Vegan Juneteenth Celebration! – Ethiopian Buffet Dinner and Talk from PPMNY!

Our meetup group is so completely honored to be co-sponsoring an event with the **brilliant, heroic, angelic, kick-ass vegan activist and educational organization, [PLANT POWERED METRO NEW YORK](https://www.plantpoweredmetrony.org/)!**

Founded by **the visionary activist LIANNA LEVINE REISNER**, Plant Powered Metro New York **burst on to the scene in New York in 2019. It hit the ground at the speed of 100 miles per hour, and has grown explosively in these five short years**. Under Lianna’s genius leadership, with the help of her brilliantly recruited and very accomplished directors, staff and volunteers, **PPMNY has changed and brilliantly enhanced the face of vegan and nutritional activism and education in New York**, and has become the lauded and celebrated activist example to vegans throughout the tri-state area, and the country.

**PPMNY and its magnificent Partnerships Manager, Rebecca Johnson, are co-sponsoring with us a Juneteenth Celebration, Vegan Dinner, and Talk**. We are absolutely the junior partner in this event (Rebecca has planned and organized every aspect of this amazing event) and we are thrilled to be so.

**Event Details:** “This Juneteenth, join Plant Powered Metro New York as we **commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people** with a **dinner social** at the **Ethiopian restaurant Tsion Cafe in Sugar Hill. We’ll honor and reflect on what “Freedom Day” means to the African Diaspora while dining over a flavorful buffet of plant-based Ethiopian dishes.”**

The **Ethiopian Vegan Buffet Dinner is $48, tax and gratuity are included**. It’s a large buffet with an assortment of **four veggie stews of cabbage, red lentils, split peas, and collard greens**, and is served with **injera (traditional Ethiopian bread**, that you wrap everything in). It also includes **Lentil Sambusas**, **Ful** (a fava bean dish), **Jollof Rice**, and an **organic mixed greens salad**.

*******Our speaker will be **Claudine Smith, MD, MPH, DipACLM** (who is also a **PPMNY Board Member**). She will give a talk on **plant based nutrition and the history of Juneteenth.*****

**VERY IMPORTANT:** While you should RSVP on this page, adding your RSVP WILL NOT get you into the event. **YOU MUST ADDITIONALLY PURCHASE AN ADVANCE TICKET AT THIS LINK ($48, tax and gratuity are included): [https://plantpoweredmetrony.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/plantpoweredmetrony/eventRegistration.jsp?event=3215&](https://plantpoweredmetrony.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/plantpoweredmetrony/eventRegistration.jsp?event=3215&)**

**THIS LIMITED-ATTENDANCE EVENT LOOKS TO SELL OUT, AND WE RECOMMEND PURCHASING YOUR TICKET EARLY SO AS NOT TO BE CLOSED OUT.** Also, if you would like some more information on the event, you may visit **PPMNY’s Event Description page here: [https://tockify.com/ppmny/detail/705/1718838000000](https://tockify.com/ppmny/detail/705/1718838000000)**

**Train Directions:** Take the **A, B, C** or **D** Trains to the 145th Street Station.

What a beautiful, educational, poignant and delicious evening this will be! If you are attending, please be sure to purchase your advance ticket at the link provided above. Hope to see you there.

David