08/03/2026
Hello Everyone in the Palm Beach area!
It is finally here! – August - and the spectacular gala event at Darbster’s in West Palm Beach on August 20! There will be a gourmet plant-based elegant dinner with live entertainment, signing and sale of my books. Check them out! You may want one.
A portion of the evening’s proceeds will be donated to the organization I founded, Vegan International, a 501c3 United Nations Economic and Social Council Non-Governmental Organization. Here is what you will be funding:
Vegan International has finally achieved UN ECOSOC status and is now able to participate in many United Nations events that were previously prohibited. This includes United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Conference in Rome and the High Level Political Forum in New York, among others!
Vegan International will again attend the United Nations World Health Summit in Berlin this October. V I is planning to engage in influencing world decision makers about the benefits of plant-based for human health (eliminates the NCDs, AMR, pandemics, etc.) and planetary health (reducing global warming and pollution), and the detriments of meat and dairy for humans, for the planet, and for other species (habitat destruction, species extinction).
Vegan International will be at the United Nations Headquarters this Fall to discuss a United Nations Convention Against Speciesism with Representatives of member nations.
Vegan International hopes to attend the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP), a standing governing body that tracks agricultural markets, reviews global trade issues, and makes policy recommendations at the UN FAO Conference in Rome in June as an Observer (an opportunity reserved for only certain ECOSOC NGOs). The issues discussed and decisions made there will relate to commodities, specifically livestock. A vegan presence may be crucial!
Vegan International will attend the United Nations High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in September 2027. This is the central United Nations platform for the follow up and review of the 2030 Agenda For Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The forum is conducted annually under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council.
The HLPF brings together ministerial and high-level representatives of governments, as well as a wide range of expertise and stakeholders, including heads of UN entities, academics and other experts, and representatives of major groups and other stakeholders
It is our hope to be able to change the direction this planet is moving in away from mortalities, morbidities, and destruction towards healthful, sustainable, uncomplicated solutions.
Hope to see you at Darbster’s!
Sharon