Notes
from Vegan Outreach
The Write Cause and Team
Vegan
 The
Write Cause (www.thewritecauseforanimals.org)
is a membership-based newsletter
and letter writing service founded
in 1989 by Carol R. S. Treacy. In
January of 2002, Darris Bertini
purchased The Write Cause (TWC)
in order to expand her life-long
crusade for animal rights and environmental
concerns that relate to animal welfare.
For 19 years, The Write Cause
has written well-researched,
respectful letters for its members
to send to key decision makers.
Joanna
in North Carolina has been a supportive
member of The Write Cause
for the past decade. Joanna wants
to see slaughterhouses disappear,
and in addition to her letter writing
campaigns with The Write Cause,
she believes that Vegan Outreach
leafleting will bring this about.
To make this vision happen sooner,
she decided to step into the powerful
role of donor.
Joanna
issued a challenge to The Write
Cause community: She would
match donations made to Team
Vegan or individual
runners, up to a total of $2,000.
Anytime a member of The Write Cause
gives, for example, $100 to one
of the runners, Joanna will also
give $100 to that runner. If a Write
Cause member gives $100 to
Team Vegan, Joanna will give $100
to Team Vegan.
From
all of us at Vegan Outreach and
Team Vegan, thank you, Joanna, Darris,
and members of The Write Cause!!
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Notes from Our
Members
We had a great day
leafleting the annual
Portland Peace Rally. We came across
many, many more vegetarians than
last year! Indeed, it was a hard
crowd to leaflet because so many
were vegan! We met a really huge
number of young vegans, a bunch
of old people who were vegan, and
even a couple of 7-9 year old kids
who had been veg since birth! One
man told me he didn't need to take
a Why Vegan. "The
last time someone gave me one of
those, I went vegan the very next
day," he said. Another gentleman
related: "My wife and I received
a brochure last year. We're not
vegan yet, but we've really reduced
our meat consumption. The pamphlet
raised our awareness of how animals
are treated."
-Emily Pepe, Yvonne LeGrice, Ramona,
& Jessica Dadds, 3/26/08
Today I was joined
by Jampa Williams
and her 8-year-old son Noah [at
right], who helped me leaflet during
a class change. They did a great
job despite a strange snow squall
happening during that class change.
Of course, no one could resist taking
a leaflet from a really cool kid,
so he gave out a lot! Jampa had
some great interactions with students
who wanted to go veg, and said she
felt the experience was very empowering.
She could not believe how receptive
college students are.
-Eileen Botti, 3/12/08
The Youngstown State
Environmental & Animal Rights
Coalition (YSEARC) had a table event
today. As the new members told me
(I'm the advisor of the group),
they would like to do more because
they had a warm reception from the
student population. One student
broke down and cried after watching
Meet
Your Meat. He took VO pamphlets
and told the group that he is a
vegetarian from this point on and
would like to get involved.
-Dan Kuzma, 3/20/08
Amanda Schemkes leaflets at
Portland State U; photo by Miranda
Robbins.
At a recent get-together
in Kansas, I was talking
with one young woman about how for
me, veganism is not about being
perfect or pure, but about reducing
suffering. I mentioned that my driving
contributes to global warming, that
I'm sure I harm animals in different
ways, etc. I stressed that what
was most important was just doing
our best to minimize the amount
of suffering in the world. I get
the impression that a great many
of today's youth are curious about
veganism/animal issues and appreciate
having someone who will talk with
them about this in a non-judgmental
and calm manner. We'll win many
more over by admitting that we're
not perfect than by going to all
lengths to show how much we know
and how consistent we are.
-Jon Camp, 3/15/08
Eric Dubinsky at New School
University; photo by Eileen Botti.
At Sierra College,
Eric and I met many people
who told us they supported our cause
and that we were doing good work.
I watched a man read a booklet for
a good while and walked over and
asked him what he thought. He told
me that most of the information
was new to him and that the booklet
was "really good." I offered
him a GCFE
and could tell he was eager to get
back to the Even If.
Last
week at CSU Sacramento, I offered
a brochure to a guy and he said,
"I don't eat meat because of
you!" He told me he had gotten
one last semester from me and become
vegetarian. I offered a brochure
to a guy I had an English class
with and he said that he hasn't
eaten meat since receiving a booklet
from me earlier in the semester!
Another man approached me and told
me how much he appreciated the message
of the booklet he received from
me and didn't feel pressured to
give up all animal products immediately;
he felt good that he could reduce
animal suffering with every small
decision he made and that he was
slowly reducing his intake of animal
products. A very strong-looking
and loud ex-marine stopped to talk
to me about how appalled he was
with animal cruelty and with people
who turn away from it. We talked
briefly about various atrocities
and he left even more fired up than
before. I was definitely glad he
was on my side! It was really cool
to see change that I've personally
helped happen through my activism!
-Brian Grupe, 3/24/08
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