{"id":25245,"date":"2025-08-13T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=25245"},"modified":"2025-07-28T12:19:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T16:19:30","slug":"angelica-okoroha-from-texas-is-a-vegetarian-resource-group-2025-video-scholarship-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2025\/08\/13\/angelica-okoroha-from-texas-is-a-vegetarian-resource-group-2025-video-scholarship-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"ANGELICA OKOROHA FROM TEXAS IS A VEGETARIAN RESOURCE GROUP 2025 VIDEO SCHOLARSHIP WINNER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ANGELICA-OKOROHA-VRG2025VideoContest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ANGELICA-OKOROHA-VRG2025VideoContest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7562068750msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">Angelica said: I\u2019m interested in veganism because of how it affects my entire life. My veganism didn\u2019t just stop at deciding not to eat animal products; it catapulted my love for the earth and efficient living. Before I became vegan, I had no interest in what was around me. However, because I made this choice, I never want to stop giving back what the earth has been giving me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7562068750msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">\n<p class=\"yiv7562068750msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">Video Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-wjy7DwKabc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/-wjy7DwKabc<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7562068750msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">\n<p class=\"yiv7562068750msonormal\" style=\"line-height: 106%; margin: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\">The deadline for the next Vegetarian Resource Group video contest is July 15, 2026. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/videoscholarship.php\">www.vrg.org\/videoscholarship.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7562068750msonormal\" style=\"line-height: 106%; margin: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\">For information about VRG\u2019s $5,000 scholarships for high school seniors who have promoted veganism, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/scholar.htm\">www.vrg.org\/student\/scholar.htm<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0The next deadline is February 20, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7562068750msonormal\" style=\"line-height: 106%; margin: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\">To support VRG\u2019s outreach to young people, join at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/2013sv.php\">www.vrg.org\/member\/2013sv.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7562068750msonormal\" style=\"line-height: 106%; margin: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\">Or donate at <a href=\"http:\/\/vrg.org\/donate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vrg.org\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angelica said: I\u2019m interested in veganism because of how it affects my entire life. My veganism didn\u2019t just stop at deciding not to eat animal products; it catapulted my love for the earth and efficient living. Before I became vegan, I had no interest in what was around me. However, because I made this choice, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25247,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25245\/revisions\/25247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}