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Outreach
Link of the Week
Activist Profile: Brian Grupe
 Vegan
Outreach continues to profile
some of our top leafleters. This
week, we feature Brian Grupe, Vegan
Outreach's man in the northeast.
This past school year, Brian handed
booklets to over 40,000 students
at dozens of different schools.
Here are some excerpts:
Who has been / is a major influence
in your life and why?
My mother, sister, and grandmother
have been incredibly influential
throughout my life. The strength
and courage they have shown during
hard times inspires and motivates
me. I try to live my life with love
and compassion based on the examples
they have set for me. Also, everyone
who works and volunteers for Vegan
Outreach inspires me daily to be
a better person and activist. Their
dedication and perseverance amazes
me and sets the bar high for what
I know I can personally accomplish
with my activism.
How long have you been involved
in animal rights and how did you
get interested?
In early 2007, I got an Even
If You Like Meat booklet at
my college, Sacramento State. I
read it and went vegetarian that
day. Most of the classes I was taking
at that time centered on philosophy,
and I decided to research the issue
of factory farming and animal rights
on my own. I read all the articles
written by Jack and Matt on VO's
website and picked up Peter Singer's
Animal Liberation. I went
vegan soon after that, and emailed
Jack to tell him how much of an
impact Vegan Outreach had made on
me. Jack invited me to leaflet with
him at the local Warped Tour stop,
in which nearly 5,000 booklets were
distributed. I began volunteering
and leafleting colleges and high
schools in my free time and was
offered a job with Vegan Outreach
in October of 2007. I have now been
with Vegan Outreach for 9 months.
Read
the entire profile here!
Product of the Week
Brian: The Colossal Chocolate Chip
Cookies, from the Alternative
Baking Co. If not available
in your area, you can order
them from Pangea.
Notes from All
Over
Lightning Round
Notes from Our
Members
 I
would just like to
let you know you changed my life.
I don't eat meat anymore -- I'll
stick to your eating guides. THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
-LM, 8/10/08
Aaron Ross (at
right), who leafleted the Warped
Tour with HLP,
recently came across a young woman
wearing a Warped Tour shirt. He
introduced himself and mentioned
that he had leafleted the show.
The young woman replied that she
had received a booklet, was very
moved by it, and as a result, is
now vegetarian.
-Reported by Jon Camp,
8/10/08
I received one of your
booklets and am now
filled with sickness at the fact
that I never informed myself with
the reality of this sad truth. I
am now trying to cut down and eventually
cut meat out all together.
-TR, 8/11/08
At the Red Bull Flugtag
in Portland, lots
of people commented on my Vegan
Outreach shirt. All of the comments
were positive ("Hooray! It's
Vegan Outreach!") or neutral
("Oh look, Debbie, it's a vegan!").
One man even came up from behind
me, hand outstretched, saying, "I
want to find out what this Vegan
Outreach is." A man thanked
me for distributing the literature
because it "reaffirms my choices
about what to eat." He said
he sometimes cheats on his vegetarian
diet, and reminders like these can
help him. About ten people told
me that they already have an Even
If You Like Meat at
home. One of those people added,
"Actually, I'm vegan now, and
this is the brochure that converted
me!"
-Emily Pepe, 8/3/08
Riley Law leaflets Market
Days in Chicago; photo by Mikael
Nielsen.
My favorite
interaction at the
farmers' market today was with a
mom with three little kids. She
said her kids were starting to ask
her where meat comes from and that
was making her uncomfortable. She
has friends who are vegan, so she
seemed open (almost anxious) to
make the switch. It made me realize
that our work getting people to
make the switch to nonviolent eating
will be easier and easier as more
people will know of vegans in their
immediate circles.
-Barbara Bear, 8/10/08
Thanks for the booklet
I was handed while
walking around Baltimore. I had
no idea farm animals were treated
so bad! I will definitely be cutting
down on my meat consumption!
-BT, 8/10/08
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