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Notes from Vegan
Outreach
 AAC:
The Animals' Voice
Last week, over 33,000
booklets were handed out to students
on campuses across North America.
The semester
total is now more than
265,000. Victor Tsou is closing
in on 50,000 for the term, while
Jon Camp and Jenna Calabrese have
passed 30,000.
At right, Susan Cho leaflets
at U. Maryland; photo by Jon Camp.
In his spare time, Casey Constable
has handed out over 22,000 booklets,
including a new one-day single-person
record of 3,000 at the University
of Texas at Austin. That day was
part of his total of 7,700 at UT
last Tuesday through Thursday
Stewart Solomon, Suzanne Haws,
and Joe Espinosa are also over 10,000
booklets for the semester, and there
are 17 other individuals over 1,000!
The program
will have passed 920,000 booklets
by the time you see this. By our
estimates, the efforts of AAC
activists will spare over
40 million birds and
mammals a life of suffering over
the next 50 years.
Thanks so much to everyone
who made the possible!!
New "A Meaningful Life"
Printing Done
We now have more copies of the
new printing of "A
Meaningful Life"
(pdf
available). If you would like
copies, feel free to e-mail
us, or put a note in with any
order
you place. Thanks!
Addictive Products of the Week
Joe Espinosa: "I am writing
to nominate Red
Star Nutritional Yeast for product
of the week. I was introduced to
this product and was instantly addicted.
On pizza bread, beans, soups, salads
and even popcorn, it adds a burst
of flavor that redefines what it
means to be vegan." Anne Green
blends 1C walnuts, 1/2C ground flax
seeds, and 1C of nutritional yeast
(which she gets in bulk from the
local co-op) in a food processor
to make high-Omega-3
"sprinkles" for pizza,
popcorn, pasta, and other "p"
foodstuffs.
Kristen S: "Stonewall Jerquee
is dangerously addictive. Savory
and full of protein, it is difficult
to find in bulk in most areas --
but you can avoid the excessively
packaged 1.5 oz bags by buying it
in bulk at www.veganessentials.com."
Send your nominees for Product
of the Week to product
(at) veganoutreach (dot) org;
previous products can be found here.
Notes from All
Over
New
website: A free program
for food-service professionals:
"Our chefs have helped dozens
of restaurants, universities, primary
and secondary schools, and businesses
incorporate vegetarian selections
into their menus and cafeterias
-- and our consulting services are
available to you free of charge.
Whether you need menu suggestions,
tips on working with new vegetarian
foods, or sources for meat analogs
and other vegetarian products, help
is just a phone call away!"
Another Movie Leafleting Opportunity
Two movies soon to be in theaters
-- Fast
Food Nation and Charlotte's
Web -- provide excellent
opportunities to leaflet to a sympathetic
audience, especially if you attend
the movie. If you attend, take a
stack of VO booklets and get to
the door before the crowd lets out.
Start offering them to people and,
typically, once the first one takes
one, all the rest will. It is quite
easy.
Notes from Our
Members
At Texas State in San
Marcos, there was
one real big dude who Casey didn't
want to approach because he didn't
look like the type that would ever
go vegetarian. However, when this
guy saw what Casey was passing out,
he commented on how he had seen
one on the ground at Warped Tour
in San Antonio. He picked one up
and read it, and has been a vegetarian
ever since.
It
was just one year ago that I ran
into Casey while leafleting one
fateful day, and gave him the first
Vegan Outreach pamphlet he had ever
seen. The ripple effects of just
one day's leafleting have far reaching
impacts long into the future. Most
of the time, these effects are unseen
by us, but it is nice when we are
able to catch a small glimpse of
them.
-Eugene Khutoryansky, for Casey
Constable, 11/10/06
At UNC Greensboro,
it was like giving
out candy on Halloween. Students
would come over to get a brochure,
stop whatever they were doing and
take one. Even the faculty was very
receptive, and staff people took
booklets and indicated they were
supportive of the cause. I met several
vegetarians, including one who is
interested in leafleting and two
who want to start a group at the
campus. I think it created quite
a stir today, as people knew what
I was handing out by the end of
the day. Some exchanges:
1.
Student A (after previously receiving
a brochure): Can I tell you a story?
I was driving the other day and
I saw this truck with pigs and it
was really sad. Student B (interupting):
I'm going vegetarian....I'll try.
2.
Me: Brochure to help animals? Student:
(accepting and looking at brochure,
looking shocked, then looking worried
knowing she'll be giving up meat
very soon)
3.
Student (after previously receiving
a booklet): I'll give you this --
that is one really good booklet.
By
the way: the new Senator from Virginia,
Jim Webb, has an EI. I
leafletted him at a festival this
summer and got a few words in about
gestation crates and battery cages.
He listened sincerely.
-Jeff Boghosian, 11/8/06
At right, Zaac Chaves leaflets
at Yale; photo by Jon Camp.
I am a junior at Indiana
U. of Pennsylvania,
where your organization passed out
fliers last April 12th. The day
I read your pamphlet I became a
vegan and have not wavered in my
beliefs since. Veganism is a huge
part of my life and something about
which I feel undeniably and indescribably
strong. I would like to thank you
a million times over for changing
my life.
-Nadi M, 11/6/06
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