I- Vegan Movement Community imele inethiwekhi yabantu kanye namaqoqo aguquguqukayo futhi avela njalo ahlanganiswe ukuzibophezela okwabiwe ekuqedeni ukuxhashazwa kwezilwane kanye nokuqhubekisela phambili umhlaba onesimilo, esimeme, nolinganayo. Ngalé kwalokho okuthandwayo kokudla, le nhlangano isekelwe kufilosofi yokuziphatha, ubulungisa bezenhlalakahle, kanye nomthwalo wemfanelo wendawo ezungezile—ukuxhumanisa abantu beqa imingcele ngombono ofanayo wobubele obusebenza.
Emgogodleni wayo, ukunyakaza kwe-vegan kuyachuma ekubambisaneni nasekuhlanganiseni. Ihlanganisa ndawonye abantu bezizinda ezihlukahlukene—kungakhathaliseki uhlanga, ubulili, isigaba, nobuzwe—abaqaphela ukuhlangana kwengcindezelo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ithinta abantu, izilwane, noma iplanethi. Kusukela emizamweni ephansi namaphrojekthi okusizana kuya enkulumweni yezemfundo kanye nobushoshovu bedijithali, umphakathi udala isikhala samazwi nezindlela ezahlukahlukene, kuyilapho ugcina umgomo obumbene: umhlaba onozwelo futhi ozinzile.
Ngokuqine kakhulu, umphakathi we-vegan movement uhlanganisa ukuhlangana nokuhlanganisa, uqaphela ukuthi umzabalazo wenkululeko yezilwane awunakuhlukaniswa nezimpi ezibanzi zokulwa nengcindezelo yesistimu-ukucwasa, ubuhlanga, ubuzwe, amandla, kanye nokungabi nabulungisa kwemvelo. Lesi sigaba asigcini nje ngokubungaza ukunqoba kwenhlangano kodwa sihlola nezinselelo zayo zangaphakathi nezifiso, sikhuthaze ukuzicabangela, inkhulumomphendvulwano, kanye nokusungula izinto ezintsha. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ku-inthanethi noma ezindaweni zomhlaba wangempela, umphakathi we-vegan uyindawo yakho-lapho isenzo siba nomthelela, futhi ububele buba amandla eqoqo oshintsho.
Eminyakeni yamuva nje, igama elithi "bunny hugger" liye lasetshenziswa ukuhlekisa nokululaza labo abamele amalungelo ezilwane nenhlalakahle. Sekuphenduke ilebula elihlambalazayo, elisho indlela engokomzwelo eyeqisayo nengenangqondo yokuvikela izilwane. Kodwa-ke, lo mbono omncane futhi odelelayo wezishoshovu zezilwane uyehluleka ukubona amandla amakhulu ayi-veganism. Ngale kwenkolelo-ze yokuthi "abahuger onogwaja," i-veganism ingumnyakazo othola umfutho futhi eyenza umthelela omkhulu ekulweleni amalungelo ezilwane. Kusukela ekuphathweni kokuziphatha kwezilwane kuya ezinzuzweni zemvelo, kunezizathu eziningi zokuthi kungani i-veganism kufanele ithathwe ngokungathi sína njengamandla anamandla oshintsho. Kulesi sihloko, sizocubungula izizathu zokuthi kungani i-veganism iyingxenye ebalulekile yokunyakaza kwamalungelo ezilwane nokuthi inselele kanjani isimo esikhona emphakathini wethu. Sizohlola umthelela we-veganism enhlalakahleni yezilwane, imvelo,…