Community Corner
Vegan Outreach with Jon Camp
West
Long Branch, NJ- The volunteers
at the Monmouth
Area Vegetarian Society (MAVS) are hosting a free vegan potluck followed by a
presentation by Jon Camp from Vegan Outreach. Jon Camp is the Director of
Outreach at Vegan Outreach, which is a nonprofit organization working to expose
and end the cruelty of animals through the distribution of animal cruelty
information. The event will take place in the Monmouth University Magill
Commons Club Dining Room on Sunday, April 27, 2014 at 1:00 pm. The event is
free and open to the public.
Camp
is known for “leafleting” or handing out pamphlets about veganism and animal
cruelty to college students; he recently handed out his millionth pamphlet.
Camp has traveled to numerous colleges across America reaching close to one
million students. During his vegan
outreach discussion on April 27, Camp will explain why vegan advocacy has a large return on investment that saves many suffering animals per
dollar donated.
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Camp plans to discuss, “why it's important that we focus our attention on the
plight of farmed animals, the increasing receptivity that we're seeing in
regards to vegan eating and farm animal issues, how to do outreach in a manner
that's going to win hearts and mind, and effective vegan philanthropy.”
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Individuals who wish to attend the presentation
and potluck are encouraged to contribute a vegan dish. Anyone interested in
attending can RSVP by emailing Mary Harris at mcharris@monmouth.edu. To learn
more about MAVS, please visit www.monmouth.edu/wellness/MAVS.asp.
The
Monmouth Area Vegetarian Society (MAVS) is a non-profit, non-sectarian
educational organization. MAVS promotes healthy lifestyle & diet options
and compassionate living. The organization also provides numerous educational
resources to inform the public about the advantages of vegetarian diets. The
organization features nutrition experts, health-care professionals, animal
rights advocates, discussions on ethical and environmental issues, book reviews
and film screenings to promote the organization’s educational mission and
goals.
