{"id":27366,"date":"2026-09-23T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=27366"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:11:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T17:11:03","slug":"rakeb-gelagay-from-virginia-is-a-winner-of-the-vegetarian-resource-group-2026-video-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2026\/09\/23\/rakeb-gelagay-from-virginia-is-a-winner-of-the-vegetarian-resource-group-2026-video-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"RAKEB GELAGAY FROM VIRGINIA IS A WINNER OF THE VEGETARIAN RESOURCE GROUP 2026 VIDEO CONTEST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rakeb-Gelagay-2026-Video-Contest-Winner.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-27367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rakeb-Gelagay-2026-Video-Contest-Winner-213x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rakeb-Gelagay-2026-Video-Contest-Winner-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rakeb-Gelagay-2026-Video-Contest-Winner.png 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rakeb said: \u201cOne of her earliest memories were relatives struggling to hold down a lamb so its meat could be used in an Easter feast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video link: <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1JLBOx0QXJCGgGpWv1fvF7_piWnjOwgLm\/view\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1JLBOx0QXJCGgGpWv1fvF7_piWnjOwgLm\/view<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The deadline for the next Vegetarian Resource Group video contest is July 15, 2027. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/videoscholarship.php\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/videoscholarship.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See other videos here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/veg_videos.php\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/veg_videos.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VegResourceGrp\/shorts\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VegResourceGrp\/shorts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For information about VRG\u2019s $5,000 scholarships for high school seniors who have promoted veganism, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/scholar\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/scholar<\/a>\u00a0 The next deadline is February 20, 2027.<\/p>\n<p>To support VRG\u2019s outreach to young people, join at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/cabdacae.php\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/cabdacae.php<\/a> or donate at <a href=\"http:\/\/vrg.org\/donate\">vrg.org\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rakeb said: \u201cOne of her earliest memories were relatives struggling to hold down a lamb so its meat could be used in an Easter feast.\u201d Video link: https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1JLBOx0QXJCGgGpWv1fvF7_piWnjOwgLm\/view The deadline for the next Vegetarian Resource Group video contest is July 15, 2027. See https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/videoscholarship.php See other videos here: https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/veg_videos.php And https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VegResourceGrp\/shorts For information about VRG\u2019s [&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-27366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27366","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=27366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27368,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27366\/revisions\/27368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}