Notes from Vegan
Outreach
Beyond Adopt a College
Adopt a College activists are back
in the swing of things. But
most copies of Why Vegan,
Even If You Like Meat,
and Try Vegetarian are
distributed in other ways: from
stocking displays at natural food
stores, libraries, at work, etc.,
to handing them out to friends,
to tabling at concerts. There are
many different ways that you, too,
can take the animals' case to new
people!
For example,
World Farm Animals Day
is right around the corner -- October
2! If you are going take part in
this, or want to pursue another
form of outreach, you can order
from our catalog today.
Thanks!
Product of the Week
Diane in Canada: "I've just
discovered Tofutti
sour cream substitute, absolutely
delicious!"
Send your nominees for Product
of the Week to product
(at) veganoutreach.org; previous
products can be found here.
Notes from All
Over
More on Kids and Veganism
Last week, we introduced the page
of Real
Vegan Children. Since then,
there was a news story: Vegetarianism
Is Healthy Exploration for Teens,
which starts, "For Whitney
Belaski, the decision to become
a vegetarian was an ethical one."
 Also,
Harvard Graduate School of Education
published a paper: Why
Do Young Children Choose to Become
Vegetarians?, which
points out: "As with Alejandra,
for most children Hussar studied,
the decision has more to do with
morals than with personal choice.
This is contrary to the theories
of famed psychologists Lawrence
Kohlberg and Jean Piaget -- both
pioneers in moral development --
that children aren't capable of
making independent moral decisions
at this age."
Finally, here
is an essay from a
lifetime vegan about growing up
in a meat-eating society.
Welfare and Liberation
With Satya's new issue,
the question of how the state of
animals in our society will advance
is back in discussion. This
earlier article presented
one Vegan Outreach view. Erik Marcus
discusses welfare and liberation
in part of a recent
episode of the Diner;
and Peter
Singer and Bruce Friedrich
offer a somewhat different perspective,
with their combined many decades
of campaigns and working for the
animals.
Notes from Our
Members
At Cal State, Long
Beach, I handed out
2,540 EI* and some GCFEs
and AMLs.
Merlin,
my German Shepherd companion, died
on Wed. Thus, I am dedicating this
semester's leafleting to him. Today,
feeling him with me, I was calm,
kind, and soft-spoken, yet a formidable
presence. One sample exchange:
Him, taking a leaflet: "I
like steak."
Me: "You like snakes. How
cool!"
-Stewart Solomon, 9/1/06
*Note -- 2,540
is a new Adopt A College program
record for handing out pamphlets
at a college in one day.
At Florida International
U., I quickly handed
out 150 booklets. Some guy totally
made my day when he came up to me
and said that I gave him one a couple
of years ago and he has been vegetarian
ever since. He said he loved the
way the VO literature just logically
touches on all the reasons why it
makes sense to go veg. He took some
contact info because he said he
would like to get involved in local
activities.
-Linda Bower, 9/1/06
I got a brochure
when I was leaving college today.
I read it and started crying right
away. I love animals, and I do eat
meat. After seeing this brochure
and watching some of the clips and
info on this site, I will never
eat meat again! I would love to
give a brochure to everyone in my
town.
-SV, Northfield, MN,
8/31/06
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