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Notes from Vegan
Outreach
A Million Steps Closer
 Last
week, Vegan Outreach's 2008 distribution
passed 1,000,000.
Nearly half of these have been handed
directly to students
as part of the Adopt a College program!
Every day, thousands of
new people are discovering the hidden
realities of factory farms and the
steps they can take to stand up
for the animals.
Vegan Outreach President and
Cofounder Jack Norris and Susie
(left) enjoy life at Animal Place;
photo by Kim Sturla.
Thanks so very much
to the hundreds of volunteers and
donors who make this possible. We
can't say it enough: your efforts
and contributions are providing
detailed, irrefutable information
to many more people, bringing closer
the time when animals will no longer
be viewed as food, but rather as
individuals whose lives are complete
and important unto themselves.
Activist Profile: Jon Camp
In the past few years, Vegan Outreach
has profiled
some of our top leafleters. This
summer, we will feature several
more.
 Editors'
note: One benefit of being
involved with Vegan Outreach is
working with some of the best people
in the world. One of the finest
we've met is Jon Camp, Vegan Outreach's
longtime national Outreach Coordinator.
Since the inception of the Adopt
a College program in 2003, Jon has
handed booklets directly to over
350,000 students across
the country, and thousands and thousands
more in other venues. For years,
he has inspired many new people
to get involved with Vegan Outreach
-- leafleting and contributing.
Jon's selflessness
and humility are matched only by
his total dedication to the animals.
It is an honor to count Jon as a
colleague and friend.
-Anne Green, Jack Norris, &
Matt Ball
Here are excerpts from Jon's profile:
Who has been / is a major influence
in your life and why?
I'm continually influenced and inspired
by those who work earnestly to better
the lot of others, especially my
DC activist friends and the VO leafleters
and donors I've gotten to know.
Also, growing up, my parents provided
me with an environment that encouraged
kindness and independent thinking.
What made you decide to start
leafleting? If you were nervous
the first time, how did you get
over it?
In late 2000, as a way to step up
my efforts for animals, I attended
a feed-in put on by Compassion Over
Killing in Washington, DC. While
some activists were handing out
vegan food to passersby, others
were leafleting. There was a need
for more leafleters, so I tried
it; it was painless and fun.
What was your most positive
leafleting experience and why?
There is no one event that stands
out as the definitive, most positive
leafleting experience. But I'm always
heartened when individuals come
up to let me know that, because
of being handed a VO booklet, they
are now vegetarian, vegan or thinking
differently about the treatment
of animals. This happens all the
time.
What would you say to individuals
hesitant about leafleting?
Jump in and don't think too much
about it. It’s ok to ask someone
if they'd like to take a booklet
and consider some information. You
don't need to be an extrovert or
an encyclopedia on animal issues;
being friendly and sincere is all
that is needed. Part of life is
challenging ourselves to go beyond
our comfort zone so that we can
live more fully in accordance with
our ideals. Leafleting is a great
opportunity for this, as well as
a hugely effective way to push the
ball forward for the animals.
Read
the entire profile here!
Product of the Week
Jon: Eden sells ready-to-eat canned
Rice
& Beans, which
consist of brown rice coupled with
different legumes. These are organic,
low in sodium, and cost less than
$2 -- not bad for about a pound
of food! My favorite is the Caribbean
Black Beans meal. Stir in some guacamole
and nutritional yeast and you've
got yourself a great lunch or dinner!
Send your nominees for Product
of the Week to product
(at) veganoutreach (dot) org;
previous products can be found here.
Notes from Our
Members
I just had to react
to the "parenting" email.
Do these people "force"
their religious and social beliefs
on their own children? Funny, isn't
it, how it's "teaching"
children when it's something people
agree with, but it's "forcing"
when it isn't. [Ed note: the on-line
version has been modified
to reflect this point.]
-SH, 6/12/08
 Most
kids have to be taught
or fooled to eat meat. I've met
many teens who can't wait until
they don't live with their parents,
because then they can go veg.
-Fred Tyler, 6/11/08
In Italy, we
have launched the campaign "VeganMay”
and some people participated in
adopting a university or a high
school (at right). The
leafleting of high schools has been
REALLY successful -- a teacher went
vegan, many students went vegetarian
and are already becoming vegan,
others who were vegetarian are now
vegan, and in various classes, debates
have been held!
-Marina Berati, 6/12/08
If it hadn't been for
Vegan Outreach, I
wouldn't have turned vegan 12 years
ago when I picked up a pamphlet
at a punk rock show on Long Island.
This booklet, in turn, inspired
dozens of people I know, who are
still vegan today. It works! Thanks
for keeping up the work.
-Jesse Mann, 6/11/08
Thank you so much
for all the wonderful booklets you
sent me! They are definitely going
to help me educate my friends, family,
and schoolmates on the issues I
feel so passionate about.
 -AB,
6/12/08
At the Argyle Red Line
stop in Chicago, I
saw a couple young women standing,
intently reading the booklet (separately).
I'm always glad to have leafleted,
even when it's slow. Even if I just
get a couple people thinking about
the issue, it's completely worth
it.
-Pam Blair, 6/13/08
Josh Balk leaflets in Gaithersburg,
MD.
Vegan Outreach is WONDERFUL!
Thanks for providing
activists with such informative
and well put-together booklets.
We couldn't do it without you!
-KM, 6/12/08
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