YouTube video of the parade by Chris Cintron (mxatv7777@yahoo.com). Click on arrow at the bottom of the screen to avoid being taken away to the YouTube Web site.
YouTube video of the parade produced by Supreme Master TV. Click on arrow at the bottom of the screen to avoid being taken away to the YouTube Web site.
Elaine Vigneault's video blog about Veggie Pride Parade
Blog posts of interest (2008 parade)
May 25, 2008: Veggie Pride Parade The Costume Shop • Costume people showing interest in the Veggie Pride Parade.
May 24, 2008: Bathroom Habits on Parade Bizarro Blog Excerpt: The poop chute of verity worked like a charm and attracted all manner of attention, mainstream press included. Mentions and photos popped up here and there the next day. Woodstock Sanctuary's co-founder, Jenny Brown, was quoted in the New York Daily News.(Along with people dressed as vegetables.) Doug Abel, the other co-founder, and I appear in a video on New York Magazine's website. (Most notable about the video is my frank talk about my bathroom habits. No idea what's with the artificially nasally tone of my voice here. I sound consitpated.).
May 24, 2008: You Know You're In New York... Ranting Details You Know You're In New York...
You know you're in New York when you walk out of your apartment and see this (feathered woman) on your way to the subway. You REALLY know you're in New York when you are on your way to brunch the day after spotting the feathered woman and you see this (Penelo Pea Pod and Chris P. Carrot) walking down the street.
May 20, 2008: Vegetables on march against meat biz Advocates for Agriculture • This is a Web site from opponents of the Veggie Pride Parade (family factory farmers). These people write that they fear the parade will disseminate false info. (We beg to differ.)
May 20, 2008: Veggie Pride Parade Invitation to My Vegan Journey's Gnewvegan was excited to be part of the event. Read her personal account here.
May 20, 2008: Nerve.com, New York Mag, and NY Daily News "Bring up the Rear" of Veggie Pride Media Coverage supervegan.com EXCERPT: It was way cool to see Nerve.com's Scanner blog make the "hundreds of proud vegetarians and vegans who swarmed New York City's Meatpacking District" their "Crush of the Week."
May 19, 2008: Strange But True Register Citizen • These people are a little clueless about our cause, but they publicized it just the same, so we cannot complain.
May 19, 2008: Veggie Pride Parade NewYorkDailyPhoto • Three Flickr images... The more the merrier.
May 19, 2008: Veggie Pride! (Nothing To See Here ... Move Along ...) The Center for Consumer Freedom • (These people, of course, are the apologist mouthpieces for the fast-food and meat industries. So you have to take their comments under advisement.)
May 19, 2008: Washington Square Park Sunday in the Rain: Masses of Vegetarians and Low Hot Dog Sales Washington Square Park • Blog for Washington Square Park gives its mostly mainstrean perspective on the event.
May 19, 2008: Veggie Pride Parade Blog name unknown • If you don't know Korean? you won't be able to read a thing here. It's nice to know people all over the world are interested in our Veggie Pride Parade.
May 19, 2008: The Gothamist doesn't seem to get it. Pro-veg comments needed!
May 18, 2008: What Does Veggie Pride Look Like? Vegan of Color • Sample comment: [G]iven that, my unease with the idea of veggie pride grew. I actually think the idea of the parade is really neat, & a fabulous way to get a lot of people thinking about these issues. Click read more fascinating perspectives. This blog has garnered dozens of comments.
May 16, 2008: 1st Ever Veggie Pride Parade in NYC Vegworcester • Pre-parade notice and comments.
May 16, 2008: Veggie Pride Parade - Sunday in Greenwich Village Brooklyn Vegan • This blog gave a pre-parade plug and link. Several dozen comments are worth a look-see.
May 13, 2008: NYC's 1st Veggie Pride Parade this Sunday! SuperVegan.com • Here's a great pre-parade rundown of the event to come.
May 11, 2008: Show your veggie pride in first-ever parade next week AMNewYork's daily blog • What do you get when you cross a seven-foot peapod with an equally tall smiling carrot? Click link to read more. And post your own comment while you're there.
