Successful leafleting at the Michael Pollan event last night

[Guest guest]

1600 people (!!) turned out for the Michael Pollan event last night. They

formed a thick, long line that stretched for two blocks. Nine of us came to do

some friendly, informational leafleting (Ryan, Syed, Sandy, Martin, Jeff,

Natasha, lauren, Collin, and myself); that's a great turnout. We began

leafleting early and completely ran out of literature by 6:40 PM. lauren

arrived at 7:15 (she came straight from a speaking engagement in San Jose)

bringing more literature and we proceeded to hand that out.

 

The seating capacity of Campbell Heritage Theatre is limited to 800 people, so

the event organizers had to turn away the last 800 people! That worked in our

favor because we still had some flyers that we handed out to the turned-away

people as they were leaving. After we finished leafleting, six of us went out

to dinner at Happy Bamboo.

 

It is possible that somebody showed up to leaflet but did not connect with us

leafleters because of the massive crowds (especially if you arrived while we

were without leaflets, because you would not have been able to distinguish us

from the other people). My apologies if that happened to anyone.

 

We did hand out great vegan/vegetarian literature to a large number of people,

and it was a receptive crowd. A big " thank you " to all who took part in this!

 

-- Mike

 

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Sage, Mike

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 11:04 AM

'ActivistsForAnimals '; ' '

REMINDER: Michael Pollan talk is tonight. Leafleters still needed

 

 

This event is widely publicized, and Michael Pollan is a famous author and

advocate of healthy and sustainable food who is frequently interviewed for TV,

radio, print media, and was the featured expert in the documentary " Food, Inc. "

 

So we are expecting many people to come. It's the perfect opportunity to get

the word out via informational leafleting with some wonderful vegan/vegetarian

literature. Come and help us leaflet in a friendly, positive spirit, or just

come and hear this eloquent, highly-regarded speaker. Or both!

 

-- Mike

 

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Sage, Mike

Monday, January 25, 2010 12:17 PM

'ActivistsForAnimals ';

Cc: 'kattsndawggs'

Help us leaflet Wednesday night at Michael Pollan talk

 

 

Please help us leaflet Wednesday night at the Michael Pollan talk in Campbell.

 

This Wednesday (January 27)

 

Time: 6:45 PM we begin leafleting

 

Location: In front of Campbell Heritage Theatre, 1 W. Campbell Ave., Campbell

(at the corner of Winchester Blvd.)

Map:

http://maps.google.com/maps? & q=1+West+Campbell+Avenue,+Campbell,+CA & ll=37.288,-1\

21.95 & spn=0.01,0.014 & pw=2

 

This will be a friendly informational leafleting, not a protest. We will be

handing out vegan/vegetarian literature (non-vegans please participate!).

Leaflets will be provided. This site is public property and we are perfectly

free to leaflet there. The current weather forecast for Wednesday night

predicts good weather (relatively warm, with almost no chance of rain).

 

After leafleting, many of us will go inside and hear the talk. It is free and

open to the public.

 

For more info, see below.

 

-- Mike Sage

Cell phone: 408-857-9611

Santa Clara County Activists for Animals (SCCAA)

http://www.activistsforanimals.org/

 

 

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kattsndawggs [kattsndawggs]

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 9:21 AM

breadbaker18

Michael Pollan - January

 

For Your Info -

 

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

SILICON VALLEY READS 2010: MICHAEL

POLLAN<http://newsletter.commonwealthclub.org:82/t/7719/144797/3088/0/>

 

2010 Silicon Valley Reads: One Book, One Community Kickoff Event

 

Michael Pollan, Author, The Ominvore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food

Mike Cassidy, Columnist, San Jose Mercury News

 

According to Pollan, the advent of " nutritionism " has vastly complicated how

Americans see food, without doing very much for our health. Nutritionism arose

to deal with genuine issues - addressing chronic diseases such as obesity,

diabetes and many cancers - but now seems to be obscuring and perpetuating the

real problems of the American diet, says Pollan. His opening manifesto is

simple: " Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. " Learn how living by this

deceptively simple advice could immensely improve your life.

 

Location: Campbell Heritage Theatre, 1 W. Campbell Ave., Campbell (at the

corner of Winchester Blvd.)

Time: 7:30 p.m. program, 8:30 p.m. book signing

Cost: FREE

Presented by: the Santa Clara County Office of Education, Santa Clara County

Library, San Jose Public Library Foundation, and The Commonwealth Club

Info from:

https://tickets.commonwealthclub.org/open.asp?show=1410

 

See also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pollan