1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogVicki Cosiohttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/vickicosio/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="5I2TNSFTqn"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/promoting-veganism-your-way/">Promoting Veganism YOUR Way</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/promoting-veganism-your-way/embed/#?secret=5I2TNSFTqn" width="600" height="338" title="“Promoting Veganism YOUR Way” — HappyCow" data-secret="5I2TNSFTqn" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/DSC04148.jpg1024768All vegans have unique and special skills that they can apply to their activism. Some vegans are dynamic with great verbal skills and make fantastic speakers. Others are better with a pen and are more adept at putting their thoughts on paper. Still others are great protesters, organizers, leaders or role models. The trick is finding where you are most effective and in what arena you do best. When I first went vegan 15 years ago, I was angry. REALLY angry. I wanted to either shake or slap (or both) many people around me and say “DON’T YOU KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING TO THE ANIMALS?” Of course I didn’t do that, but I really wanted to. I did what everyone else before me has probably tried to do. I gave people animal rights films, pointed out the cruelty they were consuming, sent my family factory farming brochures and “evangelized” to anyone that would listen. Well, that got me a whole lot of nowhere. I ended up joining with other animal activists and participated for a couple of years in protests and demonstrations. You name it, we (my husband and I) protested it. We protested circuses, rodeos, science fairs, fast food chains, […]