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Congratulations, Joe!
 Last
weekend, longtime animal activist
Joe Espinosa received the Henry
Spira Grassroots Activist Award
at AR2008. You can read Joe's 2005
profile and the introduction Matt
Ball gave him at the AR2008 award
ceremony here.
Thanks to Joe for using his acceptance
to promote A
Meaningful Life.
Also, congratulations to longtime
friend and Vegan Outreach supporter
Paul Shapiro, the newest member
of the Animal Rights Hall of Fame.
Summer Leafleting Record; Fall
AAC Starts
As of today, leafleters have reached
348,607
new people this summer;
85 different volunteers have handed
out 100 or more leaflets! Adopt
a College leafleters have started
reaching new students, with five-year-old
Rebecca Solomon in fifth
place.
House an Activist
In the next few weeks, Vic Sjodin,
Brian Grupe, Eric Paul, and Jon
Camp will be embarking on college
leafleting tours, reaching out to
thousands of today's young minds
with the animals' plight. In order
to keep all of them on the road,
we are dependent on the generous
housing of others.
We will need housing in or near
Indiana, Shippensburg, and Millersville,
PA; Huntington and Morgantown, WV;
Frostburg, MD; Albany, NY; Augusta,
Portland, and Salem, ME; Salt Lake
City, UT; Savannah and Augusta,
GA; Columbia, Rock Hill, and Spartanburg,
SC; Lynchburg and Farmville, VA.
If you would be willing to house
any of these courteous, young men,
please email tour
(at) veganoutreach (dot) org.
Thanks so much!
 Attention,
Chicago!
Jack Norris will be speaking
in your town August 28.
Joe Espinosa will also be there!
Product of the Week
Previous product nominations by
Joe Espinosa:
- Chilli
Man brand vegetarian chili.
Flavorful enough that I use a
can of chili with an equal amount
of my own cooked beans (chickpeas,
black beans, kidney beans, or
pintos) for a hearty meal that
allows me to brave the tough Chicago
winter.
- Boca's Chik’n
Patties and Nuggets and Gardenburger’s
BBQ
Riblets.
- Red
Star Nutritional Yeast. 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, 1/2 C ground
flaxseeds, 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.)
Notes from Our
Members
 Rebecca,
age 5, is now saying,
"Leaflet against animal cruelty?"
when she hands someone a leaflet,
but a hell of a lot cuter than I
do. 100% acceptance rate today --
higher if you consider all those
who wanted extras for their friends.
A young lady even approached us
as we were cleaning up, asking for
another leaflet.
-Stewart Solomon,
after he and his daughter handed
out over 2,000 Even If You
Like Meat booklets at Cerritos
College on 8/18/08; Stewart and
12-year-old Stephanie handed out
1,370 Even Ifs the next
day at Long Beach City College
At the Portland, OR
Warped Tour stop,
two people told Yvonne that they
got the brochure last year and are
now vegetarian. I heard one or two
people say the same thing. Watched
a few people read the pamphlets
from front to back (they were completely
engrossed in them, and I can tell
were moved).
-Jessica Dadds, 8/13/08
Thanks for the links
[On
Being Vegan and Defining
Vegan]. I am vegan for the animals'
sake. I have met many vegans who
prefer to quibble constantly about
this ingredient and that ingredient.
There is a competition for "superiority"
and much ego associated with it.
I have not felt much interest or
compassion from these particular
vegans regarding those who eat meat
or non-humans who are dying by the
billions. It is refreshing to meet
vegans who are not like this.
-TR, Australia, 8/19/08
 Comment
of the night:
Man: You just made
my life a living heck. You just
turned my daughter into a vegetarian.
<Daughter affirms this with a
smile and nod.> Now I'm gonna
have to cook separate meals.
Me: Well, here are some good recipes
and meal suggestions. <I hand
man a GCFE;
man and daughter thank me.>
-Jon Camp, 8/14/08
At City College of
San Francisco, I met
a bunch of vegans and receptive
folk, including a spontaneous helper.
It felt good to be back on a campus,
talking to students. A lot of people
asked questions -- I felt that my
time was spent valuably.
-Miranda Robbins, 8/18/08
One woman who works
at the concert venue The Pageant
told me that she stopped eating
meat on May 2nd when she first got
a booklet (Compassionate Choices)
from me, which was my first time
leafletting VO booklets at The Pageant!
-Rick Hershey, St. Louis,
8/12/08
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