Deborah Diamant
Deborah is a proud member of the Still Awesome After Thirty Crowd. She rides a 20-year-old ten-speed bike Surly Steamroller and an Orbea (not at the same time), plays records, goes to shows, and keeps it vegan. She recently graduated from law school, where she co-chaired her school's chapters of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund and National Lawyers Guild. She is now an attorney admitted to practice in NY and NJ. She spends her days advocating for low income tenants' rights at the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) and spends her nights in meeting after meeting after meeting with rad social justice types. (Prior to law school, Deborah went to art school to study painting, cobbled together a Master's thesis about artists' organizing tactics during the Vietnam era, and spent nearly a decade working for a national women's health non-profit organization.)
Deborah is a co-founder of Vegan Drinks and is an active member of the National Lawyers Guild's NYC chapter and reminds all AR activists to give a call to the Green Scare Hotline if the need ever arises.
Blog posts by Deborah Diamant:
- Vegan Drinks LX, the Recap: Thank YOU for Supporting HEART!
- Vegan Drinks LX: Support HEART this Thursday, April 25 at Fontana’s Bar! (Food by Chickpea & Olive)
- Vegan Drinks LIX, the Recap: Thank YOU for Supporting Darwin Animal Doctors!
- Vegan Drinks LIX: Support Darwin Animal Doctors this Thursday, March 28 at Fontana’s Bar! (Food by Monk’s Meats)
- Vegan Drinks LVIII, the Recap: Thank YOU for Supporting FAUN NJ!
- Vegan Drinks LVIII: Support FAUN NJ this Thursday, February 28 at Fontana’s Bar! (Food by Bunna Café)
- Vegan Drinks LVII, the Recap: Thank YOU for Supporting the NY Coalition for Healthy School Food!
- Vegan Drinks LVII: Support the New York Coalition for Healthy School Food this Thursday, January 31 at Fontana’s Bar! (Food by Harmony Kitchen NYC)
- Vegan Drinks LVI, the Recap: Thank YOU for Supporting the Empty Cages Collective!
- Vegan Drinks LVI: Support the Empty Cages Collective this Thursday, December 27 at Fontana’s Bar! (Food by SoulKofa!)
- Vegan Drinks LV, the Recap: Thank YOU for Supporting Friends of Animals!
- Vegan Drinks LV: Support Friends of Animals this Thursday, November 29 at Fontana’s Bar! (Food by Heirloom Vegan Eatery!)
- Vegan Drinks LIV, the Recap: Thank YOU for Supporting Rabbit Rescue and Rehab!
- Vegan Drinks LIV: Support Rabbit Rescue and Rehab this Thursday, October 25 at Fontana’s Bar! (Food by Chickpea & Olive!)
- Vegan Drinks LIII, the Recap: Thank YOU for Supporting the Vegetarian Resource Group!
- Vegan Drinks LIII: Support the Vegetarian Resource Group this Thursday, September 27 at Fontana’s Bar!
- Vegan Drinks LII, the Recap: Thank YOU for Supporting Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary!
- Vegan Drinks LII: Do NOT Miss What Will Likely Be the Biggest and Baddest Vegan Drinks Yet on Thursday, August 30 (Benefit for Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary)
- Vegan Drinks LI, the Recap: Thank YOU for Supporting Vegan Outreach!
- Vegan Drinks LI: Hang Out with Veg*ns While Supporting Vegan Outreach on Thursday, July 26 at Fontana’s Bar!
- I Did a Terri Juice Cleanse and You Should, Too!
- Vegan Drinks L, the Recap: Thank YOU for Supporting GooseWatch NYC and Showing Your Face Once Again at Our Not-So-Little-Anymore Monthly Event
- Vegan Drinks L (as in 50!): Gulp, Chew and Support GooseWatch NYC at Fontana’s Bar on June 28th!
- Vérité Catering’s Biweekly Sunday “En Plein Air” Brunch is Your Summer 2012 Jam (Next Brunch is this Sunday, June 17)
- Vegan Drinks XLIX, The Recap: We Love Fontana’s and YOU for Supporting Anjellicle Cats Rescue
- Vegan Drinks XLIX: NEW VENUE ALERT! Celebrate Our 4th Anniversary, Support Anjellicle Cat Rescue and Explore Fontana’s Bar on May 31st!
- Vegan Drinks XLVIII, The Recap: Big Ups to Pine Box Rock Shop for Hosting and Thank You for Supporting “Our Planet. Theirs Too.”
- Vegan Drinks XLVIII: NEW VENUE ALERT! We’ll be in the Borough of Kings at Pine Box Rock Shop to Benefit “Our Planet. Theirs Too.” on April 26!
- Sue Coe, Cinnamon Snail and Benefit for United Poulty Concerns at MooShoes on Thursday, April 19
- Vegan Drinks XLVII, The Recap: Thank You for Eating and Drinking for Lotus Elephant Sanctuary
- Vegan Drinks XLVII: Make New Friends and Raise Funds for Lotus Elephant Sanctuary at This Month’s Vegan Drinks on Thursday, March 29
- 10 Questions with Michelle Barton, Co-Owner of NYC’s Newest All-Vegan Bakery: Clementine in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn! (Opening Sunday, March 4th)
- Vegan Drinks XLVI, The Recap: Thank You for Drinking Up for Sean Casey Animal Rescue
- Vegan Drinks XLVI: NYC’s Own Sean Casey Animal Rescue is the Beneficiary of this Month’s Vegan Drinks on February 23rd
- 10 Questions with Sarah Peltier, Founder of NYC’s Vegan Shop-Up!
- Get in Your Kitchen for Sea Shepherd! Bakers Needed for February 12th Bake Sale at NYC’s MooShoes
- Vegan Drinks XLV, The Recap: A Packed Room for the Civil Liberties Defense Center
- Vegan Drinks XLV: It’s the First Vegan Drinks of 2012 and Your Opportunity to Make Bank for the Civil Liberties Defense Center on Thursday, January 26
- Vegan Drinks XLIV, The Recap: An Evening with NJ’s For the Animals Sanctuary
- Vegan Drinks XLIV: Drink Spiked Nog, Raise $ for NJ’s For the Animals Sanctuary on Thursday, December 29
- Vegan Drinks XLIII, The Recap: Cheers for Pets for Life NYC!
- Vegan Drinks XLIII: Show Your Support for Pets for Life NYC on Thursday, November 17
- Vegan Drinks XLII, The Recap: Thanks for Supporting Community Solidarity and Long Island Food Not Bombs with Your Crumpled Dollar Bills!
- Vegan Drinks XLII: Drink Up for Community Solidarity, Inc., on Thursday, October 27
- The Best Thing I Ate This Past Weekend in Philadelphia: Blackbird Pizza’s Philly Seitan Cheesesteak
- Vegan Drinks XLI, The Recap: Good Times Were Had for Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary!
- Vegan Drinks XLI: Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary Gets Your Money on September 29!
- Vegan Drinks XL, The Recap: Animals Asia Raised Our Consciousness (and Cash!)
- Vegan Drinks XL: We’re Benefitting Animals Asia on Thursday, August 25!
- Vegan Drinks XXXIX, The Recap: $2,600 Raised for the Ulster County SPCA!
- Vegan Drinks XXXIX: The More You Imbibe, the More Ulster County SPCA Benefits on July 28
- Vegan Drinks XXXVIII, The Recap: Cash Money Raised for Darwin Animal Doctors!
- Vegan Drinks XXXVIII: Drink Up for Darwin Animal Doctors on June 30
- Vegan Drinks XXXVII, The Recap: Happy Birthday to Us!
- Vegan Drinks XXXVII: We’re Turning Three (and SuperVegan is Turning Five)!
- Vegan Drinks Recap XXXVI: $3,403 Raised for Mercy For Animals!
- Vegan Drinks XXXVI: April 28th Vegan Drinks is Both a Benefit for Mercy For Animals and THREE HOURS LONG
- Food! Film! Music! Prizes! Southpaw to Host Vegan Benefit for Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue & Support and Americares on May 10th
- It’s the Happiest Time of the Year: Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale Time! (MooShoes hosts bake sale on May 1st)
- Vegan Drinks XXXV, The Recap: Over $400 Raised For Japan Disaster Relief
- Vegan Drinks XXXV: Benefit for Japan on Thursday, March 31st
- Vegan Drinks XXXIV, The Recap: An Evening with Dj3dg and Sea Shepherd
- Vegan Drinks XXXIV: Celebrate Sea Shepherd VSO Day on Thursday, February 24!
- Vegan Drinks BUSHWICK, The Recap: Salmon Sweater
- No Sleep ’til Brooklyn: Vegan Drinks to Visit NYC’s Only All-Vegan Bar on February 17
- Anatomy of a Bake Sale Benefit
- Vegan Drinks XXXIII, The Recap: Bigger and Better in 2011!
- Vegan Drinks XXXIII: Will You Be There?
- Has a Shoe Store Become NYC’s Vegan Community Center? MooShoes to Host Bake Sale Benefits for Sea Shepherd and Darwin Animal Doctors
- Vegan Drinks XXXII, The Recap: The Best Happy Hour of 2010!
- Vegan Drinks XXXII: Bring Donations for Shelter Pets and Drink and Eat Up for the Food Empowerment Project!
- Save the Date: December 30th’s Vegan Drinks NYC to Benefit the Food Empowerment Project!
- The Veganest Orchestra Ever?
- Vegan Drinks XXXI, The Recap: Snacks! Snacks! Snacks!
- Vegan Drinks XXXI: We’re Doing It a Week Early! (November 18th, Friends!)
- Long Island, NY: Home of the Largest Vegan Thanksgiving Ever? Find Out on Sunday, November 21st at the Hempstead Food Not Bombs!
- Five Things You Need from the Brand Spankin’ New Food Fight! Vegan Grocery Website
- 10 Questions with Melisser Elliott, Author of The Vegan Girl’s Guide to Life
- Vegan Drinks XXX, The Recap: Tips for Ollie’s Place
- Vegan Drinks XXX: No Tricks, Lots of Treats (including a fundraiser for Ollie’s Place)
- Vegans Love Charts, too! Or, a Global Map of Lactose Intolerance Frequencies
- Vegan Drinks XXIX, The Recap: 30 Days Hath September
- Vegan Drinks XXIX: The Magic Happens on Thursday, September 30th!
- Wanna See a Vegan Panel at SXSW Next Year? Go Vote Now!
- Vegan Drinks XXVIII, The Recap: It Was Crowded!
- Vegan Drinks XXVIII is Thursday, August 26th!
- What I Think: Vega Shake & Go Smoothie
- Vegan Drinks XXVII, the Recap: Thanks, Terri!
- BREAKING NEWS! Brooklyn’s Very Own All-Vegan Bakery, Champ’s, is Now Open!
- Finally! A Proper Vegan Bakery For NYC To Open In July
- Vegan Drinks XXV, the Recap: We Got Older
- Vegan Drinks XXV: We’re Two Years Old! Celebrate Us on Thursday, May 27th!
- 10 Questions and Answers About the May 30th Brake of Noon Radical Bike Tour and Vegan Picnic Brunch Benefit
- Vegan Drinks XXIV: You raised over $1,100 for Darwin Animal Doctors!!!
- Vegan Drinks XXIV: Drinking and Donating for Darwin Animal Doctors
- Date This Vegan #4: Julie from Yonkers!
- Put In Your Time Off Request Now: Let Live Conference 2010
- Date This Vegan #1: Randy from Williamsburg!
- Don’t Date Losers, “Date This Vegan” Instead
- Vegan Drinks XXIII: Cupcakes and Cocktails and Some Other Stuff
- The Best Two Hours of Your Month: Vegan Drinks NYC is Thursday, March 25th!
- Vegan Drinks XXII: The Snowpocalypse
- If You Come to Vegan Drinks on Thursday, February 25, It Will Stop Raining. Promise.
- Vegan Drinks XXI: We Raised $1,450 for Animals in Haiti!
- Bring Small Bills! Vegan Bake Sale for Haiti at Vegan Drinks NYC on Thursday, January 28!
- Vegan Drinks XX: Stuff Happened
- A Gift for Your Brother and a Llama: Signed Cookbooks by Isa Chandra Moskowitz to Benefit Out to Pasture Animal Sanctuary
- Better Than the Year-End “Best of” Lists: Vegan Drinks NYC is Thursday, December 17
- Vegan Drinks XIX: The Recap
- Adopt-A-Turkey at the Next Vegan Drinks NYC on Thursday, November 19
- L.I. Food Not Bombs Gets SuperSized with 2,000 lbs. of Vegan Whipped Cream
- We Attempt to Solve NYC’s Greatest Mystery: What’s the Best Bagel in the Five Boroughs?
- Work Out Your Halloween Sugar Craving at Vegan Drinks NYC on Thursday, October 29!
- Eating Portland: The 2009 National Animal Law Conference
- A Vegan Grows in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
- Vegan Drinks: It Happened Again
- I’mma let you finish at Vegan Drinks this Thursday, September 24!
- Vegan Drinks: A Revelation, a Rumor and a Recap
- Vegan Drinks is Thursday, August 27! Start planning your outfit now!
- Three Days Later: Vegan Drinks XV, The Recap



