Vegan Outreach reaches millions of young minds each year with the animals’ plight through our cost-effective leafleting program. For more information, please visit veganoutreach.org.

No one tells me how to leaflet. No one gives me a script. No one tells me what to say. No one tells me what to do. I don’t need a permit. I don’t need a team/staff/army. I don’t need signs or tables.

I set my own hours. I set my own goals. I keep my own score. I do it how I want to do it. I do it my way.

This kind of activism suits my personality well. If you think it might suit you, too, here are some tips and resources about leafleting…

Leafleting Legal Tips:

• Stay on the sidewalks.
• Don’t block someone’s way.
• Stay in the designated “free speech” zone if there is one.
• Pick up any dropped leaflets you see & reuse/recycle them; don’t litter!

Leafleting Effectiveness Tips:

• Smile. It makes you more approachable.
• Leaflet during the busiest times so you can reach the most people. Don’t waste your time. Don’t contribute to your own burn-out.
• Choose the leaflet for the audience. Be effective by targeting your message.
• Be polite and energetic as much as possible. Forgive yourself when you’re not.
• If someone says “No, thanks” or they hand the leaflet back to you, just say “OK” and move on to the next person.
• Ignore mean or rude people. There’s no reason to waste time on them. Walk away if you have to.

More tips from others:

• www.veganhealth.org/colleges/colleges/sugg
• www.cok.net/lit/leafleting.php
• www.idausa.org/ir.html

Where To Get Leaflets?

• Vegan Outreach (VO)
• FARM
• Compassion Over Killing (COK)
• PETA
• IDA

* That’s not me in the picture, that’s just a picture I found using google image search.