A parade needs participants so we need you, and you and you! If you are vegetarian or vegan please join us and show Cape Town that we are here and that veg living is great!
Break out the veggie / vegan message tee shirts, dust off the fruity topped hat ala Carmen Miranda, stitch up a ‘peas on earth’ hat, wear orange pants and tee with a green hat (carrot), or red pants and tee with green hat (strawberry) paint up a positive and fun poster / banner and come and be part of Africa’s first VEGGIE PRIDE PARADE at 10 o’clock sharp in Cape Town on Saturday 30th October, from the corner of Long Street and Strand Streets. If you don’t want to dress up, that’s okay too, just come and join us!
We will walk to the Beauty Without Cruelty Awareness Day in conjunction with the Wellness Natural and Organic Market at Jan van Riebeeck Primary in Kloof Street, which is from 9am to 2pm. (About 1½ kms)
It won’t be a long parade, so bring the veggie kids – if only your kids are veg, you can wear a tee that says PROUD PARENT OF A VEG KID and you can join us too!
We will have prizes for the best adult and under 16 outfits (we want funny, clever, inventive) and the best banner / posters too!
I want to see HUNDREDS of you please, so take a days’ leave, set the tape to record, and be out and proudly Veg at 10am in Long Street, at the Strand Str corner!
The market will have music, vegan food demos, organic fruit and veg, stunning art and crafts, animal welfare stands, vegan food, cookies, bakes and cakes and more! Prize giving will be at 12pm and winners must be present to collect their prizes.
Date: 30 October 2010
Time: 10:00 – 11:00
RSVP: On Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=141963589180915
Please RSVP ONLY if you live in Cape Town and are physically joining us, so we can get an idea of numbers.
Update: For more information regarding the event, have a look at: http://www.bwcsa.co.za/campaigns
This is a brilliant idea! I’m spreading the word. Not everyone is on facebook though so you’ll get more people than are able to say they are coming.
Hi Daniel, if people confirm on the blog, it’ll also count towards the total number of people who are planning to attend.
Somebody is planning the same event for Jo’burg at the moment :-D
hi there, who is planning it, for when?
A friend of mine said she’s planning on organizing one for Jo’burg, don’t know if it’s still in the pipeline, will ask her to contact you.
Hi there, please direct folks to http://www.bwcsa.co.za/campaigns and they can get all the info on the parade as well as our film festical in cape town, durban and johannesburg. Thanks tons
I was orignally trying to find information on how to plant in my little garden. I’m not sure why but Google showed your post, I thought it interesting so I decided to read it. I am happy I did because I came away with something ot think about.
Hi there, please visit http://www.bwcsa.co.za/campaigns and see information on the film festival we are hosting in CT, Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa! Shannon Kieth is our special guest, the producer of Skin Trade, one of the films being shown.
Thanks Toni, I’ll update the main post :-D
Here’s a low resolution video and photo taken with my cell. About 60 people in the parade, about 40 afterwards at the group photo at the school.
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I’m not a fan of Facebook since their deal with Microsoft, so links to better photos/videos outside their walls would be appreciated.
Thanks to the organizers.
Hi Jeandré, you’re more than welcome to create an account and share your experience, photos or any videos you might have.
Also a big thanks to Toni and the rest of the organisers, for both the Veg Pride Parade and the Film Festival which really shook my foundations in many ways – just by being more compassionate we’re already taking big strides towards cleaning up and restoring planet earth.