Marching behind a striking banner bearing the MFA logo and the message, “No one is free when others are oppressed,” activists in Dayton, Columbus, Cleveland, New York City, Syracuse and Chicago took to the streets this month to promote compassion, diversity and social justice for all during the annual gay pride parades.
Volunteers from all six parades distributed tens of thousands of pieces of pro-vegetarian literature – both the “Why love one but eat the other?” and “Vegetarian Eating: Healthy, Humane and Sustainable” brochures. MFA had more than 200 marchers total, many waving large MFA logo flags and rainbow pride flags.
Since MFA’s inception more than a decade ago, the parallels between the gay equality, animal rights and other social justice movements has been an important theme in our philosophy and message. This was MFA’s sixth year marching in pride parades, and as in years past, the crowd response was overwhelmingly positive.
