Victoria Moran (Beatle fan) Inducted into Vegan Hall of Fame
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Victoria Moran, well-known vegan author and lifestyle coach, was inducted into the North American Vegetarian Society's "Vegan Hall of Fame" on July 15, 2024. The video below, shown at the award ceremony, gives a biography of her life (including how she met the Beatles!) and lists her numerous accomplishments and upcoming projects. (Go to the 4:20 mark for beginning of presentation.) There's so many things that can be said about her work, but in a nutshell she's the author of numerous vegan books and cookbooks, a yoga master, and has a blog and learning center at https://mainstreetvegan.com/
Because she wrote for a well-known teen magazine, Victoria was the youngest correspondent (at age 14) at the Beatles Press Conference in Kansas City in 1964, and also attended two of their other press conferences in Toronto (1965) and Chicago (1966). She was able to meet Mal Evans, and later began a correspondence with him as a fan. Through Mal, she was able to meet John Lennon and Paul McCartney at the Bag O'Nails Club when she was in London in 1967. She wrote in the "beliefnet" link below that
Paul bought us all drinks, chatted a bit, and in between sang a little song: “I wish I was not a Beatle, ‘cos maybe then I could have some fun.”
The next night, I was at the same club but without Mal. John Lennon sat at the same table where Paul had been the night before. I considered myself far too sophisticated to bother him like a fan or something (which, of course, I was), but figuring that I knew Mal and all, I spoke to John and he was infinitely kind and characteristically funny. I’m glad I did it because that was my one chance, and John is gone now.
It was a privilege to be able to correspond with Victoria a few years ago, her work has really been an inspiration to me on my own journey, and loved hearing her Beatle stories, especially ones about the 1964 Beatles concert in Kansas City.
She shared more of her Beatles memories at
(Her Beatle stories begin at the 06:55 mark) and she has a special tribute to John Lennon at https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/yourcharmedlife/2009/05/john-lennon-remember-imagine-and-give-peace-a-chance.html -
@ladyleslie WOW!!
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@njr Yes, she's a very interesting person to know about
Enjoyed hearing her Beatle stories!
Right now she and her husband (who also works tirelessly for vegetarianism and important causes) are working on a film Miss Liberty about a cow that escapes the slaughterhouse. I'm interested in seeing it!
https://victoriamoran.com/screenplay-miss-liberty/I think the McCartney family (especially Linda!) has been so good about educating people about the basics of being vegetarian, and how to get started with it, and how it helps our health, and the planet. They are and have been a really good influence on so many lives in that aspect, and continue to make a huge difference. Victoria Moran and others like her working today are taking vegetarianism (especially veganism) a bit further and exploring the spiritual aspects of it, and to embrace the sacredness of all life, etc.