Vegan Video Brigade rides again ...

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends,

 

Paul McCartney once said, " If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be

vegetarian. " Well, slaughterhouses *don't* have glass walls, and they tend to

operate in remote areas hundreds of miles from concentrated population centers.

Ditto for factory farms. We know that most people, being decent and being

compassionate, could not treat the animals as they are treated on factory farms

and slaughterhouses -- abusively and without regard to their physical and

psychological needs. Yet, most people easily purchase meat, dairy, and eggs,

paying someone else to do their dirty work.

 

The Vegan Video Brigade works to bridge the gap between people's compassionate

sensibilities and their less-than-compassionate purchases. By filling in the

middle picture - what happens to animals so that we can have meat, dairy, and

eggs - consumers are empowered to make informed decisions.

 

(Almost) every Friday, the Vegan Video Brigade -- an undertaking of the Food &

Social Justice Project -- takes to the streets of San Francisco, screening Meet

Your Meat and other fine videos. We pass out brochures that trumpet the health,

environmental, and animal protection benefits of a vegan diet, and engage

passersby in constructive dialogue. And, we have fun.

 

Hope you can join us!

 

Cheers,

Alka

 

Here's the tentative schedule (just a sketch) for the next few weeks:

 

Friday, July 26th, 7 pm: North Beach (generally: on Columbus at Stockton <-- I

want to check this intersection first; precise details to follow)

 

Friday, August 2nd, 7:30 pm: Marina (again: exact locale to be determined)

 

Friday, August 9th --> I will be out of town. If anyone would like to take

responsibility for this, super. Otherwise, we'll just take a break for this

week.

 

Friday, August 16th --> BREAK! Cooking class on Saturday and fundraising tea

party on Sunday, so full schedule already. If anyone would like to take the

equipment and gather a cadre to go out, cool!

 

Friday, August 23rd --> 7 pm, the Mission (probably Valencia Street)

 

Friday, August 30th --> 7 pm, Justin Herman Plaza (Embarcadero)

 

Friday, September 6th --> 7 pm, Market & Powell