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German student Mascha Artz came to New York in 2009 to study the very diverse scenes of vegans. The result is “VEGAN NY,” a photo book and an interview book that give an in-depth view on fifty vegans living in the city. An ambitious attorney, a filmmaker involved in animal rights, artists, bicycle couriers, and freegans are just some of the characters Artz portrays. Join Artz for a presentation and celebration of the NY release.

One of the most effective techniques for raising awareness about the health and ethical benefits of a plant-based diet is distributing literature in public places with heavy foot-traffic. At the right time and place, just one person can hand out hundreds of brochures in less than an hour.

Let's be really conservative and assume that only 1% of the people who receive a brochure will decide to go vegan after reading it. If you pass out 200 leaflets during your lunch hour, that's at least two new people who became vegan.

FAUN "Don't Pull The Wool Over Your Eyes" demo @ UGG's Aust. Flag Store in NYC

Anyone who has ever befriended a lamb knows that sheep are gentle, passive creatures who, like all sentient animals, can and do experience pain, fear, sadness, the full range of sensations and emotions that we humans experience. Because there is a highly lucrative global market for their fleece and skins, these gentle animals are treated as nothing more than wool and skin machines, in an international trade that is ruthless and stained with oceans of blood.

Food Not Bombs shares free vegan and vegetarian meals with the hungry in over 1,000 cities around the world to protest war, poverty and the destruction of the environment. With over a billion people going hungry each day how can we spend another dollar on war?