Rae Sikora Inducted into Vegetarian Hall of Fame

SANTA FE, N.M. - July 8, 2013 - PRLog -- Sikora’s groundbreaking activity in humane education have made her preeminent in this blossoming field. Her considerable reputation precedes her and has led her to be summonsed to testify at trial as an expert witness. Sikora's a leading authority, respected by peers, sought after by scholars and dedicated in her nearly life-long vocation of humane education.

Sikora has trained hundreds of humane educators. Through her designed workshops, taught by others, she has reached hundreds of thousands of students. She has helped millions of people and scores of communities worldwide through distance-learning certificate and degree programs, conferences, seminars, workshops, presentations, publications, books, websites, radio and TV interviews.

Sikora’s contributions to the vegetarian movement are:

Co-created, the first of it's kind, The Institute for Humane Education in Blue Hill, Maine

Started the first certification program for humane education

Started the first Masters program in Humane Education through Cambridge College (now with the University of Valparaiso).

Authored and soon to be published, Sharing Home, lesson plans on humane education

Co-authored Plant Peace Daily: Everyday Outreach for People Who Care, an activism book

Co-authored Sowing Seeds Workbook: A Humane Education Primer

Co-founded Plant Peace Daily, an organizational activism platform

Co-founded VegFund, an organization funding vegan outreach around the world with a current annual budget of over 1.4 million dollars

Serves on the advisory board of the internationally-acclaimed VegNews Magazine

Sikora has been a spokesperson for animals, the environment, and human rights for over 35 years. Her innovative programs have been changing people’s vision of what is possible to create in our lives and in the world. She draws from years of experience to help individuals and groups discover how implementing changes personally and locally can bring about change globally. She is a consummate campaigner for people, compassion, sustainability and peace.

Rae Sikora joins a small elite group of individuals who have been recognized for their contributions to the advancement of the vegetarian lifestyle. Some former inductees are: Howard Lyman (cowboy author who was sued along with Oprah Winfrey in the 90s), Richard Schwartz, PhD (author and president of Jewish Vegetarians of North America), T. Colin Campbell, PhD (author of The China Study and was featured in the inspiring documentary Forks Over Knives), Caldwell Esselstyn, MD (authored a book former president Bill Clinton read prior to going vegan and also featured in Forks Over Knives), Joe Connelly & Colleen Holland (VegNews), James LaVeck and Jenny Stein (award winning film producers and founders of Tribe of Heart), Neal Barnard, MD (a prolific author and founder and president of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine).