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Feb Followup
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We'd
like to welcome our new members from
PETA's two-day "Helping
Animals 101" conference
on 2/5-6. It was a wonderful weekend
to learn and share and connect
with over 200 like-minded folks
from throughout the Bay Area and
farther. To read more about the
conference, from the perspectives
of new and veteran activists, visit
the BAV
blog.
At PETA's invitation,
Bay Area Vegetarians info booth
explained the core components
of BAV's programs and activities:
Community - Advocacy
- Resources - Education
On
the 2nd day of the conference,
PETA organized one of the largest
local protests in recent years
with over 200 people converging on
a nearby KFC outlet, effectively
closing it for business. It was a
hard act to follow, but the next
weekend, over 30 neighborhood and
community activists met for BAV's
1st monthly SF KFC protest on Geary
and 6th Avenue. Sarah's Santa Cruz
KFC demo was also the same day, with
another 25 in attendance. The Pacifica
KFC demo has recently been getting
a steady attendance of 5-6 people
every month.
BAV continues to network with
local activists and volunteers
to support PETA's KFC campaign
locally: Val started a lunchtime
monthly KFC series in Mill Valley,
Candace plans a new series for
Palo Alto, and Carol organizes
a monthly South Bay demo, bringing
our number of monthly KFC demos
to 6.
We *know* our strong showing of
local support for PETA's international
campaign against KFC is working because
we recently received an important
update from PETA.
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PETA is asking all activists
to suspend
KFC demos for the month of March while they
negotiate for better care of the animals with
KFC. Until we hear more from PETA, we're keeping
the demos on the calendar and have flagged them
as 'suspended' for March.
So, while we suspend KFC demos for March, that
won't stop us from doing the write thing! 8 people
attended (despite the rainy weather) at the new
Haight location's 1st letter writing party, and
6 more at the new Palo Alto LWP. Please support
our newest LWP in Berkeley; Sara is hosting the
first one on Tue 3/8.
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Tammy
& BAV Need Your Help!
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Planning for events is always a continuous activity
for us, and one of our main responsibilities
for BAV.
The group has really grown alot in three years,
even just the last year. To continue this growth,
or even stay where we are, we are looking for
some energetic people to help out. We have identified
3 areas that we'd like to fill, with the first
being the most important.
- publicity
- outreach
- sfbaveg list admin
We titled the message 'Tammy & BAV need
your help' because as an all-volunteer organization,
we are really dependant upon our volunteers.
We've got some wonderful volunteers running our
monthly dinners and advocacy events, and
we'd like to get a similar structure going for
more administrative tasks like the ones listed
above.
Currently, Tammy has been trying to do all
3 roles above (in addition to here other regular
activities and full-time corporate job), and
probably spends 15-20 hours a week on administrative
tasks alone; this excludes time spent at events,
as well as the equal number of hours that Chris spends on other administrative tasks.
So if you can step-up, that would be a great
help to Bay Area Vegetarians, and the local vegetarian
community that we support.
You can read more about each volunteer job here.
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Advocacy is Rewarding
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Advocacy counts, for the animals and in BAV's
Advocacy
Rewards Program! We've got a couple new
prizes to add to the list -- BayLeaf Cafe $20 Gift
Certificate and some cool stuff from PETA.
The
ARP runs from Sept 04 to Aug 05. But to celebrate
Meat Out month, and all the hard work our volunteer
advocates have been doing, we're going to have
a mid-season drawing at the end of this month
for a couple of relaxing and inspiring prizes:
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Community Profile
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Empowered by
compassion for the animals, fueled with Avocado
Sushi and Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, named one of
the best Local Activists in the BEST
OF VEG 2004 contest, meet Christine Morrissey and learn what
she's doing to help the animals...
Read
more in our new monthly feature.
Send
us your nominations
for future interviews.
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Veggie Mentor
Recipe of the Month
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Tri Tip Tofu
This Recipe
is adapted from Tofu Cookery by Louise Hagler,
aka Korean BBQ Tofu
Cut into ¼" slices, with a 'triangular' format if you prefer
2 ½ lbs Wildwood firm, Organic tofu (two
20 oz blocks)
Marinate overnight in a mixture of:
1 cup soy sauce
¾ cup organic cane sugar
4 tsp dry mustard
8 cloves fresh organic garlic, crushed or 2 tbsp
garlic powder
4 tsp onion powder
Marinade tips: If you like garlic like we do, use lots! It’s strong when marinating, not as potent once cooked. You may want to make more marinade or thin marinade with water so tofu is covered. Flip the tofu while its marinating so both sides are seasoned.
After marinating, oil a baking sheet. Place tofu
in single layer on sheet. Spread remaining marinade on tofu pieces. Bake at 400 for 30
to 45 minutes until desired texture is achieved
(will become browner and firmer with longer cooking
time). Be careful not to overcook or you'll have
tofu pleather.
It's excellent on its own, in sandwiches, and
any leftovers freeze well.
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Future
Events
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March 2005
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RSS
Feeds
For those of you who use Yahoo or RSS, we've now added a convenient feed for upcoming BAV Events as well as News.
BAV Events
 
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News
For
folks on the go, we also have a mobile
edition of
the events calendar for PDA and cellphone
users.
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