Apr 2004 - Vegan Outreach

APRIL 1, 2004
Volume 13 ▪ Number 1
WORKING TO END CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
PO Box 38492, Pittsburgh, PA 15238-8492 m 412.968.0268 m veganoutreach.org m [email protected]
UPDATE
UPDATE:: Adopt
Adopt aa College
College Program
Program
BY JACK NORRIS, RD, PROGRAM DIRECTOR
In our previous newsletter, we mentioned
our Adopt a College (AAC) program—the first
systematic national program to bring the veg
message directly to students, our most vital
audience. Since then, more than 190 colleges
have been adopted, and over 40,000 copies of
WHY VEGAN? and TRY VEGETARIAN! have been
distributed. In just a few months, this program
has led to hundreds of new vegetarians and,
theoretically, well over a million animals
spared a life of horrible suffering!
Please remember:
The AAC program is
not just for students!
In fact, most of our
best leafleters are
nonstudents.
People often wonder what they can do to help
animals. One of the main things you can do is
to arrange your work schedule in a way that
will allow you some time off during a weekday
to leaflet at colleges. Taking short road trips
to colleges within a few hundred mile radius
of where you live is another desperately
needed activity. One person, using one day
a week, can make a tremendous difference.
There are over 2,500 colleges in the United
States and Canada, most of which have no
animal rights advocacy on campus. We need
to be there to spread the word!
Please adopt a college near you and/or donate
toward supplying booklets for the campaign.
With your help, we can continue to expand
the AAC program and reach hundreds of
thousands of students in 2004!
Jack Norris gives a Try Vegetarian! brochure to a very
enthusiastic student at Sacramento State University.
AAC
AAC Prizes!
Prizes!
The top 12 leafleters between January 1
and June 30 will receive special prizes!
The 1st prize is a $50 gift certificate to
your choice of the following:
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VeganStore.com (Pangea)
TheVegetarianSite.com
VeganCats.com
VeganEssentials.com
Gift certificates for $40, $30, and $20
will be awarded to the 2nd through 12th
place finishers. Thanks to the companies
above for donating prizes, and best of
luck to all AAC leafleters!
For more on the AAC program, visit veganhealth.org/colleges
and read “Why Adopt a College?” on page 2
AREA(S)
Photos: Farm Sanctuary (pig, turkeys, calf ); Image*After (lamb)
Josh Balk with Kaya Hansen
Leafleting
Leafleting
Leaders
Leaders
for
for the
the
Fall
2003
Fall 2003
Semester
Semester
SCHOOLS
FLYERS
DC/MD
8
5,104
Gabe Quash with Jennifer Austin, Julie Ahern, Dawn, & Veronica
CA
7
4,450
Joe Espinosa with Marsha Forsman
IL
10
4,146
IL/MD
7
2,396
FL
2
1,350
Julie Eyrich
MN
3
850
Jack Norris & Lauren Ornelas
CA
6
792
Jon Camp with Danielle Marino & Kaya Hansen
Eugene Khutoryansky
WHY ADOPT
A COLLEGE?
OLLEGE
by Jon Camp
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“While leafleting, a Northwestern University student
came up to me and let me know that she has been
vegan since receiving a Why Vegan? a year ago.”
JC, CHICAGO, IL, 1/8/04
“I only leafleted one time last semester at Cal State
Hayward, but a guy came up to me today and told
me that he went vegetarian after receiving a Why
Vegan? from me last semester; Adopt a College is
definitely having an impact!”
GQ, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 2/9/04
“I just wanted to give you an update on Vegan
Outreach activities at Hunter College. On Monday,
November 24, we hosted a vegan Thanksgiving
lunch, selling plates of yummy food outside the
cafeteria for competitive $1 (small) and $2 (large)
prices. We also screened Meet Your Meat and distributed approximately 200 copies of Why Vegan?
to a spellbound and shocked audience. (We would
have given out more if we had them.) A friend
reports that people were talking about the sixhour event even days later. Interested students
picked up more literature, such as Vegan Starter
Packs, at our information table. We also leafleted
with Why Vegan? for an hour, three times—in
Times Square, Union Square, and Herald Square—
distributing a total of about 300 leaflets and
maybe 10 Vegan Starter Packs.”
and energy preaching to the potentially
convertible—namely students.
The amount of preparation needed for
leafleting is definitely minimal; just throw
however many leaflets you wish to give out
in your backpack and head towards an area
dense with foot traffic. Busy intersections
and entrances to student dining halls have
proven to be successful locations for me.
In just one hour, you can give out a few
hundred brochures, giving many students
perhaps their only glimpse into the dismal
existence of today’s farmed animal.
Many individuals who leaflet on a regular
basis witness firsthand the positive effects
of such. A couple of weeks back at Columbia
College in Chicago, a young woman came
out of the dining hall to let me know that
after reading her WHY VEGAN? brochure she
couldn’t order the chicken salad that she
went in to purchase. While I was restocking
literature at a local record store last week,
a young man behind the counter told me that
he went vegan after reading the brochure.
These are just a few of the success stories
that I and other leafleters have had.
If there are any leafleting suggestions that
I think should be emphasized, they are to
dress conservatively and to smile. When we
dress similarly to the individuals we are
leafleting to, we send a message that we are
like them. When smiling, I have found that
many smile back and take a brochure. This
might be their first encounter with a vegan,
and perhaps unconsciously they will equate
friendliness with veganism. Lastly, don’t
waste energy with those who wish to debate.
Leafleting deals with statistics; so if you give
X amount of brochures out, there will be
some who are not receptive, but there will
be those who are. Accept that some will
disagree and spend your energy towards
the potentially convertible.
So, enough talk. The plight of today’s
farmed animal is extreme and must be met
with a sense of urgency on our part. If at the
very most, we all went out once a month and
leafleted for an hour or two at a local campus,
there would be a great many animals spared
a life of suffering. Imagine if we did this once
a week! Each person we get on the path to
vegetarianism probably galvanizes another to
do the same, and so on, and so on. When we
are on our deathbed, it would be nice if we
could say that because of our existence, there
is less suffering in the world. Adopt a College
gives us the means to make that statement
an honest one.
The number of animals factory farmed and slaughtered each year
increases substantially while the amount of time and financial
resources available to vegan advocacy remains limited.
Photos: Farm Sanctuary (pigs); Compassionate Action for Animals (hens); USDA (cows)
his fall and winter, as part of Vegan
Outreach’s Adopt a College campaign,
I along with others have been tramping
onto local college campuses giving out
WHY VEGAN? brochures.
The basic reasoning behind the Adopt
a College campaign is this: The number of
animals factory farmed and slaughtered each
year increases substantially while the amount
of time and financial resources available
to vegan advocacy remains limited. In order
to bring about as much reduction in animal
suffering as possible, it makes sense to gear
our campaigns towards those who are likely
to listen. Young people are generally more
receptive to information on vegetarianism
than are adults. Therefore it seems reasonable
that we spend our time, financial resources,
OL, NEW YORK, NY, 12/8/03
“I received a Why Vegan? at the Eastern Kentucky
University campus. It has really opened my eyes.”
LC, ZACHARIAH, KY, 11/5/03
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Distribution Update
SFU-SETA shows Meet Your Meat
“The ¿Por Qué Vegano? booklets you sent us for
Meatout last year were an invaluable tool during
our event, where around one thousand people
showed up, some staying all day. Please send
more for this year!”
In addition to many Vegan Starter Pack and Vegan Advocacy
booklets, since our last issue, multiple copies of Why Vegan?
and Try Vegetarian! have been requested from these locations:
ALABAMA
Birmingham
Montgomery
Phenix City
ARIZONA
Cottonwood
Phoenix
Tempe
Tucson
Yuma
ARKANSAS
Harrison
CALIFORNIA
Azusa
Bakersfield
Brea
Cameron Park
Chico
Concord
Davis
Diamond Springs
El Cajon
El Cerrito
Encinitas
Fairfax
Fontana
Fountain Valley
Fremont
Hollywood
Irvine
La Jolla
Malibu
Martinez
Montara
Mountain View
Nevada City
Newbury Park
Newport Beach
Newport Coast
Northridge
North San Juan
Novato
Oakland
Palm Desert
Palo Alto
Pleasant Hill
Pleasanton
Pomona
Rancho Cordova
Red Bluff
Redding
Redlands
Riverside
Rohnert Park
Running Springs
Sacramento
San Diego
San Francisco
San Luis Obispo
San Rafael
Santa Ana
Santa Cruz
Santa Monica
Sebastopol
South San Francisco
South San Gabriel
Stanford
Torrance
Ukiah
Valencia
Walnut Creek
Windsor
COLORADO
Aurora
Avon
Boulder
Broomfield
Colorado Springs
Deer Trail
Denver
Fort Collins
Frisco
Grand Junction
CONNECTICUT
Coventry
Storrs
DELAWARE
Newark
Wilmington
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FLORIDA
Coral Gables
Fort Myers
Geneva
Jacksonville
Jupiter
Key West
Lake Worth
Miami
Miami Springs
Naples
North Miami Beach
Orlando
Pensacola
Sarasota
Tallahassee
Tamarac
Tampa
GEORGIA
Athens
Atlanta
Decatur
Kennesaw
MB, PUERTO RICO, 2/12/04
Baton Rouge
Bogalusa
New Orleans
MAINE
…and provides literature to students at
Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC.
Dover
Old Orchard Beach
MARYLAND
Baltimore
Bethesda
Catonsville
Easton
Rockville
Stevensville
Takoma Park
MASSACHUSETTS
Amherst
Barre
Belchertown
Boston
Cambridge
Dracut
Foxboro
Jamaica Plain
New Ashland
Newton
Northampton
Sandwich
Somerville
Woods Hole
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor
Battle Creek
Salem
NEW JERSEY
Butler
Cedar Grove
Cranford
Glen Rock
Lambertville
Pennington
Pine Brook
Princeton Junction
Rutherford
Sayreville
Sparta
Toms River
Trenton
Wayside
Wharton
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque
NEW YORK
Albany
Batavia
Bronx
Brooklyn
Brooktondale
Cleveland
Columbus
Eastlake
Kent
Maple Heights
New Albany
Oakwood Village
Olmsted Falls
Sandusky
Shaker Heights
Toledo
Yellow Springs
OKLAHOMA
Edmond
Tulsa
OREGON
Boring
Corvalis
Eugene
Portland
Port Neches
UTAH
Kanab
Salt Lake City
VERMONT
Burlington
Jericho
Waltham
VIRGINIA
Alexandria
Charlottesville
Eagle Rock
Fredericksburg
Lexington
Salem
Warrenton
WASHINGTON
PENNSYLVANIA
Chester Heights
Clarion
Easton
Emmaus
Bellingham
Ferndale
Port Townsend
Redmond
Seattle
Stevenson
Tenino
Washougal
Woodland
WEST VIRGINIA
Moundsville
Proctor
“I’ve been eating vegetarian (almost vegan) for
five months now and feel good about it. About
five weeks ago I flew to Germany with Lufthansa.
I was starving on the plane but forgot to preorder
vegetarian. Well, I was in for a big surprise! The
stewardess came around and asked,‘Would you like
beef or vegetarian?’ WOW, a great step forward!!
A year ago it would have been, ‘chicken or beef.’
I made an effort to thank the stewardess and told
her what a great idea it is to serve vegetarian!
I see small ‘baby step’ changes made every day!”
KW, 2/11/04
“This is my first time ordering from my new address
in the States (I’m no longer at Camp Zama, Japan).
I’m still nervous about leafleting here…, but I left
about 50 each of Why Vegan? and Vegetarian Living
at the library last month…now only eight Why
Vegan?s are left! I left about 350 Why Vegan?s and
Vegetarian Livings at the base library in Japan, and
the librarian agreed to keep refilling the brochure
holders. I had such an excellent time leafleting
and talking to people at the base in the past year.”
EC, VICKSBURG, MS, 1/26/04
WISCONSIN
Green Bay
Madison
Milwaukee
Shorewood
South Milwaukee
Stetsonville
PUERTO RICO
San Juan
ALBERTA
St. Albert
SFU-SETA hosts a vegan
BBQ feed-in on campus.
Marietta
Riverdale
Senoia
HAWAII
Honolulu
IDAHO
Boise
ILLINOIS
Champaign
Chicago
Country Club Hills
Edwardsville
Flossmoor
Northbrook
Palatine
Park Forest
Pekin
Richton Park
INDIANA
Bloomington
Indianapolis
IOWA
West Des Moines
KANSAS
Lawrence
Olathe
KENTUCKY
Lexington
LOUISIANA
Bloomfield Township
Detroit
Grand Haven
Grand Rapids
Oak Park
Redford
Rochester Hills
Roseville
Royal Oak
Swartz Creek
Troy
MINNESOTA
North Mankato
MISSISSIPPI
Vicksburg
MISSOURI
Branson
Hillsboro
Reed Springs
St. Ann
St. Louis
MONTANA
Missoula
NEVADA
Las Vegas
Reno
Sparks
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Northwood
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Croton-on-Hudson
Dover Plains
East Meadow
Greenlawn
Hamburg
Hartsdale
Hempstead
Ithaca
Massapequa
New York
Pittsford
Poughkeepsie
Rockaway
Romulus
Saratoga Springs
Webster
Yonkers
NORTH CAROLINA
Andrews
Asheville
Burlington
Chapel Hill
Charlotte
Morgantown
Raleigh
Wilmington
OHIO
Canton
Cincinnati
Erie
Harrisburg
Indiana
Mechanicsburg
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
State College
Sunbury
Wattsburg
Wayne
Wyncote
RHODE ISLAND
Johnston
Providence
SOUTH CAROLINA
Westminster
Creston
Nanaimo
Vancouver
Victoria
TEXAS
Bryan
Fort Worth
Georgetown
Grand Prairie
Katy
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JR, 12/22/03
MANITOBA
Winnipeg
NOVA SCOTIA
Halifax
ONTARIO
Deep River
Hamilton
London
McGregor
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Orangeville
Thunder Bay
QUÉBEC
Montréal
TENNESSEE
Bluff City
Crossville
Knoxville
Murfreesboro
Nashville
Philadelphia
“I just wanted to let you know how much good your
organization is doing. I was at a concert at one of
our local underground venues here in Salt Lake City,
and the video Meet Your Meat was being shown,
pamphlets were being passed out, and discussions
were being had. I’d never seen any of the videos, I
had just seen the pamphlets, but that video pushed
me over the edge. It made me decide that when I
say I’m a vegetarian, I’m going to mean it. It made
me realize how much I was hurting animals.”
AUSTRALIA
COSTA RICA
DENMARK
GERMANY
PAKISTAN
SINGAPORE
URUGUAY
ARMY POST OFFICE
AP
FLEET POST OFFICE
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“[Pictured above is] one of the twice weekly servings of free vegan food by Sacramento Food Not
Bombs. At each meal, we always have literature
available for the taking, including Why Vegan?
and ¿Por Qué Vegano?
“Through the sharing of our vegan meals, we
introduce lots of people to new foods (as well as
new ideas), such as TVP and tofu. As a side note,
we offer our free meals appropriately enough at
Cesar Chavez Park.”
DD, SACRAMENTO, CA, 12/4/03
“When I first became a medical doctor, it was rare
to encounter another vegan. Now, it is definitely
more common. Last week I was mentoring a medical student, and while we were in the exam room
with a patient, we discovered all three of us were
vegan! Wow!”
ThankYou!
PW, OLYMPIA, WA, 12/1/03
BENEFACTORS
“I just got back from leafleting and I was sorry that
I only took about 150 Why Vegan?s! What an awesome experience! It only took about 40 minutes
to hand them out. I basically held the brochure up
and said, ‘Would you like one?’ The response was
excellent. I am going to try to go once a week.”
LB, MIAMI SPRINGS, FL, 1/14/04
“I just wanted to say thanks. I got a handout at an
Ani concert that really changed my outlook on
animal cruelty. I have been a vegetarian for some
time now, but you helped me make the right decision to become vegan and to tell others about the
inhumanities done to animals.”
AL, 2/3/04
Danielle Marino of Protecting Animals, USA
distributes close to a thousand Why Vegan?s
at an Ani DiFranco concert in January.
Nicholas Altmann
Jeff Bellows
Cecil Chesser
Christopher Christensen
A. Dolson
Mark Foy & Eric Roberts
Pete Gardiner
Susan Hammersley
Tai Jin
JodysJungle.com
Justice for Animals Fund
NALITH
Roy Savarick
TheVegetarianSite.com
David Sudarsky
Victor Tsou
Chris Delevoryas
Don Dorst
Adam Durand
Joe Espinosa
Mike Everson
Ryan Fasani
Perdita Fisher
Marsha Forsman
Joyce Friedman
Patricia Friedman
Bruce Friedrich
Marla Friedrich
Lynn Gale
Cathy Goeggel
Guy Grayson
Eric Griffith
Marcia Grodin—
in memory of Glenn
Sharon Hall
Paul Hammes
Nancy Harrison
Audrey Haschemeyer
Daniel Haskins
Joseph Hayes
Madeline Hull
Kristina Hulvershorn
Carol Hutson
Stanley Jones-Umberger
Srikanth Karighattam
Larissa Keet
Camilla Kendall
Eugene Khutoryansky
Kierstin Kindred
Don Knutson
Susan Larsen
Tammy Lee
Holly Lewis
Thomas Lewis
Andrew Lillie
Marco Lorenzi
Nancy Mathews
Yvette McDonald
Celestino Medina
Brian Medoro
Virginia Messina
Pat Miles
Christine Morrissey
Carole Morton
Ana Negrón
John Nelson
Frank Nisbet
Nathan Nobis
Todd Norris
Jules Oaklander
Eugene Patrick
Susan Petrie
Lynn Post
Susan Prolman
Marsha Rakestraw
Ellen Ravodic
Jonathan Ross
Christian Roth
Mark Sabel
Ernest Samudio
Olivia Sanchez
Sharkey Sanchez
Liora Barak
Margaret Barnes
Logan Barrett
Regina Bauer
Catherine Baxter
Karen Beckner
Alexander Belenky
Jean Belton
Amy Benninger
Justin Berkheimer
Jennifer Berntsen
Florence Berreville
Ann Berwald
David Blessing
Melissa Bohli
Laura Bonilla
Anna Bourne
Reed Bowers
Douglas Boyd
Jody Boyman
Jim Bradley
Robert Braun
Cara Brewer
Dedra Britt
Alana Brooks
Emily Brown
Joanne Bugai
Kathryn Bulver
Margaret Burgess
Kay Bushnell
Ken Butland
Clint Butler
Jeannine Caine
Leigh Caldwell
Sara Campbell
Kelly Capriotti
Leslie Carey
Judy Carman
Jennifer Carpenter
Rosalie Carpenter
Brenda Carroll
Kathy Causer
Jan Cejka
Sean Chappe
Fiona Cheek
Mary Chipman
Lynn Chorn
B. Chudilowsky
Brooke Cilea
Lauren Clair
Holly Clark
James Clark
Marion Cleeton
Kathy Clobridge
Charlie Clouse
Ronnie Colby
Kit Collins
Kat Corbett
Rosetta Cozart
Don Cross
Dan Cudahy
Angie Darbyson
Jan Davenport
Stewart David
Joanne Davis
Tracey Demartini
David DeSomer
David Devine
Robert Dezendorf
Judith Dillon
Marjorie DiMeo
Shawn Donnille
Beth Donovan
Nancy Draper
Breanne Dumouchelle
Roger Eastman
Andrea Ellinger
Rory Ember
Karyn Erickson
Robert Euler
Eric Evert
JoAnn Farb
Eva Filipiak
Carla Filippi
Alissa Finley
Muriel A. Van Housen
Jerry Vlasak
SUSTAINERS
Robert Anderson
James Austin
Robert Bair
Carol Barnett
David Barnett
Syd Baumel
Jean Bettanny
Rachel Bjork
Ron Bohr
Sandra Boss
Kristina Bradsher
Patti Breitman
Diane Brooks
Heather Buchman
Jon Camp
Alka Chandna
Raju Chelluri
Colleen Chiang
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Jeffrey Colton
Courtney
Harry DeAngelo
Howard Schultz
Robert Schwalb
Parthiv Shah
Lisa Shapiro
Lucy Shelton
Rich Shumberger
Billie Signer
Pam Standfest
Suzanne Sutton
Annette Swartz
Ray Thompson
Monte & Amy Toren
Deborah Uhlman
Kristine Vandenberg
Michelle Vazquez
Vegan Essentials
Greg Waldron
Pamela Wible
Ana Zale
Elisabeth Zall
Sandy Zeldes
“I just wanted to let everyone at Vegan Outreach
know that the recent negative feelings at the
mention of the Christian Vegetarian Association’s
new booklet, Honoring God’s Creation, absolutely
does not affect my respect for your association
whatsoever. In fact, as an atheist myself, I find
those reactions counterproductive in the struggle
for religious tolerance and freedom that every
American, regardless of faith, should be concerned
with. The vegan message ABSOLUTELY MUST be
applicable to all religious identifications for any
substantial progress to be made, considering
most highly religious people use their faith as
the basis for many decisions in their life. Jack’s
response in the last [Vegan Spam!] newsletter was
very eloquently stated and only furthered my
supreme respect for your organization. If only all
people recognized the importance of unmitigated
inclusion in spreading the vision of a peaceful,
harmonious, and sustainable world.”
John Abdella
Eileen Adamec
Windy Adlon
Susan Ahrens
Ian Albert
Bill Allen
Pat Aller
Michele Alley-Grubb
Cari Amici
Vasilios Anastasopoulos
Chris Anderlik
Jessica Anderson
Chris Angioletti
Alexandra Arbogast
Chris Armstrong
Lisa Asher
Nicolas Atwood
Jared Avigliano
Norm Bader
Cheri Baker
Kipley Ballairs
KS, 2/11/04
“Publications, such as those put out by the Christian
Vegetarian Association, have been immensely
helpful to me. I also read publications written
about these issues, which are aimed at Muslims
and Jews. Most people have some religious beliefs
in their life and many struggle with questions
surrounding the consistency of those beliefs.”
MC, 2/11/04
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Laura Fischer
Peter Fisher
Richard Fisher
Mike Fitzgerald
Kim Flournoy
Michael Flyte
Eric Ford
Erin Fox
Larry Frankel
Matt Franklin
Shelley French
Leonard Frenkel
Amie Fries
Alicia Fukunaga
Andrea Fullerton
Sarah Fullerton
Laura Gardner
Priscilla Gargalis
Eric Gastfriend
Barbara Gates
Muriel Geach
Sheri Giardini
Mary Gilbert
Charlotte Gilruth
Jen Girgen
Philip Glaser
Matt Gordan
Carmel Granger
Ray Greek
Richard Gross
Chris Grundy
Pierre Grzybowski
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Tamara Hall
Colin Hallahan
Jason Harding
Photos: Farm Sanctuary
SUPPORTERS
Photo: Image*After
Stephanie Hargrove
Sandy Harmon
Bobbie Harms
Helen Harrah
Marilyn Hartman
Robin Hartmann
Paris Harvey
Jessica Hawkins
Suzanne Haws
Henry Hecker
Stephanie Hegle
Roger Henggeler
Ellen Henry
Vivienne Hewlett
Todd Hilson
Christopher Hirschler
Chase Hobbs-Morgan
Kenny Hodges
Kevin Hoffman
Daniel Holbert
Jordan Holt
Mary Hope
Amber Horn
Nancy Horowitz
Sandy Hrabowy
Robert Hubbard
Holly Hudgins
Leah Humes
Priscilla Hung
Donovan Inch
Kathy Ingallinera
Keith Jackson
George Jacobs
Joyce Janicki
Charles Jarowski
Tom Jenkins
Jennifer Joers
Jennifer Johnson
Kate Johnson
Sylvester Johnson
Judy Jones
Mark Julin
Julia Kadish
Larry & Jeanne Kaiser
Jolie Kakar
Kali Ray TriYoga
Barbara Kalina
Krysia Kaminski
Caroline Kane
Laura Karel
Mahmoud Kassraian
Susan Kazenel
Maya Kearn
Kristine Keefer
Mary & Matt Kelly
Karen Kenney
Margaret Kent
David Kestin
Lisa Kilborn
Zoe Kilduff
Lydia Kindheart
Lori King
Robert Kirkland
Elana Kirshenbaum
Joshua Kol
Ron Korajczyk
Lori Korell
Margaret Koren
Kathryn Kovach
Lenore Krasner
Kelly Krause
Jared Kubly
Linda Kwallek
Robin Lake
Joe Lamoureux
Olivia Lane
Rachel Lang
Mareike Larsen
Linda Leas
Mary & Steve Lehti
Heather Leughmyer
Andrew Liberante
Lynne Lieberman
Robert Lin
Janis Lindenberger
Michael Shane Little
Phil Lobato
Mark Lowder
Tina Magrabi
Michele Makrucki
Kyle Mamounis
Steffan Manno
Karen Marcus
Anne Martin
Amy Mathews
Meghann Matwichuk
Mary Max
Armaiti May
Colleen Maynard
Linda McDaniel
Marilyn McKinley
Colin McMahon
Karen Meldrum
Satoko Mellinger
Michelle Mersy-Frank
Duncan Meyers
Linda Middlesworth
Lindsey Mikash
Ruth Milchenko
Terra Miskovich
Emily Modis
Carol Moon
Diana Moreton
Ava Morgenstern
Ginger Mudry
Christina Murphy
Scott Murray
Jean Myers
NCSU SPARC
Owen Baker
Joshua D. Neal
Sara Neff
Gilian Neiditch
Carol Nelson
Chris Nelson
Miranda Nesler
Clifford L. Nestell
Vernon Roy Nofziger
Jack & Sylvia Norris
Elissa North
Emily Norton
David Nuranen
Cailin O’Connor
Kristen Lee Ohanyan
Laura Orban
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David Paluch
Ava Park
Steve Pate
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
Linda Paul
Edward Payne
Brian Pearsall
Marcia Pearson
David Pfeiffer
Gail Philbin
Linda Phillips
Lula Phillips
Becky Pier
John Pierre
Pamela Pisano
Michael Pitkowsky
Jim Plezia
Wendy Pollack
Debra Probert
Alice Pueschner
Sheher Pundole
Eric Purdy
Peggy Radcliffe
Steve Radtke
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Naema Ray
Helen Rayshick
Justin Remais
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Cathy Rives
Michelle, David,
& Brian Roach
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Ian Ross
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Jack Sawyer
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Annie Sherman
Venessa Sherman
Nancy Shinn
Sheng Shiou
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Larry Siegler
Mandella Silverio
Theodore Simmen
Rohit Singh
Susan Sivananada
Alice Smith
Darryl Smith
Judy Smith
Paul Smith & Jill Campbell
Anita Soldar
Hana Solvarova
J. Sorrentino
Lauren Spees
Frank Spence
Angela Spencer
Jeffrey Spring
Alicia Stafford
Barbara Stagno
Brandon Steets
Todd Steinlage
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Harold Stroman
Chuck Swanson
Denise Swanson
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Larry Temin
Marjorie Terrell
Jean Thalar
Janie Thomas
John Thornberg
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Walter Trepashko
Tina Triggian
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Sherry Vanstone
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John Vias
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Amy Vitro
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Heather Waddell
Laura Wakeman
Jennifer Walk
Lauren A. Walter
Darren Walters
Brad Walworth
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David Wehrle
Mike Weinberg
Wendy Welsh
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Jessica Whitney
Ellen Wickramaratne
Bergen Williams
Ann Wilson
Lish Witt
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Mariam Yaqub
Lynee Zajac
Paul Zickert
Jill Ziegler
Laura Zitzer
Mary Zoeter
“As we know, people are searching for alternatives
to the actual system of values, but sometimes
they don’t have the time to search in the specific
or designated places, because of their ‘daily life’
routines or because they just feel alone in the
struggle. It is important to break the silence and
talk to strangers. We need to incorporate our feelings and desires in our daily lives, to share ideas
and space, learn from each other, and take advantage of our surroundings and their possibilities.
“So I decided to transform Toda Via [shown above]
—a little skateboard shop at Old San Juan, where
I work sometimes—into an information center
of veganism. The people won’t expect that there!
Some people seem shocked and impressed, others
grateful and interested, looking forward for more.
Every little thing helps. Be creative and don’t be
afraid of drawing outside the lines.”
ST, TRUJILLO ALTO, PUERTO RICO, 2/11/04
“To everyone at Vegan Outreach supporting the
leafleting program, I just wanted to thank you for
sending me the 300 Why Vegan? leaflets. I recently
have been active in getting them out, passing out
60+ at a local craft fair, leaving them in restaurants
and stores around town, and bringing an armful
of them to any community event I go to. They are
wonderful tools to educate the community.”
LK, VERGENNES UNION HIGH SCHOOL, VT, 12/19/03
“I’d first like to thank you very much for this incredibly informative web site. It supported me when I
became the only vegan I knew, as a sophomore in
high school. The FAQ link left me feeling well prepared to answer anything others might ask me.”
CR, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 1/18/04
“I accidentally stumbled upon your web site while
reading an essay about the LDS Word of Wisdom,
which promotes a plant-based diet. I NEVER
imagined that the animals were being treated
so horribly. I feel ashamed for ever eating meat.”
NI, WASILLA, AK, 12/30/03
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“I have been ordering booklets from you for the
past two years and they have helped me in teaching others to become vegan Thank you for all your
work, I believe it’s really making a difference!”
SH, NORTH MANKATO, MN, 11/16/03
“Vegan Outreach has become the most important
web site and information source that I have ever
turned to. My love and pity for farmed animals all
over the world has become the center of my life
and focus. Our family’s vegan diet and health is
rich and blessed beyond belief! If everyone could
live like this, what a difference we would make.
There would finally be peace among mankind.
That is where peace starts—with the beautiful
animals that share our earth.”
LD, 1/25/04
“I just want to express my gratitude for everything
that you are doing here. Through positive examples
set by close friends, and receiving a copy of the
Why Vegan? leaflet, I decided to become vegan. For
six months now, the information and support that
you have on your web site has since strengthened
my resolve and commitment.”
DK, SALT LAKE CITY, UT, 1/25/04
“I am completely astounded by the atrocities that
those animals endure. The information you all have
provided has been pivotal in my final decision to
go completely vegan. Thank you for your diligence.”
YE, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 11/23/03
“Thanks for all the good info. You couldn’t be doing
better! You come across as levelheaded, factual,
and nonjudgmental. The starter packs are perfect!”
LC, FOXBORO, MA, 12/14/03
Vegan Outreach
is obsessed with
maximizing the
impact of every
dollar donated,
as well as every hour worked. One of
the main expenses is shipping; each
year, tens of thousands of dollars go
toward getting booklets to activists.
It is most efficient to send boxes of
300 copies of WHY VEGAN? and/or TRY
VEGETARIAN! straight from the printer,
rather than have booklets sent to the
Pittsburgh office, and then out to
activists. Of course, it does no
good if the box sits in a closet
gathering dust; but if you
will be leafleting multiple
times over the course of
2004 or are stocking several displays
in your area, it is best to order a carton.
(Note: To avoid fraud, we do require some
level of donation from people who have not
previously ordered from or donated to Vegan
Outreach. If this is your first time ordering,
please see veganoutreach.org/catalog/
explanation.html. Thanks!)
Please, please, please, look carefully at
your calendar for possible outreach opportunities and order accordingly. Each order sent
priority mail (instead of book rate) cuts into
our ability to print more booklets.
Let’s all work smarter, instead of just
harder, and make 2004 the best year ever
for the animals!
A new edition of TRY
VEGETARIAN! will be
available soon. We
hope readers, such
as Kerri Nienstedt
(left), will find this
version even more
compelling than the first!
Members sometimes ask if they can
set up automatic donations. Now you
can, with GiveDirect (tinyurl.com/DU1C—
you’ll find this option on the second screen).
Thanks to all who have already done this!
On January 1, 2004, Vegan Outreach instituted
a new membership policy to reflect the efforts
of our members. Levels are based on animals
saved by the booklets printed and distributed
because of your tax-deductible donations:
$ 40
$ 80
$200
$400
donation
donation
donation
donation
........... 5,000 animals saved
......... 10,000 animals saved
......... 25,000 animals saved
......... 50,000 animals saved
Levels are good for a year; see member list at
veganoutreach.org/membership.html.
The first draft of the new on-line WHY VEGAN?
has been completed. We hope it will become
the web reference for veganism! Send us an
email with any feedback you have.
sentient animal has a right to his or her body and life.
To that end, Vegan Outreach promotes the lifestyle of
veganism—living so as to contribute to as little animal
exploitation and death as possible.
Compassionate people will end their support of animal
exploitation once they are informed of the suffering a
nonvegan lifestyle causes.
Vegan Outreach focuses on preaching to the convertible
with our booklet on veganism, Why Vegan?
DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed in this newsletter are not
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Matt Ball
Anne Green
Jack Norris, RD
WEBMASTER: Nick Altmann
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BOARD OF ADVISORS: Steve Kaufman, MD
Virginia Messina, MPH, RD
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necessarily shared by all members of Vegan Outreach.
Matt Ball (right) and Jack Norris will be
among the presenters at the First Annual
Animal Liberation Student Association
Conference. The event will
be on April 24 & 25
at Syracuse
University
in New York.
Please see
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information.
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high-quality digital images
or prints showing how
you distribute Vegan
Outreach literature.
Send pictures of your
tabling or leafleting
events, feed-ins, library
displays, etc. If we use
your photo, we’ll send
you any item from our
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Photo: Kari Nienstedt (Kerri)
PRINCIPLE & PURPOSE: Vegan Outreach’s philosophy is that each
“I would just like to say a HUGE thank you for your
amazing Why Vegan? I thought it was a wonderful
way to show my family, my boyfriend’s family,
friends, and classmates about the cruelty that
these poor creatures endure. When I was in high
school, they never had a vegetarian choice, but
with the help of my friends and support of my
family, they finally made an option available!”
ND, MASSAPEQUA, NY, 11/12/03
“I would like to share with you an idea that was
quite successful at a fundraising [event] that our
local group…had in October. The Alliance for
Animals has a vegetarian dinner and silent auction
twice a year. The food is actually all vegan, and I
am in charge of the silent auction. I have noticed
that we have not made enough of an impression
as to why we have these dinners, other than that
it is to support our organization. I do put up the
posters that I obtained from Vegan Outreach. Still,
I felt more needed to be said about the plight of
farmed animals.
A report by Lacey Gaechter of the University of Colorado has been added to the web version
of WHY VEGAN? (see veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/gaechter.html):
This report is designed to provide readers with peer-reviewed scientific or governmental
information regarding the environmental
impacts of the United States’ animal
agriculture industry. All the
information is carefully cited
so that readers may easily
investigate sources.
“Thus, when it was time to announce winners of
the various items bid upon for the silent auction,
I decided that they could not pay and take their
item without also taking at least two copies of Why
Vegan? to give to anyone who asks them why they
don’t eat meat. I stated that if we all reach out
and educate at least two people who are willing
to listen, we are making a difference for animals.
“My speaking up was a success. Everyone who won
an item took two or more Why Vegan? brochures,
and I was told that it was a very appropriate
action on my part. I urge any grassroots group
who purchases Why Vegan? to put them in the
hands of the ‘converted’ and let them know that
we all must speak out for the animals suffering
for mere consumption.”
DLC, MADISON, WI, 1/30/04
Photos: USDA (feedlot and cow); Anima
“One in every five American adults (21%)
say that fear of mad cow disease will
change their eating habits, according
to results of a recent Wall Street Journal
Online/Harris Interactive Health-Care Poll.” The survey
shows that 77% will eat more poultry, 61% will eat more
fish, and 50% will eat more lamb or pork.
Anima, an animal
advocacy group
in Denmark, has produced Danish-language versions
of WHY VEGAN? (RESPEKT FOR LIV)
and the VEGAN STARTER PACK.
Anima’s Joh Vinding wrote,
“Some site that is a portal for free
things on the Internet listed [the
Anima starter pack] as a free
vegetarian cookbook, and about
400 people ordered it in one day.”
“When I read Why Vegan?, I was absolutely mortified
by the inhumane treatment of dairy cows. I had
been unaware of their shortened life span. Please
send me a Vegan Starter Pack so I can go vegan and
stay healthy!”
AS, FORT COLLINS, CO, 1/16/04
“I just wanted to thank you for your excellent
Vegan Starter Pack. It has sent me down a path
of enlightenment. I passed it around in one of my
classes, and everyone else was shocked. Even if
I didn’t ‘convert’ anyone, at least I got them thinking. We still have a long way to go to end cruelty
to animals, but Vegan Outreach has touched me
and inspired me.”
BP, DENVER, CO, 11/29/03
Anima activists distribute Respekt for Liv at a Pretenders show.
“You guys are truly awesome in your efforts to
make the world we live in a more humane and compassionate place to be—not to mention healthier!
I hope every one of you involved in this process
goes home at the end of every day feeling as good
as you can possibly feel about what you do. I am
doing what I can in my little corner of the world—
thanks to you, I can do even more.”
LN, NASHVILLE, TN, 1/25/04
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“Mr. Ball: I have read a number of your articles
on the web site, and I have to tell you what an
excellent writer you are and how much you have
helped my vegan quest.… Your article ‘Anger,
Humor, and Advocacy’ was so good I had to print
it out and share it with my husband, who is very
skeptical, but he thought you make great sense.
Thank you. You are a hero to me, and I am sure
to many. I want to help as many animals as I can.
I think I would like to do Adopt a College. Like you
said, the younger generation are our best hope.”
MP, MADISON, OH, 12/16/03
“Your article on humor and advocacy today [‘Anger,
Humor, and Advocacy’] is consistent with everything I’ve read from Vegan Outreach. I think it’s a
very enlightened approach, consistent with Gandhi,
Buddha, Jesus, and many other heroes of mine.
Gandhi pointed out that the very act of being alive
means we will be the cause of suffering, but the
goal is to minimize that suffering. Keep up your
good work and your good humor.”
JC, 1/21/04
“Thanks again for coming up here. It was
a huge success. Every activist needs to
hear that talk! I wish I would have either
video or audio taped it. If you ever get an
audio/video of that talk, I’d love a copy.
My mom and I were talking about it this
morning, and you really made an impact
on her! She is going to type up some of
her notes from yesterday and keep them
posted in her office as a daily reminder.”
KN, PHOENIX, AZ, 1/4/04
“Thank you so much for your wonderful
talk yesterday. I was really grateful to
hear about how to not spend so much
energy, worrying about the small amounts
of animal products in meds/vitamins, etc.
I’ve tended to drive myself nuts with the
ingredients, both not wanting to support
those products and worrying about their
effects on my system.”
From the introduction to the rap session
How
How Vegan?
Vegan?
presented by Matt Ball at AR2003 East
Our purpose as animal activists
is to help people open their
hearts and minds. If we are
going to make progress in
lessening and eventually ending
cruelty to animals, it is going
to be because more and more people are
able to give up their preconceptions and
consider new ideas.
The best way to achieve this is to be an
example of an open mind, rather than being
judgmental. As much as we would prefer it to
be otherwise, the world isn’t black-and-white,
with clear and easy answers to everything.
When we act as if we know everything and
our audience is wrong about everything, we
do very little to open their minds to new ideas.
To me, veganism has
nothing to do with
being pure or perfect. A vegan diet
is merely a tool
to reduce suffering. It is
not the tool, but one of many different tools.
Given the immensity of the animal agriculture industry, government subsidies, and the
tremendous waste in this country, the signal
of one consumer is almost certainly drowned
out. In other words, if I were to go out and buy
a Big Mac right now, the probability that this
choice would have a concrete impact on the
amount of suffering in the world—another
steer or dairy cow bred and slaughtered—
is absolutely minuscule.
Although we like to say that we are saving
dozens of animals every year by being vegan,
our personal veganism is more important as
an example to others—a means of speaking
for the animals hidden from the public’s view.
Our personal veganism is most powerful as
part of a growing boycott of the cruelty in
factory farms and industrial slaughterhouses.
In this respect, our example is again more
important than the details of our choices.
Some advocates
pick certain marketing strategies
to apply to their
activism. Often,
though, activists
forget the single
underlying principle of all marketing (and
psychology): People want to be happy.
This is perhaps the most significant problem
for advocates. Many of us are, understandably,
enraged and/or depressed about the atrocities
in factory farms and industrial slaughterhouses.
However justified our anger, the vast majority
of people aren’t going to open their hearts
and minds to a negative message, one that
can be easily caricatured as deprivation and
isolation to no concrete end.
VB, PHOENIX, AZ, 1/4/04
So these are my premises: our
goal is to open people’s hearts
and minds; veganism matters
as a tool to reduce suffering
and is meaningful as part of
a growing boycott of cruelty;
and veganism is sometimes
dismissed as contradictory
to happiness. If you accept
these, the “How vegan?”
question that needs to be
answered isn’t, “How far should
I take my personal veganism?”
but “How can I be the best
example to make other people
want to become vegan?”
Coming
Coming Soon
Soon...
...
“Optimal
“Optimal Health/
Optimal Advocacy:
A Path to a Meaningful Life”
Life
“A Meaningful Life: Human
Nature, Animal Advocacy, and
a Better World,” a new essay
from Matt Ball
a talk delivered by Matt Ball at the Paiute Neighborhood Center in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday, January 3, 2004
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“Thank you for the latest Vegan Outreach writings.
They have helped me with anger towards mankind
and the world in general.”
DU, 1/21/04
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SD, 1/27/04
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WORKING TO END CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
“I’ve recently been doing the eBay thing (selling
many things on-line worldwide) and including
a [Why Vegan?] booklet in each shipment. I have
received many positive responses with lots of
questions from people in Italy, Denmark, New
Zealand, Spain, Chile, and the Netherlands, to
name a few.”
KH, CANTONSVILLE, MD, 12/11/03
“I’m very pleased that your focus is on reaching out
to young people. I agree that we can have a much
greater return on our efforts with this approach.
For example, we recently read about a new vegan
profiled in the local newspaper. She went vegan
not long after we had given her one of your veg
pamphlets!”
KM, PALM DESERT, CA, 1/23/04
“[Leafleting] West Palm Beach’s Breast Cancer Walk
was a huge success. I was there at an ungodly 8 A.M.
I distributed approximately 100 Try Vegetarian!
leaflets in a half hour. My line with a smile was,
‘Thanks for coming to the walk; would you like
some prevention info?’ I only saw one leaflet lying
on the ground when I turned around.
“Important tidbit: A coworker told me this morning
that she heard a news announcer report that
parents are concerned because many of their kids
are going veggie and they don’t know the reason!
Think it has anything to do with us?”
DM, 2/5/04
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