AZVegan Voices
August Meeting
For more information on AZVegan Voices,
click here.
The topic for August's meeting was animal experimentation.
Please send letters to the companies that continue to test their
products on animals and let them know that you will not buy from them until they
stop. To personalize your letter and maybe get more attention for your
letter, you could even include a picture of yourself with a cruelty-free
competitor's product! Or send a copy of a recent receipt from when you
purchased a competitor's product.
Contact info for companies that test on animals:
http://www.caringconsumer.com/page/companiesDoTest.doc
You can use the following information in your letters:
Fact sheet on product testing:
http://www.peta.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=91
Fact sheet on alternatives:
http://www.peta.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=87
Contact info for companies that do not test on animals:
http://www.caringconsumer.com/page/CompaniesDontTest.doc
Quick letter-writing tips
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Always be polite - people are much more
likely to listen to you if you aren't yelling at them. :)
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Know your material - add in facts to
support your views.
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Use your own words - try to speak from
the heart.
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You don't have to write a lot - just
make your point quickly and politely. You can write a "standard"
letter of your own and send versions of that same letter to as many contacts on
the list as you want.
For more activist letter-writing
tips, check out the following resources
Important local contact information
Click here for a list of
important addresses. You certainly don't have to write to everyone on the
list.
(But kudos to you if you do!) Just pick a handful of contacts that you
feel are most important.
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