MN College Leafleting Day: A Huge Success

On April 23, 2007, Compassionate Action for Animals sponsored a historic, first-ever Minnesota College Leafleting Day! We coordinated over 55 volunteers in Minnesota, some in remote cities around the state and many who had never leafleted before. On this beautiful, sunny day, we leafleted at every major college in the Twin Cities area and many others throughout the state, distributing over 9,500 leaflets!

Read the full report and view the leaflet breakdowns at each school.

Volunteer of the Month: Katie Lindberg

As a sophomore at Normandale Community College, Katie Lindberg filled out a volunteer application this past January in order to fulfill a class requirement to work with a community organization. Katie had long been interested in animal issues, even as a child, and she'd become familiar with CAA through a coworker who was a CAA volunteer.

With experience as a reporter for a community newspaper, Katie brought her journalistic skills to CAA, spearheading the Spring 2007 Highlights print newsletter that was sent to group members. She coordinated with several contributing volunteer writers, a designer, and proofreader to produce a stellar publication (read a pdf version of the newsletter). Her work on this project went above and beyond what was required for the class she was taking, and despite dropping the class midway through the semester she ramped up her involvement with CAA.

Most recently Katie was an on-site coordinator for MN College Leafleting Day, working with three other volunteers to distribute leaflets to students at Normandale.

Reflecting on her involvement with CAA, Katie says, "I'd been looking for an animal rights group in the area forever and was glad to find CAA. I think the issues are important and the focus on animal cruelty goes over well with people in today's world, where everything is highly politicized and so many issues are complex." She went on to say, "The people are easy to work with and they host fun events."

Get active today and fill out our online volunteer application.

More Media Coverage on Cage-Free Switch

Media coverage on the University of Minnesota's switch to cage-free eggs keeps rolling in. Check out these pieces that were recently published:

• An endorsement from the Minnesota Daily's Editorial Board.
• Two letters in support of the switch, here and here.
• An excellent opinion piece by CAA volunteer Miki Dezaki encouraging other schools to follow the U's example.
* A City Pages news brief.

Intern with CAA this Summer!

Improve your resume and help the animals by enrolling in CAA's Internship Program this summer! Employers look for individuals with a variety of extracurricular experience, and an internship with CAA will give you just that. As an intern, you will improve leadership, writing, and organizing skills, just to name a few. Plan it right, and you can even get academic credit.

Find out more about CAA internships!

Animal-Friendly Recipes for International Respect for Chickens Day

In a sign that vegetarian eating is really hitting the mainstream, Gourmet Magazine now has a feature with several nearly vegan recipes to tempt your palate (note: the parmesan cheese in one of the recipes can easily be left out or substituted). Gather friends on May 4 for International Respect for Chickens Day and share some of these bird-friendly dishes in good company!

View Gourmet's recipes here.