Archive for the ‘Veg Advocacy’ Category

VegWorcester & VegPolytech in Vegan Outreach Newsletter

Vegan Outreach’s recent newsletter featured an excerpt from the VegWorcester blog. They ran a paragraph and some photos from our report-back on giving out leaflets at WPI. Sweet! Want to help give out info about factory farming and vegetarianism in Worcester? Leave a comment here or email volunteer@VegWorcester.com. There are a couple of opportunities coming [...]

March 22, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Misc, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

Veg Books Take Over Amazon Bestseller List

Take a look at the Amazon.com bestseller list, vegan books are once again topping the list. On Sunday, March 14 World Peace Diet sat at #1 for 12 hours. The Kind Diet (Alicia Silverstone’s vegan cookbook) and Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes are right up there too. Both advocate eating a vegan diet for health [...]

March 15, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Misc, Veg Advocacy  2 Comments

Handing Out Vegan Outreach Flyers at WPI (Photos & Report-back)

Big ups to Kushi and VegPolytech! Yesterday we handed out a stack of booklets about factory farming at WPI. Spending less than an hour, the two of us were able to reach 150 people with a message of compassion towards animals. Giving out vegan outreach flyers is an easy way to encourage people to consider [...]

February 20, 2010   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Veg Advocacy, Worcester VegFest 2010  One Comment

VegFest Volunteer Work-Party this Thursday [Event]

Join VegWorcester this Thursday for a volunteer work-party. Eat some snacks while you help us prepare outreach literature. This Thursday (February 11) VegWorcester is holding the first volunteer work-party meeting at 5:30pm (RSVP to the facebook event). We are meeting at Kaylee’s home, 23 Barber Ave, Worcester (map). We’ll spend the time preparing outreach materials, eating [...]

February 10, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Activism, Events, Veg Advocacy, Worcester VegFest 2010  2 Comments

Avoiding Cargo Cults [508 podcast]

On this week’s 508 podcast, Mike Benedetti–the blogging king of Worcester–and Brenden Melican talk about VegWorcester’s recent vegan donut feed-in (see photos). Mike and Brendan discuss how Richard Feynman‘s concept of cargo cults relates to activism and Worcester’s vegetarian renaissance. Mike’s analogy raises a question that we need to be constantly asking ourselves about VegWorcester’s [...]

February 3, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Activism, Events, Misc, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

Photos & Quick Reportback from Today’s Vegan Donut Feed-in [Photos]

Today’s vegan donut feed-in went really well! We gave out about 100 donut samples and flyers about the campaign to get Dunkin Donuts to add vegan donuts. We were out there urging Dunkin Donuts to quit supporting animal cruelty at egg factory farms. We met some vegetarians and vegan who were excited to see us [...]

January 27, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Events, Misc, More Veg Options, Veg Advocacy  4 Comments

Why is VegWorcester giving away free vegan donuts this Wednesday? [Feed-in Event]

Start your Wednesday morning off right with a free vegan donut. This Wednesday morning at 9am, join VegWorcester and Compassion Over Killing for a vegan feed-in outside of one the Dunkin’ Donuts location in downtown Worcester, the corner of Main St & Pleasant St. From 9am to 10am we’ll be handing out free samples of [...]

January 26, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Activism, Events, Misc, Veg Advocacy  11 Comments

Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows [New Book]

Melanie Joy, a social psychology professor in Boston, just released her new book, “Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: In Introduction to Carnism“. This is 2010, even a book has a trailer: This book is a good follow-up to Eating Animals by Foer.

January 14, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Animal Rights, News, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

Mike Benedetti: 2010 Pulse Mag Person To Watch, Vegan Activist

Pulse Magazine recently announced their People to Watch in 2010. Guess what? Vegan activist and VegWorcester supporter Mike Benedetti has made the list. Congrats, Mike! From Mike’s bio, as it appeared in Pulse Mag: “Benedetti’s list of community service is extensive. He spent half of 2009 working to close the Guantanamo prison as part of [...]

January 10, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Misc, News, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

Saving the Planet One Meal At A Time [InCity Times]

Worcester’s InCity Times has a history of publishing lots of pro-animal and pro-vegetarian articles, but Rosalie Tirella has outdone herself with her most recent article. In the Jan 4, 2010 issue, Tirella ran an article by Ingrid Newkirk called Saving the Planet One Meal At A Time. In it Newkirk reflects on a talk she [...]

January 5, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Animal Rights, News, Veg Advocacy  No Comments