My Spring Break With peta2! April 5, 2009
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Written by Kyler Hamilton, a student at Hofstra University
Over spring break I joined in alongside my veggie-eating and animal-loving comrades for part of peta2’s collaboration with the Taste of Chaos Tour, an expedition across the nation. Driven by the surfacing issues relevant to the time, peta2’s campaigns are dedicated to one central focus each year. Currently, the target is the inhumane acts being committed in the fur industry.
On Tuesday, I headed up to Portland, Maine from my home in Mass to meet up with the group. Once I arrived I met up with Cody, who gave me a run down of the event, and introduced me to the other peta2 Road Warriors. After chilling for a bit and getting to know everyone, we headed outside to begin petitioning the line that had formed in front of the Civic Center. Not thinking I headed outside in a T-shirt and a button-up. After gathering around a hundred signatures my extremities began to go numb. So, I grabbed my coat and returned to gather more. Most people were more than willing to sign after hearing the horrific details of the fur industry.
Once the doors opened we headed inside and returned to our table. The Taste of Chaos Tour was one of the most exciting places I have tabled thus far. People responded well to the cause and were shocked by the video. It was a long day, but as it came to the end we tallied up the signatures and found we surpassed our goal of 1,000 signatures ending up with over 1,300. My experience as a peta2 Road Warrior has been an awesome one so far, and I am looking forward to spending the rest of my spring break on the road!
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