On the first Vegan Earth Day, in Los Angeles on July 21, 2009, Joanelle Romero, a great recording artist, singer, filmmaker, and songwriter, held a concert to celebrate this epochal date with her fans, fellow green goers, and compassionate world citizens.

A vegan and the founder of the first American Indian Television, Joanelle Romero staged out, once again, the pioneering role of the American Indian people and their culture in safeguarding the planet.

I Am Free
Written, composed, and performed by Joanelle Romero
I dance in a sacred circle with you and me.
The hot sun touching my dark skin.
I look up to the sky, I see my ancestors.
They say “dance.”
Dance in love.
Dance in beauty.
Human beings are here  to love and I’m free.

HOST: The heart of today’s episode of Vegetarian Elite is Joanelle Romero, a multitalented pioneer who has the courage to live up to her dream of bringing forth peace and compassion by way of artistic and cultural creativity.

She is an acclaimed music star in the United States and in other countries, as well as an award-winning American Indian documentary filmmaker and drama series producer.

Other accomplishments include being the founder of the first American Indian television channel; and the initiator of the first American Indian music program in Los Angeles and American Indian film festival.

But above all, she is a vegan star who brings her creativity, energy, and cultural heritage to the forefront of the green movement.