Jack Norris (activist)
Jack Norris (born 1967) is an American dietitian and animal rights activist. He is Executive Director of Vegan Outreach,[1] which he co-founded in 1993 with Matt Ball. He runs Vegan Outreach's Adopt A College program which began in 2003 and which organizes volunteers to hand out Vegan Outreach brochures on college campuses.
Early life and education
Norris graduated from Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1985. He attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, receiving a B.A. in Philosophy and Sociology in 1989.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Life University (Marietta, Georgia) in 2000 and performed his dietetic internship at Georgia State University in 2000–2001.[1]
Career
Norris, a vegan, is a registered dietitian. He was an American Council on Exercise-certified personal trainer from 1994 to 1996.[1][2]
Norris is the author of Vitamin B12: Are You Getting It? and Staying Healthy On Plant-Based Diets. His nutrition articles can be found on VeganHealth.org and JackNorrisRd.com
Honors and awards
Norris won VegNews magazine's Columnist of the Year award for 2003 and 2004.[3]
In 2005, Norris was elected to the Animal Rights Hall of Fame.[4]
Norris is one of several people who provided information used in the writing of the book Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism (2008) by Mark Hawthorne.
Personal life
Norris married vegan chef Alex Bury on September 11, 2008, in front of a KFC restaurant in Toronto, Canada.[5] After the wedding, the guests were served vegan sandwiches that KFC had recently introduced to the public.[6] Norris and Bury live in Davis, California.
Publications
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Interviews
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- Various Jack Norris interviews (mostly podcasts)
See also
Notes
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