Vegans of Color

Pinky Cole, owner of Atlanta vegan favorite Slutty Vegan, is continuing her staunch community support by giving $10,000 college scholarships as well as jobs to 30 juvenile offenders, offering them a new start. These jobs will be at Slutty Vegan locations at restaurants and food trucks in t…

Impossible Foods has drafted a big name in Colin Kaepernick, former NFL player and social activist, and partnered with Know Your Rights Camp, Kaepernick's social justice organization. The goal of the partnership is to support food security and social justice, the C…

Whether we’ve been a full-fledged vegan for decades, plant-leaning for years thanks to our vegan college roommate, or newly on the plant-strong bandwagon, we all arrive here for different reasons. Some of us eat vegan for our health, others try a vegan diet for our wai…

What The Health, a documentary chronicling the dangers of meat and dairy-heavy diets, captured the attention of viewers across the world and convinced many to make the switch and become plant-based or vegan (myself included). Now, the co-director that brought you What the Health and Cowspiracy is sh…

Tabitha Brown is a vegan TikTok sensation known for gaining over 1 million fans in her first month on the platform this past March, and now boasts over 3 million fans on social media. Now, Brown is set to have her own TV show on Ellen Degeneres' digital network, accordi…

Omari McQueen, 12-year-old vegan wunderkind, chef, CEO and restaurateur, is set to add another position to his already impressive resume: Cookbook author. McQueen is releasing a cookbook filled with 30 easy vegan recipes entitled Omari McQueen's Best Bites Cookbook this comi…

Aisha 'Pinky' Cole, founder of beloved Black-owned Atlanta restaurant The Slutty Vegan has teamed up with the Historically Black Clark Atlanta University (CAU) to offer full scholarships to Rayshard Brooks' four children when they are ready to attend college...

The death of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests and a historic rebuke against institutionalized racism in America. It also precipitated a massive surge of purchasing power directed towards Black-owned vegan businesses. 
San Diego-based Maya’s Cookies was one such company to…

This story has been updated. It was published on June 19th, or Juneteenth, but you can eat at these restaurants any day of the week. Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery, marking the anniversary of June 19th, 1865, when Union army general Gordon Granger announced the end of the Ci…

Anthony Thomas’ life changed in 2006 after being diagnosed with a rare life-threatening brain condition. After a risky, 13-hour, open brain surgery at George Washington Hospital, he began recovering and relearning how to walk and talk. After hi...

Just say the words “Mac & Yease” and our mouths begin to water. Really, we have to stop what we’re doing, throw our work papers and laptop off the dining room table and make time for a meal. It’s an understatement to say we&CloseCur…

In this time of seeking ways to support and promote Black-owned businesses and put our consumer dollars to work to support the Black community, we are thrilled to have found a new tool that helps us and all consumers locate Black-owned businesses that are vegan and cruelty-free, all across…