ENTERTAINMENT & EDUCATION
2024 Music Stage Sponsors
Dr. Bronner’s
Humanity Showers
2024 Music Stage Schedule
11:00 am – Jesse London
1:00 pm – Sierra Marin & Roots Ascension
3:00 pm – Ruff Diss
Interstitial music provided by RhythMx
2024 Education Stage Host
Rachel Hosler, Kind Heart Coalition
2024 Education Stage Schedule
11:15 am – Liz Murphy: Sustainability is Sexy, Living an Eco Lifestyle
12:15 pm – Sanctuary Panel Discussion
Moderator:
Rachel Hosler
Panel:
Emily Mitchell (Open Barn)
Jade DeMarzo (The Vegan Animal Rescue)
Lori Biewen (Libby Lou’s Safe Haven )
1:15 pm – Jaidacyn Madrigal: Taking a Creative Approach to Advocacy
2:15 pm – Liz Gary: Vegan Seafood Alternatives (Cooking Demo)
3:15 pm – Reed Ochalek: Saving Wilderness for Climate, Biodiversity and Water
4:15 pm – San Diego Activist Panel Discussion
Moderator:
Rachel Hosler
Panel:
Ellen Ericksen
Margarita Bellah
Mason Melito
2024 ENTERTAINERS
Jesse London
A tasteful blend of rock, blues, jazz, folk, and country
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Sierra Marin
Musical Medicine Woman singing for unconditional love, community and care for our Earth Mother
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Ruff Diss
Old School grooves and beats
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EDUCATORS
Bio: Ellen has been an activist for most of her life Since moving to San Diego over 22 years ago, she has organized regular protests at SeaWorld, the Del Mar race track, rodeos and any other place where animals are being exploited. She has organized some of the largest protests at the now-closed Farmer John’s slaughterhouse in Los Angles and has lectured at universities and grade schools in San Diego about animal rights and the environmental impact of eating animals. She is certified in plant-based nutrition and loves teaching people the benefits of a vegan diet.
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Bio: Emily is President of Open Barn, an animal sanctuary situated on 8 acres in Ramona, CA with a mission to provide forever homes to rescued farm animals and share their stories as examples of why we advocate a plant-based and compassionate lifestyle. Emily works a full-time job in engineering management on top of her role at the sanctuary and is grateful to work alongside the volunteers and nonprofit board members who drive Open Barn’s mission forward.
Bio: The Vegan Animal Rescue’s mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome animals in need. They currently work with rodents, rabbits, reptiles and fish and want to eventually help all species through rescue and education.
Presentation Description: Learn creative ways to educate and encourage others to take action. Explore an interactive approach to advocacy through art, digital media and events. This session will focus on how environmental and animal rights topics were presented in Fright for Future’s haunted maze of true terror.
Bio: Jaidacyn is an environmental and animal rights advocate and the creator of Fright for Future, a Halloween-themed maze of true terror with a focus on scary issues such as climate change, pollution and deforestation. She works as the Marketing and Fundraising Coordinator for SanDiego350 and is passionate about educating others on environmental and animal rights topics. She also gives talks on climate change to high school classes and wrote and illustrated a children’s book called Why is Earth Sick?.
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Liz Gary
Presentation Description: Learn the art of transforming tofu into incredible protein-rich seafood alternatives.
Liz will share a white flaky fishless fillet tofu butchery technique that can be used to veganize any fish recipe. It’s a seafood alternatives information-packed session that will prepare you to qualify for your own Turquoise Belt in Seafood Alternatives.
Bio: Chef, educator, food writer, and author of Black Belt in TOFU: Today’s Plant-Based, Protein-Rich Alternative to Meat, Seafood, Eggs, and Dairy.
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Liz Murphy
Presentation Description: Events, especially those involving food, generate a lot of waste and environmental impact. But there are many options that are more friendly to the planet. From plastic to pizza, Liz will share strategies for how we can all be more conscious event planners and goers to keep waste out of our local landfills.
Bio: Liz is the chef and owner of Santosha Nutrition, a plant-based, zero-waste culinary business focusing on farm-to-table experiences and education. In 2021, Liz founded Sustainability is Sexy, a nonprofit focused on driving innovation within the San Diego community through connection and providing tangible education and solutions to the global climate crisis. Liz also works for Solana Center for Environmental Innovation as an environmental solutions lead, working with businesses and the community during the organic recycling rollouts throughout San Diego County.
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Bio: Founded in 2019, Libby Lou’s Safe Haven is a microsanctuary and was established to provide permanent refuge and kindness for cows and friends. Our Safe Haven helps end suffering for those who have been abused or neglected, have special needs, uncertain futures or have been otherwise letdown by humans. We also offer humane education and invite conversations about compassion.
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Bio: Margarita is an immigrant from Chile who is a PhD in biochemistry and researcher at UCSD. She has been a community organizer for Direct Action Everywhere for five years and is passionate about intersectional social justice issues.
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Bio: Mason is a student San Diego State with a major in Political Science. He has been an activist for the past six years s and enjoys traveling and trying new foods.
Bio: Rach is an animal rights activist, co-founder of Kind Heart Coalition, small business owner and mother. She also organizes animal rights marches and community events and leads activist trainings.
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Reed Chalek
Presentation Description: Home to five significant wildlife migration corridors that connect to places like the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone, SUWA works to prevent fragmentation of these stunning and fragile landscapes by keeping fossil fuels in the ground, addressing rampant off-road vehicle (ORV) use, and seeking protection through federal legislation. These lands also store over 247 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in their natural state and include the parts of headwaters of the Colorado River, which supply over 40 million people (including those in California) with water.
Bio: Reed Ochalek, serves as the California Outreach Intern with Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) to build grassroots support for protecting the largest network of intact wildlands in the lower 48 states. Reed is soon to graduate University of California, Santa Barbara, where he studies Economics and Environmental Studies to prepare for law school. On many weekends, he can be found guiding outdoor adventure trips or climbing.
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