Disabled Vegan Expo 2026 | Disability Justice Meets Animal Liberation (ASL + Captions)

Project Animal Freedom's second annual Disabled Vegan Expo brings together leading activists and academics at the intersection of disability rights and animal liberation. Recorded live on Zoom on Saturday, Oct. 10th, 2026, this is where disabled vegans and our allies connect and strategize how to build a more inclusive, accessible movement for everyone. ♿ ACCESSIBILITY: This recording includes live ASL interpretation throughout and full English captions (turn on CC). 📬 JOIN OUR MAILING LIST to get updates on next year's expo and every PAF event: https://projectanimalfreedom.dm.netwo... 💚 SUPPORT THIS WORK: Disabled donors funded this expo, including its ASL interpreters. Help us keep events like this free and accessible: https://projectanimalfreedom.org/donate 🔗 Learn more about the expo: https://projectanimalfreedom.org/disa... CHAPTERS 00:00 Welcome and opening remarks (Kyle Luzynski, Executive Director) 01:50 Dr. Paulina Siemieniec: "An Accessible Theory of Animal Politics" 30:44 Erin (That Vegan Disabled Gal): "Connection: Veganism, Disability, and Finding Another Way In" 55:17 Robert A. Rieck Jr.: "By Any Means Possible for the Animals" 1:31:24 Break 1:38:25 Dawn Prince-Hughes: "Songs of the Gorilla Nation" 2:05:31 Phoenix Huber: "The Disabled Joy of Us Animals" 2:29:56 pattrice jones (VINE Sanctuary): Three to-dos for disabled vegans 2:57:44 Closing remarks (Kyle Luzynski) MEET THE SPEAKERS 🎓 Dr. Paulina Siemieniec, animal philosopher: https://paulinasiemieniec.com/ 💬 Erin, creator of That Vegan Disabled Gal: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... 📖 Robert A. Rieck Jr., author of Spoken: A Memoir Sprinkled with a Little Quadriplegia: https://booklife.com/project/spoken-9... 🦍 Dawn Prince-Hughes, Cultural Autism Studies at Yale (CASY): https://culturalautismstudiesatyale.s... ✨ Phoenix Huber, writer and vegan advocate:   / phoenixhuber   🐄 pattrice jones, co-founder of VINE Sanctuary: https://vinesanctuary.org As Audre Lorde declared, there is no such thing as a single-issue struggle, because we do not live single-issue lives. Single-issue veganism fails to extend to humans the justice we demand for animals, and it keeps our movement small, fragmented, and isolated. This expo is our answer: all oppression matters, and all liberation is intertwined. MORE FROM PROJECT ANIMAL FREEDOM 🌐 Website: https://projectanimalfreedom.org 🍽️ VeganSTL, St. Louis' vegan community hub: https://veganstl.com 📅 Upcoming events: https://projectanimalfreedom.org/events 📸 Instagram:   / projectanimalfreedom   📘 Facebook:   / projectanimalfreedom   Project Animal Freedom is a Missouri 501(c)(3) nonprofit working toward a fully vegan Midwest by 2056. Nothing about us without us, no liberation without animal liberation. Justice, love, respect, compassion, and freedom for all! #DisabledVeganExpo #DisabilityJustice #AnimalLiberation #Vegan #Accessibility #ASL #Intersectionality