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How to Spread Veganism in Your Spare Time
If you’re passionate about saving animals’ lives, preserving the environment, improving people’s health, promoting non-violence and generally making the world a better place, then becoming an advocate for veganism is a natural match for your admirable ambitions. If you need help getting started, IDA has some suggestions about how you can help educate the public about the wide-ranging benefits veganism has to offer everyone—now matter what species they belong to! For example:
Plan an event or activity to celebrate veganism, such as a potluck dinner, restaurant outing or colorful festival. Public lectures, cooking demonstrations, feed-ins with vegan food samples, leafleting, information tables, library exhibits and street theater are also excellent ways to get people interested in veganism. Order t-shirts, bumper stickers, posters, pins and other fun stuff from vegan merchants to have for the day of your event. Check out
www.veganessentials.com,
www.veganstore.com and
www.ethicalwares.com for the latest fashions. Students: join or start a vegan club in your school and plan an event with your friends that will educate people about the benefits of a vegan diet—to human health, the earth and of course for animals. Host a screening of "Peaceable Kingdom," an eye opening farmed animal documentary, at your local library or another venue. Invite a guest speaker to talk about farmed animal welfare issues. Visit
www.TribeofHeart.org for information on obtaining the documentary. Ask your local newspaper to write a story about the benefits of a vegan diet or the cruelties of factory farming, or write a letter to the editor on the subject.
See a sample letter. Enter cooking competitions and bake sales using vegan recipes. Emphasize the fact that you didn't use any animal ingredients to make your delicious dishes. Dan Handley, a chef at the Virginia Beach Hilton Hotel, won a barbecue cookoff contest with his vegan recipe!
For more information on planning and organizing events and activities for the animals,
visit IDA's Online Resource Center.
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