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Notes from Vegan OutreachGo, Vegan, Go!
Team Vegan members have now raised over $50,000 of the $75,000 matching challenge! Thanks to everyone for your efforts to help the animals! Speaking of animals, this week, we’d like to highlight members of the Team whose profile pictures feature cows, goats, pigs, and horses: Roger Baker, Melody Hodges, Arielle Jacobs, Nora Kramer, Kristin McShane, Veg Panda, Vic Sjodin, Lana Smithson, Veronica Soto, Todd Lee, Ed Y. They – and all the other members of Team Vegan – want to get the most from their efforts for the animals. And you, too, can get the most for your contributions! You can make a tax-deductible contribution to any of these members (or the people in the feedback section below, or via the Team Vegan general donations page). And now, until June 30, your donation will be doubled, dollar for dollar! So please, take just a minute and click over to TeamVegan.biz, support a Team member, and help take the animals’ message to more people! Thank you so much!
From “Your Daily Dose of Vegan Outreach!” Blog
Products of the WeekTeam Vegan member Vic Sjodin: “The vegan meatless meatballs at Trader Joe’s are a hidden gem. And Nacheez is delicious!” Please submit your nominees for product of the week via this page; previous entries here.
Notes from Our Members
Shortly
into my day at San Diego Mesa College,
a young man told me, “I just got one of
those – I won’t be eating meat anymore.”
Boom! Later: another new veg; two high fives;
a thumbs up; three thank yous; a “Can
I please have one?”; three-or-so vegans;
four vegetarians; and a “Yay! I love these
things!” I reached 2,000 students,
total. Holy
smokes, what a day! (Team Vegan
members) Nora, Jeni,
and I made quite a trio at UC Davis, where we
reached 2,644 students! Just tons of
conversations with students, so many gears turning.
Between the three of us, we probably talked to at least 20 people who are going to significantly
change their diets! I met an Animal Behavior
professor who let me give a spiel to her class
and then offer them leaflets as they left.
There were probably 200 students in attendance,
and 100 took them! Cobie
and I encountered very receptive students
at Western Oregon University – loads of vegetarians
and great conversations. It was the kind of
experience that leaves you feeling hopeful and
excited about change in the air! Met several
people who told us that getting a booklet previously
had changed their eating habits. Soon after
I started leafleting, I gave a booklet to a
man who told me he was a professor, so I gave
him a Guide
too. When he asked if this was about eating
free-range, I said that it’s about reducing
suffering – he replied that he’s all for that.
Later, I handed a booklet to a student, and
he said, “My professor was talking about
this in class.”
Four
never-before-leafleted schools today:
University of Dubuque, Loras College, Clarke
University, and Dubuque Senior High School.
At UD, a faculty member claimed I wasn’t allowed
to leaflet on the public sidewalk and she would
have security come talk to me. Turns out that
is the best thing she could have done. When
the guard walked up, she started looking at
a booklet and said, “This is horrible.
I don’t understand how anyone could do that
and call it a job.” When she passed by
a little later she asked if I was vegan and
said her son was and her husband was most of
the way there. She said she pretty much was
too since he did most of the cooking. When I
gave her a Guide, she said, “Big
score for me!” Although
Michelle and I reached over 950 students
at Modesto Junior College, Modesto High School
was the highlight of the day! Kids were super
receptive, and we reached 200 in a very short
period of time. One girl told me she was going
vegetarian on the spot! As expected,
some lively but productive conversations
at Oklahoma State, where I reached 1,200 students
in four hours. The highlight was a super-earnest
and sweet young woman:
Joe (Espinosa
of Team Vegan) took a vacation day to join me at Indiana
University at Bloomington (right). I had good conversations with
veg-curious students, including one who said
he liked the idea that every time he chooses
veg, he can spare animals. Later, he said he
wants to try going vegetarian. A couple of students
mentioned the Help
Stop Violence Guy (Joe’s Facebook student
fan club). A couple of big young guys said they
“don’t eat meat,” which was great
to hear. Take
rate at Hofstra University was
quite high. I heard many students conversing
about leaflets as they were passing by, and
many more remarking to their friends things
like, “I’m a vegan!” One student who
had been vegetarian for a while said this is
the healthiest he’s ever felt in his life; and several
other students came up to me to ask about going
vegan.
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