Sarah Butler studied animal and environmental law at Lewis and Clark Law School. She was the Event Coordinator of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF), and was in the International Environmental Law Project Clinic (IELP) in 2015, and the Animal Law Clinic in 2016. She won the National Animal Law Competition (NALC) Legislative Drafting and Lobbying event at Harvard Law School in 2015.

She has been a vegetarian since she was 13, and transitioned to vegan when she moved to Portland in 2013. She is a passionate advocate for animals and the environment, she bakes and decorates elaborate vegan cakes, and she is an artist and writer.

Amber Canavan is a former cruelty investigator and political prisoner with over two decades in the animal rights movement. She attended the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, where she organized hundreds of events through a student animal rights organization before graduating with a BS in Environmental Studies.

After college, she helped campaign to get soy sauce giant Kikkoman to pledge to stop testing on animals for health advertising claims for its products. She investigated and was later jailed for an undercover investigation into Hudson Valley Foie gras, and later helped get a law passed in New York City banning the sale of the cruel product. Currently, she is a lead organizer for the Fur Free Oregon campaign, which successfully introduced a fur sale ban to the Oregon legislature in 2021 and again in 2023, and works for PETA in their campaigns department for her day job.

Longtime vegan, community organizer, and entrepreneur, Chelsea V Davis aka Veggies Do It Better loves how vegan advocacy incorporates all the issues she is passionate about… animal rights, health, sustainability, social and food justice, and compassion.

Chelsea has organized 100s of vegan events ranging from protests to marches, VegFests to international conferences, activist panels to fundraisers and that’s just the beginning! Chelsea’s focus on collaboration and community building brought her to co-found Animal Rights Collective Portland (ARCPDX). 

Chelsea is also the founder of the Vegan Night Market, the largest vegan festival in the Pacific Northwest, and the co-founder of the International Vegan Earth Day March. Follow her at @veggiesdoitbetter to learn more about her upcoming events and for tips on activism, veganism, and living a healthier, non-toxic lifestyle.

David has been vegan since 2018, and vegetarian for about four years prior. He is the founder and lead organizer of Earthlings of Portland, which is dedicated to public outreach and education about animal rights issues. He can most often be found doing outreach at the local farmers market. He also enjoys volunteering at the food bank.