Have Gone Vegan

7 daily questions vegans could ask themselves

Also a good question, but not quite what I had in mind. Below are seven sets of questions -- one for each day of the week.

====================

1. What one step can I take today to increase public awareness of the plight of farmed animals? What is the best way for me to help spread the word? How can I help someone else connect the dots?


2. How can I be the best ambassador possible for veganism? How can I show that being vegan is the healthiest, most responsible and most compassionate way of being? How can I be more welcoming to new vegans and vegans-to-be?


3. What specific skills and strengths can I bring to the table to forward the cause of animal liberation? Because doing what you're good at, and what you enjoy, will make you more effective.


4. What can I do to show that animal rights are human rights as well? How can I show the intersections between human and animal oppressions? How can I demonstrate the various ways they're linked?


5. How can I help bridge the gap between vegans and non-vegans? (Or between different factions of vegans?) How can I show where there's common ground?


6. How can I protect myself from fatigue and burnout so I'm stronger for the long haul? What would stop me from being vegan? What can I learn from detractors of our cause?


7. How can I be proactive instead of reactive? How can I highlight gains rather than losses? How can I move from focusing on problems to developing solutions?

========================

Obviously, questions are a lot easier to ask than answer (and more fun in my opinion), so I'll leave the hard work of actually answering them up to you. ;)

team vegan 2012 final tally

 

$257,410

 

Yep, that's how much (45K more than last year) was raised by lovely readers like you! Who do we do it for? For chicks, piglets, lambs and all farmed animals who deserve a hell of a lot more consideration than they currently get. Are things changing? Yes. More slowly than we would like, but by getting information into the hands of younger generations maybe there's a chance our future world will be a much better one. 

Here's a message from Matt for Team Vegan members I thought I'd share with you:

Understanding how dependent our efforts are on all of us working together is important, because there are many, many demands on our time and energy. Compared to some specific investigations and campaigns, Vegan Outreach's long-term, grassroots efforts can seem less than urgent at times. This makes it all the more remarkable that you spent so much time and effort to help advance our necessary work.

If we are to bring about the new world we all want -- where animals aren't viewed as mere commodities but rather are treated with their due respect -- it will obviously require that people no longer view animals as food. This fundamental change can't take place from the top-down; it has to occur from the bottom up. This new world won't come about through individual battles, but by doing efficient grassroots work.

I am thrilled and honored to be doing this necessary work with you.

Together, we are bending the arc of history, every day.

For the animals,
Matt
matt@veganoutreach.org

because I like wearing my politics on my sleeve ;)

And chest, snort. I wore this hemp bracelet in the previous post, but you can't really see it so I thought I'd show it off here. Want to wear your passion on your wrist as well? Then go and get one of these custom-made beauties at free hippie's Etsy shop! :) 

p.s. hope to update with final tally for Team Vegan 2012 soon...