A voice for the voiceless

My name is Emily, I am a 20 year old vegan from Ontario, Canada. I became vegan nearly four years ago when I found out about the cruelty of factory farming. I started doing online activism with my blog on tumblr when I first became vegan. After that I created an instagram page.

I run my own business where I sell vegan merchandise, (veganveins on etsy). I donate $1 from every item purchased to animal charities and sanctuaries all over the world.

On tumblr I answer thousands of questions monthly about veganism. I spend all of my free time on social media helping people by answering their questions, and making videos. I also volunteer (planting trees, spending time with autistic children, making vegan meals for the homeless with organizations such as Food Not Bombs), and take care of my animals on my farm at home.

I am a student, but this upcoming September I will have to take a year off to work and save money. I have studied Ecological Restoration, Horticulture, and Herbology in the past, and I want to study Human Rights, Gender Equality and Social Justice in University when I can afford it.

I am Palestinian, an environmentalist, a minimalist, an animal activist, and an introvert. I decided to make this patreon account because I simply don't have enough money to sustain myself and my basic needs. I need money to pay for rent, money to pay back my $20,000 debt from being in school, and costs of transportation and food for living alone. I normally don't spend much on food ($50 per month maximum), but I recently got diagnosed with Graves Disease again. Now I have to spend more money on food, making an emphasis on organic and raw foods (which are more expensive) because those are the foods that will help me most.

if you do decide to donate, please note that patreon takes 25% of each donation.

Some inspirational things that anonymous people have said to me on tumblr  that make me want to continue doing what I do: 

"I just wanna say thank you for being such a huge inspiration for me. I turned vegan two months ago and I can honestly say it's because of your blog that I haven't relapsed back into old eating habits."

"Hi! I love your blog- it inspires me and pushes me to become vegan. I'm not vegan yet but I have been making changes. All of my makeup/shampoo/ conditioner etc are cruelty free and vegan and I make my meals vegan when I eat out (chipotle/ free birds ). I plan to go 100% vegan when I move out, but most importantly I was able to convince my boyfriend to go vegan. I'm so happy I just had to share w someone."

"This isnt really a question but i just wanted to tell you that youre absolutely amazing! Your videos got me,interested in veganism and ive been vegan for 6 months now and i feel so much better :) thank you for being you :)"

"I am in love with your blog! Your very smart and the way you spread vegan awareness without hateful words or judgement is beautiful. Your a lovely person, I now eat cliff bars and have watched earthlings I am slowly going vegan (vegetarian) now"