Tabling, Leafleting, and Postering

In order to educate the community about animal issues and give them a chance to learn more about what they can do to help, CAA volunteers table and leaflet regularly at Twin Cities colleges and universities, concerts, festivals, and other venues. By offering free literature and information to the public, we make it easy for anyone interested to have access to a variety of helpful vegetarian and animal advocacy resources.

Over the course of the past few years we have continued our educational outreach by directly handing out hundreds of thousands brochures on vegetarian eating, mainly to youth—the most receptive demographic—at dozens of different schools and hundreds of concerts throughout Minnesota.

Leafleting at both colleges and concerts gives younger individuals more of a chance to reflect on how their diet choices affect the environment, the animals, and the body. Hopefully, concertgoers and college students will come to see that a plant-based diet positively affects all three of these facets.

Every year, CAA volunteers also put up thousands of educational posters ranging from advertisements for our free Vegetarian Starter Kit to fliers addressing frequently asked questions about animal ethics and vegetarianism.

Literature and Resources:

For our outreach efforts, CAA carefully chooses the most effective, accurate, and honest literature to raise awareness of the conditions farm animals face and ways we can help make a difference.

You can view PDF files of some of our most popular pieces of literature here:

• CAA's Group Brochure
  
• "Even If You Like Meat..." pamphlet
  
• "Why Vegan?" pamphlet
  
• "Vegetarian Starter Kit" booklet
  
• "Guide to Cruelty Free Eating" pamphlet
  
• "A Meaningful Life" essay
  

Success Stories:

• At a concert last month I was handed an “Even if You Like Meat” brochure. At first, I disregarded it and threw it in my backpack. That evening, when I got home, I found the brochure and sat down to take a look at it. I was so shocked by what I saw and read that I had to call my boyfriend right away to tell him about it. We both decided then that we would become vegetarians and do what we could to help get rid of the horrible practices of factory farms. Although it was a tough change, we both feel it is the right thing to do. We have been strict vegetarians since and are on our way to a completely vegan lifestyle. Now that I have been enlightened, knowing what I know, I could never go back. – Arturo
  

• On my first day at U. MN, I received a pamphlet about the cruelty that happens to animals in the meat industry. After viewing the pictures and reading the heart-breaking stories, I am no longer going to eat meat. It has now only been 3 days, but I have been meat-free and feel great. I'm interested in helping any way I can. - Liz Z
  

•  I was given a brochure "Why Vegan" last Saturday when my daughter and I attended a walk for a local Humane Society, and after reading it, I was faced with no choice but to turn to a Vegan lifestyle. I simply could not do anything else. I am horrified that I was kept in the dark about this for so many years. - KM

• When I was hanging out with an old high school buddy the other night, he was telling me that his 14 year old brother was at the UofM the other day for some reason and received some info from "some vegan guy." In any case, apparently after reading the information (probably a "Why Vegan?") he has committed himself to going vegetarian. Simple things like leafleting are extremely important and do have a real effect like in this case. Even when people do not immediately go vegetarian or vegan, we are still planting seeds--they may be thinking about animal issues and their diet more often or discuss it with their friends/family after receiving literature. - GS