Junior Colleges great place for veg outreach

February 4, 2006

Hi folks

Well, I *finally* had an opportunity to leaflet at a junior college. I went to Skyline College in San Bruno at 11:30. It's a small college, and as I walked around the entire campus in just a few minutes, it was pretty deserted. I saw only about a half-dozen people and I wondered if I'd made a mistake about the timing and should return another time. I'm used to leafleting at that time at the Academy of Arts University in SF and there's usually a bunch of students milling about by time I arrive.

I figured I was there, so I might as well leaflet. After another 10-15 minutes had passed, it was a steady trickle of people. And, remarkably, I had a huge success rate. I think I distributed 30-40 continuously before someone finally refused. My typical response is that 1 out of 10 will accept it.

So in a brief 45 minutes, I distributed 200 "Why Vegan?" and while I was waiting for my ride to pick me up, another 10 "Even If You Like Meat" booklets.

If anyone lives or works near a junior college, even if it is a small one, I'd especially encourage you to try leafleting during the lunch hour. If my experience is typical, the students are younger, very polite and thanked me for the information, which is a stark contrast to the leafleting I've done in San Francisco.

Here's more info:

http://www.veganhealth.org/colleges

Cheers,

Tammy

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"This is my protest against the conduct of the world. To be a vegetarian is to disagree--to disagree with the course of things today. Starvation, world hunger, cruelty, waste, wars--we must make a statement against these things. Vegetarianism is my statement and I think it's a strong one." -- Isaac Bashevis Singer