Tuesday 7/12 - Writing For PETA Living: I got my first blogging project today and I am so excited. It will be published on the PETA website at some point next week and I will be sure to attach a link on here. The writing assignment is vegan dining at Indian restaurants.
Wednesday 7/13 - Veggie Dog Giveaway To Congress: This outreach event got tons of press! This is because PETA's famous lettuce ladies were handing out the veggie dogs! The lettuce ladies consisted of PETA's sexiest vegetarian of the year award winner and the runner up in addition to two models. Three of them wore bikinis made out of lettuce and the sexiest vegetarian of the year wore a dress made out of lettuce. My job at this outreach event was to hold a sign that said "Free Hot Lunch" while handing out free vegetarian/vegan starter kits. The event took place right outside of the Rayburn office building, which is where the offices of the congress members are located. Some congress members did line up to get their free veggie dog and a nice look at the lettuce ladies, but the majority were interns for congress.
Thursday 7/14 - Roadtrip In Virginia: Myself and three other interns got to go sit in on an animal rights class at George Mason University. The lecture was about two hours long and it focused mostly on animals used for experimentation. Even though I thought I knew all that there was to know about animal rights, I must admit I did learn a lot. After that one of our bosses took us out for lunch at a Thai restaurant called Thailand in Fairfax, VA. Our lunch was deliciously vegan of course :) When we were done with lunch it was time for us to do our "Too Hot For Spot" demo that we created on why people should not leave their dogs in hot cars. We handed out leaflets in front of a Petco in Falls Church, Virginia with a sign that said "Hot Cars Are Not Cool For Dogs." The foot traffic was very light, so we didn't get to talk to many people. However, we did get to meet plenty of adorable pooches! After work I decided to volunteer for two additional outreach events; one was a Bastille Day event where I got to dress up as a French maid with a sign that said "Clean Your Conscience, Go Vegan!" We did our outreach right outside a block party and bar dedicated to the French independence day, so most of our foot traffic was drunk. After that I ran home and ate some vegan pizza and then around 11:30PM, myself and two other interns (who also volunteered) went to the AMC cinemas in Georgetown for the midnight screening of Harry Potter to hand out fliers about how Ronald McDonald is the real Dark Lord. Our outreach was about the evils of McDonalds and almost everyone got a real kick out it, so overall it was super successful!
Friday 7/15 - I spent most of my friday working on my social media projects and write-up on Indian restaurants, but around noon, I was asked to run down to the White House press entrance with one other intern to hold up a sign that said "Tax Meat" dressed as a pig to try to get some press attention in regards to the 2012 budget discussions. Thankfully that outreach event only lasted an hour. I was getting hot inside the pig suit!
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