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Throughout the summer, Vegan Outreach
will be including a profile on some
of the top leafleters from our Adopt
A College campaign. This week we
profile Suzanne Haws who handed
out 6,682 Vegan Outreach booklets
throughout the 2004-2005 school
season.
What made you decide to start
leafleting? and: If you were nervous
the first time, how did you get
over it?
I started leafleting after meeting
Joe Espinosa at AR2004. He suggested
that, rather than hoping that other
people would start leafleting with
me, I should just get started by
myself. While I didn't particularly
like the idea of doing leafleting
all by my lonesome, his suggestion
just made sense.
The first time I went out to leaflet,
though, I began to doubt his wisdom.
I was so nervous; I guess I thought
it would be scary or hard or someone
would yell at me. But after about
five minutes of leafleting, I was
laughing at myself. It was one of
the easiest things I'd done all
week! I'd also already bribed myself
with the promise of lunch at my
favorite restaurant later--that
didn't exactly hurt my motivation.
Why do you leaflet colleges?
There are two main reasons I leaflet
colleges. First, there is nearly
always a large volume of pedestrian
traffic on college campuses, so
colleges tend to be an excellent
venue to get our materials into
the hands of individuals.
Secondly, college students tend
to be more open to change and new
information than the general public.
So on college campuses you not only
have lots of pedestrians wandering
around, but those pedestrians are
a great target audience for our
message. What could be better?
What was your most positive
college leafleting experience this
year and why?
About three people over the course
of the year have told me that they've
gone vegetarian after receiving
a booklet from me. That's very encouraging
because I'm sure that there are
many other people who've also decided
to eliminate their meat consumption
but who haven't had the opportunity
to let me know!
What would you say to individuals
hesitant about leafleting?
Get off your duff and do it!
How long have you been involved
in animal rights and how did you
get interested in this?
I've been involved in animal rights
for about two years now. Once I
started learning about what we do
to animals, particularly animals
used for food, I was horrified,
saddened, and outraged. I was also
motivated to do something about
it.
What was the last good book
you've read?
I'm currently re-reading the Harry
Potter books in anticipation of
the sixth book's release this summer.
I'm also reading Collapse,
by Jared Diamond, but it's been
collecting dust since I picked up
Harry Potter...
Where do you live?
At the beginning of May, I moved
to Mountain View, CA, from Tucson,
AZ.
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