Denver Vegans

 
 
 

Happy Pride Month! Veg/ans who are in the LGBT+ community please come through! This is the seventh Queer and Veg Edgewater Public Market Meetup. Hopefully we can sit outside weather pending.
We will grab a table or two, chat, eat, drink, and find community. Gladys and Meta Burger are two fully vegan eateries, plus other cafes have vegan options. There’s free parking on site, a bar, and other shops. I’ll put white “Denver Vegan” signs on the tables and I will write a description of where we are sitting when I get there. This is food court seating so drop in whenever. Please update your RSVP if something comes up. It helps us if we have an accurate headcount for reserving tables.

You can message me privately if you’re nervous to go or have questions ok anxiety fam I GOT YOU

 
 
 

For our June 27 online book club, we'll discuss THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE, by Kim Stanley Robinson (2020, fiction). You may want to start a little earlier reading this one, as it is longer than our usual selections.
You need not have attended a previous discussion to join us for this one. We'll discuss the book until about 8:00, followed by open conversation.

If you'd like to read ahead:
July 25 -- A Wild Idea, by Jonathan Franklin
Aug. 22 -- The Nation of Plants, by Stefano Mancuso
Sept. 26 -- For Banned Books Week, read one or more from the American Library Association's list of frequently challenged books:
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10

The Zoom link to the discussion is posted on the right, visible to those who RSVP. PLEASE NOTE: THIS LINK DISAPPEARS AT THE MEETUP START TIME, THAT IS, 7:00 PM. We'll be available from 6:50 on to help anyone who might need extra time to connect.
You will need a computer, laptop, smartphone or other device with internet access. It's pretty easy; if you're curious, check out https://zoom.us/.
If you can't get on, call us at[masked].
We hope to "see" you there!
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The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, post-apocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us. Chosen by Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of the year, this extraordinary novel from visionary science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson will change the way you think about the climate crisis.

"If I could get policymakers, and citizens, everywhere to read just one book this year, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future." —Ezra Klein (Vox)

"One hopes that this book is read widely—that Robinson’s audience, already large, grows by an order of magnitude. Because the point of his books is to fire the imagination."―New York Review of Books

"If there’s any book that hit me hard this year, it was Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future, a sweeping epic about climate change and humanity’s efforts to try and turn the tide before it’s too late." ―Polygon (Best of the Year)

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Please join us for a potluck picnic on Sunday, July 2! (Note: this event is in lieu of our June potluck.) This small park in the Highlands neighborhood at 33rd Ave & Wolff Street features a shaded picnic area, a playground and a public restroom. (Please note we'll be gathering at 5:30, a bit earlier than our usual potluck time).

We have reserved the main picnic area at 33rd and Wolff, which has several picnic tables. We will also have an 8x8 festival tent that we can shelter under in case of rain.

For those who are new to veganism, welcome! Come get to know others in the group and sample some delicious vegan picnic fare!

WHAT TO BRING:

• Your favorite vegan picnic dish (All vegan please: no meat, bacon, eggs, poultry, fish, dairy or honey) that serves 8 with a recipe card or list of ingredients. If you do not know what to bring, please contact Denver Vegans leadership.

• Your own utensils and reusable place setting

We'll gather at 5:30, and eat at 6:00. Hope to see you there!