Izzy is the Founder of Animals First on the Second, as well as a personal trainer, nutritional coach and animal activist.
Izzy's vegan journey began almost eight years ago when he was bed ridden following a range of injuries and minor surgeries, leaving him with a physical disability. Izzy wanted to rehabilitate himself and find a way out of his poor health, so he started conducting his own research. He came across a range of documentaries and ended up spending a whole weekend watching documentaries such as Vegucated, What The Health and Earthlings. Izzy watched Gary Yourofsky's speech three times and went vegan overnight.
Izzy wanted to help people improve their health through adopting the vegan lifestyle, so he gained qualifications in personal training and nutrition. Izzy was the Nutrition Counsellor at a vegan medical clinic in Brooklyn and has since opened his own small private training studio and online coaching business.
Not long after going vegan, Izzy and 2 others founded Vegans of New York with the aim of uniting the vegan and activist community in their local area. Izzy then went on to create Animals First on the Second (AFOTS), a global campaign where activists fast on the second of every month to raise awareness about how animals are treated in the agricultural industry.
In this episode, Izzy's shares his hopes for the future of AFOTS, his passion for vegan education, as well as creating and producing rap music with an animal rights message.
https://www.instagram.com/fastagainstslaughter/
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https://www.fastagainstslaughter.org/
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https://youtu.be/eYxOtBa5rHc
