlelight vigil will feature:

• 🕯️ a glowing line of candles lit at sunset

• 🌹 white roses laid for the fallen

• 🗣️ heartfelt speak-outs, closing with a moment of silence

This event is for you if you:

• 🖤 are grieving a loved one, human or animal

• ✊ believe showing up matters

• 🎃 want your Halloween to mean something real

This vigil is for our own beloved dead, too. With Día de los Muertos just days away, bring a photo or memento of someone you’ve lost, companion animal or human. This night is theirs as well.

Halloween asks us to face our fears. We’re asking St. Louis to face the truth: Halloween is real. Factory farms are the real haunted houses, and their victims never make it out.

This is a peaceful gathering, not a protest: candlelight, quiet voices, a softly hummed melody. Candles and roses provided.

What are you waiting for? RSVP today and help us commemorate the literally trillions of souls lost to the largest, longest-running mass killing of innocents in history!

📧 Want more vegan advocacy opportunities + community? Apply to volunteer with us here!

🎤🎶🌱 Join us for St. Louis’ first-ever Vegan Hip-Hop Party, dreamed up by the Red Black & Vegan Podcast and hosted at Adina’s Vegan Cuisine!

Kicking off Hip Hop History Month, this community-powered party will feature:

1. 🎧 hip-hop music curated by a talented local DJ

2. 🤤 delicious vegan eats and treats from Adina’s Vegan Cuisine

3. 🎉 a chance to celebrate our local community on a major vegan holiday

This one-of-a-kind celebration is for you if you:

• 🎤 love hip-hop

• 😻 care about animals

• 🥳 like to party

Coinciding with World Vegan Day, this hip-hop party is the perfect opportunity to relax, connect, and celebrate all things vegan! There will be a live DJ, vendors, food, drinks, and more for you to enjoy.

🙏 A big thank-you to Damon and Marshette of the Red Black & Vegan Podcast for cooking up this party and inviting us along for the ride, and to Adina’s Vegan Cuisine for donating their space!

Whatever you do, don’t miss St. Louis’ hoppingest vegan celebration this World Vegan Day! 🔥

🎙️ ABOUT RED BLACK & VEGAN:

Red Black & Vegan is an internationally recognized vegan podcast hosted by Damon, a.k.a. the Hip Hop Vegan, and Marshette, a.k.a. the Kurly Vegan. One of the few vegan media outlets in all of St. Louis, the show welcomes local, national, and worldwide guests and specializes in spotlighting vegan restaurants, everyday vegans, and anything promoting health and wellness. This party was Red Black & Vegan’s idea from day one; Project Animal Freedom is proud to help bring their vision to life!

🍄 ABOUT ADINA’S VEGAN CUISINE:

Adina’s Vegan Cuisine is a Black-, women-, and family-owned vegan restaurant serving some of the finest vegan food in St. Louis. Specializing in vegan soul food, Adina’s is known for signature dishes like fried oyster mushrooms and its famous lemon-lime kale salad, so come hungry and eat to your heart’s content at St. Louis’ first-ever vegan hip-hop party! Note: their kitchen closes at 8:30 p.m., and the party ends at 10 p.m.!

🤝 OUR COMMITMENT:

100% of the money raised beyond Project Animal Freedom’s event costs will go directly to our partners, Red Black & Vegan and Adina’s Vegan Cuisine. We currently expect to spend $125 to secure our DJ for the evening, plus another $200 on Facebook and Instagram advertising to help fill the venue. Every penny beyond those entertainment and marketing costs will be reinvested directly in the community!

What are you waiting for? Grab your tickets today and get excited for one of the coolest vegan musical experiences to ever debut in St. Louis!

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🤤🌱🍽️ Join us for Vegan Living 101, a free online crash course in going and staying vegan in real life, hosted live on Zoom!

Ever thought about going vegan, but worried it might be…

• 😰 Difficult?

• 🥩 Protein deficient?

• ⏳ Time-consuming?

• 🔒 Restrictive?

• 💸 Expensive?

Then this one’s for you!

This myth-busting class will feature:

1. 🥦 Plant-based nutrition made simple: protein, iron, B12, and every other question you’ll get at Thanksgiving dinner

2. 🛒 Grocery shopping, budgeting, and meal prep that actually fit into a busy week

3. 🍔 How to veganize the foods you already love, Thanksgiving staples included

You’ll leave with your "why" (and how to make it stick), real-life strategies for eating out, navigating family dinners, managing cravings, and the confidence to go vegan without stress, guilt, or perfectionism.

This class is for you if you:

• 🌱 are vegan-curious and don’t know where to start

• 🆕 recently went vegan and want it to feel easier

• 💪 have tried before and want it to stick this time

Vegan living in St. Louis doesn’t have to be hard. It just takes a little know-how, and we have plenty. Just in time for the holidays, this class will give you everything you need to make vegan living simple, affordable, and delicious.

No perfection required—just come as you are. What are you waiting for? RSVP today and take the stress out of going vegan!

💚 ABOUT STL VEGMONTH:

STL VegMonth is St. Louis’ brand-new celebration of vegan living, held all November long during World Vegan Month. Throughout the month, Project Animal Freedom and VeganSTL are hosting 10+ vegan events across the STL, four free online classes, and the inaugural Gateway to Compassion Challenge: a month of free help, resources, and community for anyone ready to try vegan living. This January, 768 St. Louisans took our Veganuary challenge. This November, we’re aiming to inspire 2,056 St. Louisans to try vegan! Whether you’re vegan-curious or vegan for life, there’s a place for you.

🔥 JOIN THE CHALLENGE HERE!

🗓️ VEGMONTH THURSDAYS (7 p.m., Zoom)

1. Oct 29th: Veganism 101 + Dominion Screening

2. Nov 5th: Vegan Living 101

3. Nov 12th: Vegan STL 101

4. Nov 19th: Vegan Activism 101

📧 Want more vegan events + community? Join our mailing list here!

🍂🐷🌱 Join us for our first-ever fall festival at Randy’s Rescue Ranch, St. Louis’ most vegan-friendly animal sanctuary!

This heartwarming fall celebration will feature:

1. 🤤 The Lou’s best vegan food, treats, and goods from local vendors

2. 🐴 Up-close visits with rescued horses, pigs, cows, and more

3. 🍁 Cozy autumn vibes on 20 acres of rolling sanctuary land

You’ll also get to meet the ranch’s rescued residents, many of them survivors of abuse, neglect, and abandonment who are now thriving as ambassadors for compassion.

During your crisp autumn afternoon visit, you’ll have the opportunity to meet:

• 🐴 Horses & donkeys – the heart of the ranch, many rescued from abandonment and abuse

• 🐷 Pigs – curious, clever, and always happy to greet visitors

• 🐄 Cows – gentle giants living out their days in peace

• 🐐 Goats & sheep – the sanctuary’s friendly welcoming committee

• 🐶 Senior & disabled dogs – beloved residents of the ranch’s hospice home

• 🐱 Barn cats – the ranch’s unofficial supervisors

This event is for you if you:

• 💚 have always wanted to connect with the animals you help save

• 🍂 love crisp air, cozy layers, and everything fall

• 😻 care about animals

🐾 ABOUT RANDY’S RESCUE RANCH:

Founded in 2017 by Randy Grim (of Stray Rescue fame), Randy’s Rescue Ranch is a 20-acre sanctuary in O’Fallon, Illinois, that rescues and rehabilitates abused, neglected, and abandoned animals.

What are you waiting for? RSVP today so you don’t miss the coziest vegan festival of the year!

📧 Want more vegan events + community? Join our mailing list today!

🍁🌱🥧 Join us for a 100%-vegan Thanksgiving potluck, hosted at the “gourd-geous” Lafayette Square Inn!

At this heartwarming monthly celebration, we will:

• 🤤 Feast on a homemade, 100%-vegan potluck spread featuring a cornucopia of comfort-food favorites

• 💚 Connect with longtime vegans, new vegans, and vegan-curious friends in a warm, welcoming space

• 🙏 Kick off the season of gratitude as part of our Plant Lovers Potluck series, St. Louis’ only regularly recurring monthly vegan potluck

That’s right: we gather on the second Tuesday of every month to share food, friendship, and fellowship, vegan style!

🥣 WHAT TO BRING:

Just bring a vegan dish or drink to share! Bonus points if it’s a Thanksgiving classic! (Vegan = no meat, dairy, eggs, honey, or any other animal product.) Ingredient labels are appreciated for friends with allergies, and don’t forget a serving utensil if your dish needs one.

🏡 OUR BEAUTIFUL VENUE:

Dating to 1876, the Lafayette Square Inn is a lovingly restored Victorian gem in the heart of Lafayette Square, a historic neighborhood renowned for one of the largest collections of Victorian homes in the country. With its cozy parlor, elegant dining room, and full kitchen, the inn is the perfect “harvest home” for St. Louis’ most thankful vegan potluck.

In this season of gratitude, a heartfelt thank-you to the inn’s wonderful owners for so generously opening their doors to our community! 💚

We believe vegan community should be within everyone’s reach. That's why this potluck is completely free to attend (one more thing to be thankful for!), making it one of the most affordable, accessible ways to plug into St. Louis’ vegan scene, month after month after month.

This event is for you if you:

• 🥕 are vegan, veg-curious, or simply love good homemade food

• 💸 want an affordable, low-pressure way to find vegan community

• 🏛️ have always dreamed of a Thanksgiving feast inside one of Lafayette Square’s Victorian beauties

Whether you bring a treasured family recipe or a simple store-bought treat, there’s always a seat at our table: you belong here.

What are you waiting for? Give the turkeys a reason to celebrate: RSVP today and help us make St. Louis more vegan friendly, one thankful potluck at a time!

📧 Want more vegan events + community? Join our mailing list here!

🏙️🌱🤤 Join us for Vegan STL 101, a free, live guided tour of the best of vegan St. Louis, hosted on Zoom!

Think St. Louis is a hard place to be vegan? Think again. The Lou is quietly becoming one of the best vegan food cities in the Midwest. Most people just don’t know where to look. After this class, you will.

This mouthwatering session will feature:

1. 👨‍🍳 12+ of the best vegan restaurants in the St. Louis area, from hidden gems to local legends, and what to order at each

2. 📗 A guided walkthrough of the newly expanded STL Vegan Guide on VeganSTL.com, the most comprehensive directory of vegan and vegan-friendly dining in the area

3. 🗓️ Upcoming ways to plug into the local vegan community: events, meetups, volunteering, and more

Whether you’re craving vegan pizza, brunch, BBQ, or dessert, or just a place where you can order anything on the menu, you’ll leave with a list (and probably a dinner reservation).

This class is for you if you:

• 🆕 just went vegan, or just moved to St. Louis, and need the lay of the land

• 🍕 are a longtime vegan who keeps ordering the same three things

• 🤝 want more vegan food, more vegan friends, and more reasons to get out of the house

Project Animal Freedom hosts dozens of events, meetups, and volunteer opportunities every year. This class is your shortcut to all of them.

Come hungry. Bring a notebook. And invite that friend who always asks, "But where do you even eat?" RSVP today and never wonder where to eat in the STL again!

💚 ABOUT STL VEGMONTH:

STL VegMonth is St. Louis’ brand-new celebration of vegan living, held all November long during World Vegan Month. Throughout the month, Project Animal Freedom and VeganSTL are hosting 10+ vegan events across the STL, four free online classes, and the inaugural Gateway to Compassion Challenge: a month of free help, resources, and community for anyone ready to try vegan living. This January, 768 St. Louisans took our Veganuary challenge. This November, we’re aiming to inspire 2,056 St. Louisans to try vegan! Whether you’re vegan-curious or vegan for life, there’s a place for you.

🔥 JOIN THE CHALLENGE HERE!

🗓️ VEGMONTH THURSDAYS (7 p.m., Zoom)

1. Oct 29th: Veganism 101 + Dominion Screening

2. Nov 5th: Vegan Living 101

3. Nov 12th: Vegan STL 101

4. Nov 19th: Vegan Activism 101

📧 Want more vegan events + community? Join our mailing list here!

📣📚✊ Join us for the third meeting of The Uncaged Page, St. Louis’ only vegan book club, as we discuss “Advocate for Animals!,” a groundbreaking handbook on abolitionist vegan advocacy by Gary L. Francione and Anna Charlton!

World Vegan Month is a time to reflect on where we’ve come from and where we are going, as individuals and a movement, and to master the tools of activism and advocacy best suited to our skills, local context, and cultural moment.

Written by two of the original pioneers of the abolitionist approach, this compact handbook argues that the problem isn’t how we treat animals but that we use them at all, and that the answer is creative, nonviolent vegan education.

Packed with practical guidance, it will show you how to:

1. 🧭 ground your advocacy in the core principles of the abolitionist approach

2. 🗣️ talk about veganism and answer common objections with confidence

3. 🍎 bring the vegan message to communities facing poverty and food deserts

4. 🎓 and choose education over welfare reform and single-issue campaigns

As The Uncaged Page vegan book club, we seek to liberate our hearts and minds from the prejudices that bind us, to liberate our nonhuman friends from captivity and exploitation, and to liberate our world from injustice, one page at a time.

The Uncaged Page Book Club is for you if you:

• 💚 enjoy learning more about veganism, animal rights, and social justice

• 🧠 desire stimulating conversations about thought-provoking issues connected to animals

• ✊ want to help animals by educating yourself about their plights, effective activism, and much more

A project of Project Animal Freedom, this initiative takes place at Adina’s Vegan Cuisine on the third Wednesday of every month. Missed our first two meetings? No problem! Each month’s book stands on its own, so newcomers are always welcome.

At 214 pages, it’s a quick read. Short on time? Prioritize the chapters on the abolitionist approach, the sample discussions, and veganism and poverty.

📧 Want more vegan advocacy opportunities + community? Apply to volunteer with us here!

✊📢🐷 Join us for Vegan Activism 101, a free, beginner-friendly online class in taking action for animals, hosted live on Zoom!

Over 80 billion animals suffer and die needlessly in factory farms and slaughterhouses each year, and that’s not counting fishes. The good news? You can help change that, and this class will show you what actually works and where you fit in.

This action-packed session will feature:

1. 🌱 The tools of the trade: protests, demonstrations, and marches; leafleting and tabling; campaigns, programs, and more

2. 🧭 Project Animal Freedom’s theory of change, the strategy behind our mission of a fully vegan Midwest by 2056

3. 🤝 Concrete ways to get involved right here in St. Louis (and across our chapter network), starting this month

Project Animal Freedom is on track to organize 70+ events in 2026 alone, reaching an estimated 400,000+ people across the St. Louis area. Every one of those events was built by everyday St. Louisans who decided to show up. Now it’s your turn to join them.

This class is for you if you:

• 🆕 have never done activism and don’t know where to begin

• 🔥 are tired of feeling helpless about what happens to animals

• 🧠 want to understand the strategy behind the movement, not just the slogans

No experience needed. What are you waiting for? RSVP today and join the movement for animal freedom!

💚 ABOUT STL VEGMONTH:

STL VegMonth is St. Louis’ brand-new celebration of vegan living, held all November long during World Vegan Month. Throughout the month, Project Animal Freedom and VeganSTL are hosting 10+ vegan events across the STL, four free online classes, and the inaugural Gateway to Compassion Challenge: a month of free help, resources, and community for anyone ready to try vegan living. This January, 768 St. Louisans took our Veganuary challenge. This November, we’re aiming to inspire 2,056 St. Louisans to try vegan! Whether you’re vegan-curious or vegan for life, there’s a place for you.

🔥 JOIN THE CHALLENGE HERE!

🗓️ VEGMONTH THURSDAYS (7 p.m., Zoom)

1. Oct 29th: Veganism 101 + Dominion Screening

2. Nov 5th: Vegan Living 101

3. Nov 12th: Vegan STL 101

4. Nov 19th: Vegan Activism 101

📧 Want more vegan advocacy opportunities + community? Apply to volunteer with us today!

🙏💌💚 Join us for our first-ever Vegan Gratitude Day, hosted at Adina’s Vegan Cuisine, St. Louis’ most beloved vegan soul food destination!

At this heartfelt celebration, you can:

1. 🤤 Enjoy a delicious meal from Adina’s Vegan Cuisine with vegan friends

2. ✍️ Write thank-you cards to the donors, volunteers, and other community members who power our work

3. 🌱 Cultivate a habit of gratitude for all things, big and small, while helping sustain our local animal rights movement

That’s right: this event is all about showing our respect, appreciation, and admiration for the community members who help power our mission.

This is the perfect opportunity to not only relax, but also recognize and give back to the people who make all our vegan outreach, advocacy, and activism possible.

Together, we will write letters, make calls, and take part in other acts of gratitude toward the changemakers powering the movement for a fully vegan Midwest by 2056.

With Thanksgiving around the corner, we are proud to launch this new tradition grounded in mutual respect, appreciation, and gratitude toward those who give so much to the cause of animal freedom.

This event is for you if you:

• 🤝 want to give back to the people behind our movement

• 🥕 are vegan, veg-curious, or simply love good soul food

• 😌 could use an afternoon to relax, reflect, and give thanks

Whether you come for a meal or stick around for the thanks, don’t miss out!

What are you waiting for? RSVP today and give thanks, vegan style!

📧 Want more vegan advocacy opportunities + community? Apply to volunteer with us here!

🦃🌱😌 Join us for our third annual Vegan Thanksgiving Feast, brimming with holiday comfort!

At this cozy, big-plate dinner, you can enjoy holiday classics, from succulent “turkey” roast to the most delightful apple-peach cobbler.

Here’s our full, mouthwatering menu:

• 🍂 Roast with potatoes & carrots

• 🌽 Adina’s cornbread dressing

• 🧀 Creamy mac & cheese

• 🥬 Savory collard greens

• 🍠 Sweet candied yams

• 🍑 Warm apple-peach cobbler

Every dish is lovingly prepared by Adina’s Vegan Cuisine, one of St. Louis’ finest vegan caterers. Vegan for over 30 years, Ms. Adina has spent decades perfecting her recipes into the sweet and savory delights they are today.

This is the perfect opportunity to enjoy a 100%-vegan Thanksgiving feast as we give thanks for the sentient beings who share our planet and the people who power our work.

Whatever you do, don’t miss our vegan take on this distinctive American holiday!

📧 Want more vegan events + community? Join our mailing list today!

🥫🌱🍽️ Join us as we fight to combat hunger in our St. Louis community!

Why? Nearly 1 in 7 Americans live in food insecure households, and roughly 1 in 8 Americans depend on food stamps to meet their needs.

During these challenging times, we need to rally together and support those in need.

Here is what you can do to help:

• 1️⃣ bring canned foods, dry staples, and bottled drinks to our Vegan Thanksgiving Feast on Monday, November 23rd

• 2️⃣ donate to other food drives, food pantries, and other anti-hunger initiatives

• 3️⃣ spread the word by encouraging your friends and family members to support this and other food drives

On Monday, November 23rd, we will assemble donations at our Vegan Thanksgiving Feast and then distribute it to those in need.

Remember to:

• ✅ mark “going” if you would like to participate in our vegan food drive

• ✅ join us at our Vegan Thanksgiving Feast for our food drive drop-off

Donations will be delivered to the Thomas Dunn Learning Center, which operates a food pantry in addition to all the other services they offer to our community.

This holiday season, please take action to address the compound food crises our world faces, from animals suffering in factory farms to children going hungry due to unjust food distribution.

📧 Want more vegan events + food finds? Join our mailing list today!

🎄☃️✨ Join us for a 100%-vegan Christmas potluck, hosted at the “tree-mendous” Lafayette Square Inn!

At this merry monthly celebration, we will:

• 🤤 Feast on a homemade, 100%-vegan potluck spread featuring a sleigh-full of festive favorites

• 💚 Connect with longtime vegans, new vegans, and vegan-curious friends in a warm, welcoming space

• 🎁 Spread holiday cheer as part of our Plant Lovers Potluck series, St. Louis’ only regularly recurring monthly vegan potluck

That’s right: we gather on the second Tuesday of every month to share food, friendship, and fellowship, vegan style!

🥣 WHAT TO BRING:

Just bring a vegan dish or drink to share! Bonus points if it’s a holiday classic! (Vegan = no meat, dairy, eggs, honey, or any other animal product.) Ingredient labels are appreciated for friends with allergies, and don’t forget a serving utensil if your dish needs one. Ugly sweaters welcome but never required!

🏡 OUR BEAUTIFUL VENUE:

Dating to 1876, the Lafayette Square Inn is a lovingly restored Victorian gem in the heart of Lafayette Square, a historic neighborhood renowned for one of the largest collections of Victorian homes in the country. With its cozy parlor, elegant dining room, and full kitchen, the inn is the perfect “winter wonderland” for St. Louis’ merriest vegan potluck.

In this season of giving, a heartfelt thank-you to the inn’s wonderful owners for so generously opening their doors to our community! 💚

We believe vegan community should be within everyone’s reach. That’s why this potluck is completely free to attend (consider it our gift to you!), making it one of the most affordable, accessible ways to plug into St. Louis’ vegan scene, month after month after month.

This event is for you if you:

• 🥕 are vegan, veg-curious, or simply love good homemade food

• 💸 want an affordable, low-pressure way to find vegan community

• 🏛️ have always dreamed of celebrating Christmas inside one of Lafayette Square’s Victorian beauties

Whether you bring a treasured family recipe or a simple store-bought treat, there’s always a seat at our table: you belong here.

What are you waiting for? Get on the nice list: RSVP today and help us make St. Louis more vegan friendly, one merry potluck at a time!

📧 Want more vegan events + community? Join our mailing list here!

💌📚❄️ Join us for the final 2026 meeting of The Uncaged Page, St. Louis’ only vegan book club, as we discuss “Letters to a New Vegan,” a pocket-sized anthology of advice, encouragement, and support from Lantern Publishing & Media!

Thanksgiving has come and gone, and the end-of-year holidays are rapidly approaching. Holidays are complicated in a carnist culture, full of joys, sorrows, and everything in between. This month, we gather for encouragement, strategies, and support to navigate them together, drawing on the wisdom of others who have walked the path.

Edited by Melissa Tedrowe and Justin Van Kleek in the spirit of Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet,” this modern-day handbook collects 32 letters, chosen from hundreds submitted, from activists and movement leaders who have followed the vegan path for years, including PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk, United Poultry Concerns founder Karen Davis, and “Main Street Vegan” author Victoria Moran.

Funny, fiery, and tender, the letters offer hard-won wisdom on:

1. 🍽️ facing family dinners, awkward questions, and well-meaning relatives

2. 😔 feeling isolated in a world that doesn’t yet share your values

3. 💔 carrying the grief of what you know alongside the joy of how you now live

4. 🔥 staying the course when the newness wears off and burnout creeps in

5. 💚 and rediscovering why you chose this path in the first place

Whether you went vegan last week or twenty years ago, this book was written with you in mind: to spark, steady, and renew your commitment to a kinder way of living.

As The Uncaged Page vegan book club, we seek to liberate our hearts and minds from the prejudices that bind us, to liberate our nonhuman friends from captivity and exploitation, and to liberate our world from injustice, one page at a time.

The Uncaged Page Book Club is for you if you:

• 💚 enjoy learning more about veganism, animal rights, and social justice

• 🧠 desire stimulating conversations about thought-provoking issues connected to animals

• ✊ want to help animals by educating yourself about their plights, effective activism, and much more

A project of Project Animal Freedom, this initiative takes place at Adina’s Vegan Cuisine on the third Wednesday of the month every month. Missed a meeting or two? No problem! Each month’s book stands on its own, so newcomers are always welcome. And if you’re new to veganism yourself, there has never been a better month to join us.

At just 148 pages, the book is a quick read cover to cover, but if you’re short on time, read whichever letters speak to where you are on your journey and come ready to share the one that stuck with you most (extra credit if you write a letter of your own to a new vegan!).

📧 Want more vegan events + community? Join our mailing list today!