Episode 113 This is the best time to go vegan with Naijha Wright-Brown

Today, I am joined by Naijha Wright-Brown. Naijha is a 2021 Baltimore Business Journal Enterprising Women of Excellence Honoree. A native New Yorker, raised in the South Bronx, Naijha is a people person and loves to make connections. She was introduced to gardening, farming, environmentalism, sustainability, and the basics of eating healthy while spending summers in Massachusetts as a teenager. Naijha has an MBA in Business from the University of Phoenix and is a successful serial entrepreneur. The thought of owning a restaurant never crossed her mind until she relocated to Baltimore in 2005 and met her fellow Verizon Wireless co-worker, now husband, Gregory Brown. Naijha is a partner and the Marketing Director for The Land of Kush, VeganSoul Bistro, and co-creator of Vegan Soulfest and Maryland Vegan Restaurant Week. She is the Executive Director of the Black Veg Society, a non-profit organization whose mission is mission is to educate predominantly Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, on the benefits of holistic living, the plant-based diet, and veganism. Naijha, also, has a digital talk show, Naijha Speaks, that helps people on a mission to find their vegan soul! To connect with Naijha: https://www.mdveganeats.com/ for Maryland Restaurant month https://landofkush.com/ https://www.vegansoulfest.com/ https://blackvegsociety.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelandofkush/ https://www.instagram.com/blackvegsociety/ https://www.instagram.com/vegansoulfest/ To connect with me: Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @didyoubringthehummus For more info on my Public Speaking 101 program: ⁠https://www.didyoubringthehummus.com/publicspeakingforactivists⁠ Contact me here or send me an email at [email protected] Sign up for meditation sessions here Sign up for The Vegan Voyage, to sponsor the podcast, book meditations packages, or sign up for my Public Speaking program here Join my Podcast Fan Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/didyoubringthehummus/ To be a guest on the podcast: https://www.didyoubringthehummus.com/beaguest ©2025 Kimberly Winters - Did You Bring the Hummus LLC Theme Song ©2020 JP Winters ⁠@musicbyjpw⁠