I know a lot of kids from vegan discussion groups lurk me here, so:

sucks that this sort of thing plays out in activist communities.
but you need to be aware of what you're up against.
some of you know ryan smith (not to be confused with portland's ryan jacob smith), some of you are bound to run into him.
he has hopped from city to city over the years.... usually identifying with the vegan/straight edge/activist scene.
he's built up quite the damning track record as you can see below.
he targets others.
and since he is attempting to shirk responsibility and continue his behavior,
he himself is now a target.
PLEASE forward this on to anyone that may cross paths with him in the future.

Got this from some solid folks in Philly. Be on the lookout for this dude, he was in Chicago not too long ago. He isn't welcome back in this community.

From activists in Philly:

On Sunday, May 24th, a group of Philadelphia activists held a formal confrontation with Ryan Smith regarding his rape of two female activists, his harassment of countless women within the movement, and his gross abuse of power and privilege.

Ryan listened as seven different activists shared their impact statements with him and confronted him for having been dismissed from three activist communities for his sexual abuse of women in the past without accepting accountability.​​ Ryan has been kicked out of communities in St. Louis, Arizona, and Los Angeles for committing such atrocities as the rape of female activists, the abuse of partners, and the stalking of underage girls. Ryan has been given resources by people in his former communities and has not taken them or accepted accountability.​​

Philadelphia activists gave Ryan Smith a list of demands and an accountability process to be completed with a local perpetrator support group. The demands were as follows:

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• You will not make contact with any ADL members or anyone present here today.
• You will not run from this, you will not leave town. This means no leaving the country. If you are serious about addressing your behavior, you will stay and you will go through an accountability process.
• You will immediately make contact with perpetrator support and begin working with perpetrator support. You will comply with their program of accountability.​​
• You will remove yourself from all ADL demonstrations and Bash Back! You will return the email password, signs, and flyers at your first meeting with Philly Stands Up.
• You will publicly apologize to those you have hurt. Perpetrator support will guide you.
• You will leave public places if asked to leave.
• You will stay in one city to work on your behavior.
• You will delete the phone numbers of everyone present.
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At the confrontation, Ryan agreed to this list of demands and was told that noncompliance with them would result in a campaign against him. Ryan met with perpetrator support three times, told them that he would stay in Philadelphia to work on his accountability,​​ and has now left the country.

Ryan Smith WILL be held accountable for his actions. Rape, sexual assault, verbal harassment, and abuse of power will NOT be tolerated in this community locally or globally. Please spread this information far and wide to warn as many people as possible to stay away from him.

If you'd like to personally send Ryan Smith a message, here are a few ways you can get in touch with him:

www.​​myspace.​​com/​​xRyanSmithx
xryansmithx@​​gmail.​​com

REPOST, REPOST, REPOST.

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