Try Vegan PDX looking for a volunteer Graphic designer!

Try Vegan PDX looking for a volunteer Graphic designer!

Hey our all volunteer vegan mentoring organization teaches people the nuts and bolts about being vegan. We are looking for someone who can design posters and newspaper ads for us. It's only for 5 to 8 events a year. Looking for vegans interested in helping us out. You don't have to live in Portland, although that wouldn't hurt.

Drop us a line if you are interested? put those skills to work and help us make new vegans!

info@tryveganpdx.com

Special edition benefit sale! Exclusive deals!

Hey a quick update on the state of my novel The Vegan Revolution...with Zombies. Since day one the love and support this novel has received has been overwhelming. Thank You! News stories on websites ranging from ecorazzi, discovery channel's planet green, authors speak and NPR to name a few. It's been great. A large part of that is due to the fantastic book trailer that we made to promote the book. If you have not seen watch it again but make sure you read the rest of this message after you do...






The budget of the trailer was about $25 dollars for make-up and stuff. It was filmed by the amazing Tim Khan who have volunteered his services and equipment to film. He volunteers like this all the time has filmed the Let Live Animal rights conference, and also the Vegan Iron Chef. To get zombies I just made a facebook event and posted around the internet asking people to show up. And asked if anyone with a Prius could volunteer one for the key scene.

It was important to me to make a big splash with the trailer. The book was released in September and all author profits through the end of this year are meant to go to Try Vegan PDX. Try Vegan is a one on one vegan mentoring organization that has organized an Annual Try Vegan Week (with 30 events), Vegan prom, and Vegan Iron Chef here in Portland.

During the filming we did some cosmetic damage to the volunteered prius and it is going to cost a a few hundred dollars to fix it. I can't afford to fix it, but clearly I want to do the right thing and pay for it. Maybe you can help! I don't want to take it out of the money that would otherwise go to Try Vegan, but at home we need every dime.

I am hoping that if you enjoyed the trailer, and the novel that you will help us out by supporting this special sale.

I am selling four special edition packages with every dime going to fix the prius!

The packages include:

A Personalized Signed copy of “The Vegan Revolution...With Zombies.” signed by the author, and by Magik and Bru-Dawg – The real life inspirations of two of the major characters.

A Personalized Signed copy of the limited edition “Screams from a Dying World” Chapbook. Only 150 copies of this limited first edition zine style chapbook collection were ever printed. It has the first six stories from Afterbirth edition, and pretty full color cover. Super weird art by mister Rick Clarke. (I only have 5 of these left, so these are the last four for sale.)

An Exclusive unreleased short story. Each package will have a different original short story.

An Exclusive List of Bru-Dawg's approved zombie movies,including full reviews of Burial Ground and Nightmare City signed by Bru himself. If you have not read the novel yet, Bru-Dawg is a zombie movie expert inspired by a real life friend of mine. He also played himself in the Trailer

A signed exclusive 10 page preview of my upcoming Kungfu vampire monster mash dark fantasy novel Hunting the Moon Tribe. With full color Art work by Eisner award winning comic book Eric Shanower.


The price for this cool package is a $40 donation. Every dime goes to fixing the car and making sure I can make a complete donation to Try Vegan PDX.

I only have four of these to sell so if you want it, jump on it. Once they are gone they are gone. If you already have a copy of Vegan Rev. Donate it to the library, or pass on to a friend. If you are interested drop me an e-mail Count.agranoff@gmail.com if you are interested.

Interviews and events About Vegan Revolution with Zombies

Lots going on with Vegan Revolution with Zombies. I didn't realize how many people read Ecorazzi! It started with a interview done by bizarro author and activist Mickey Z. It appeared on the discovery channel's planet green website with the title "The Vegan Revolution will start with Zombies." then it seemed a dozen other eco and veg websites reposted a full-up article on Ecorazzi. Cool, thanks to all the people who re-posted it. This is a DIY project, with a independent publisher so we need a the help we can get!

Check out the articles:

http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/david-agranoff-vegan-revolution-zombies-interview.html

http://www.ecorazzi.com/2010/10/13/the-vegan-revolution-will-start-with-zombies/

and there are a bunch more you can find by google.

Also this Sunday October 24th I've got a 20 minute interview on an El Paso Texas NPR radio show called Animal Concerns of Texas. We talk about my vegan story, Try Vegan PDX and how Vegan Revolution with Zombies happened.

Sunday night at 7:30pm Mountain time and can be heard by going to ktep.org
After it airs it will be available in the archives at ktep.org and be found
by clicking the 'listen to past shows' button and then going to Animal Concerns
of Texas.

Those of you in Indiana, my beloved homeland. I am doing two readings and book signings during halloween week.

In Indianapolis The reading will be Thursday October 28th at the Dojo, right before a hardcore show. 7 PM 2207 N College Indianapolis, In 46205

In Bloomington October 29th at 6:30 pm at Rhinos all ages club. (331 S Walnut St in Bloomington)

I'll have books for sale, will do a short readings and Q and A if anyone is interested.

Also remember if you enjoyed the book it really helps if you write reviews for Amazon and good reads. But I can't thank everyone enough for the help. I saw that the link to the book on amazon has been posted on Facebook 124 times.The trailer has been view 2,577 times as of this morning. Not to mention good reads,twitter and message boards. Thank you it all helps. Keep it up all sales through December benefit Try Vegan PDX and vegan mentoring in Portland.

Thanks!

Looking for Vegans to be on panels during Try Vegan Week!

We need experienced Vegans to be on panels for
Sunday Aug.15th:
1: PM: Veganize your kitchen (panel discussion)
Confirmed so far: Cari Beltane of Rabbit advocates,

3pm: Replace and veganize your favorite foods (panel discussion) looking for vegan food bloggers
Confirmed so far: Carly Sitner of the Profound Hatred of Meat blog, Jess of Get sconed,

Aug 19th:
Thursday night 7:30 Washington high park across from the mini-mall.
7:30 PM Vegan parenting (panel discussion)
Confirmed so far:

8:30 PM: Get active panel (Would like organizers with NW veg/IDA/ Let live/ Radical cheerleaders/TVPDX)
Confirmed so far: NW Veg, Try Vegan,

Aug 21st
Noon: Veganism beyond diet (Panel dissucssion @ extending Vegan ethic beyond just food)
Confirmed so far: David Agranoff of Try Vegan PDX

Casting call for Vegan Revolution With zombies Book Trailer!

The Vegan Revolution Adopt - a- Zombie and casting Call

In September 2010 I am releasing a novel with Eraserhead press called “The Vegan Revolution With Zombies.” It is a bizarro satire take place here in Portland. I'm not going to get to into the plot just yet, but we have some awesome plans for the book. It's really funny and I think everyone will enjoy it.

The book is about veganism...well it has a lot of zombies in it too. I wanted to do something to help give back to the vegan community with the book. So for the first four months the book is out I donating all my proceeds to to Try Vegan PDX. Try Vegan organizes events in portland like Vegan Iron chef, Vegan prom and of course our flagship event Try Vegan Week. We also run a year round vegan mentoring program here in Portland.

In late August we are planning on filming a trailer to promote the book, it will be filmed on zero budget but we intend to put some love into and make it look like a movie trailer. You can help us promote veganism and the book all while having fun.

Donate to our Adopt – A – Zombie program. For a $3 dollar donation to Try Vegan we will paint you up like zombies so you can join the zombie hordes trying to eat our vegan heroes during the trailer. This will be on the day of filming Exact date will be set soon. We will have vegan potluck on the set and a short preview reading from the novel. Plus you get to be a zombie in the book trailer! How awesome.

You can of course do it up yourself for Free.

The two best zombie voted on by a panel of experts will win prizes including Books, food, gift certificates and more.

We are still casting a few speaking roles:

Dani Joanna – the main character. Late twenties, early thirties woman. She is an editor by profession.
USDA food sampler – This character is giving away samples of “stress-free” label meats and might argue with the vegan a little.
Samantha – the abolitonist animal rights activist
A Prius – Yep the car, a Prius plays a major role in the book, Sun roof is super extra awesome. The provider of the prius gets door prizes.

The roles of Freegan, Hamburger eater, Mark, Magik, and Bru-Dawg have already been cast.

Most important:

ZOMBIES!!!!!!

We need tons, and tons of zombies, be a zombie!

Earth Crisis To the Death pre-release listening party in Portland!

Sunday April 26th at Chaos Café (26th and powell) 5 PM

All Proceeds benefit Try Vegan PDX – A vegan outreach and local mentoring program.

XXX Buy one dollar raffle tickets to win CD’s (To The Death before it hits streets, Heaven Shall Burn, Maroon and many more.) Free posters, stickers and other give-aways.
XXX Great vegan food at Chaos Café
XXX Vegan Milkshakes by Sip
XXX DJ spinning 90’s hardcore
XXX Exclusive preview of Burning fight (a book about 90’s hardcore)
XXX Classic Earth Crisis karaoke

Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary!

Lighthouse is a cool little farmed animal Sanctuary here in Oregon. On Saturday members of NW Veg, Try Vegan PDX and viva la vegan went down for a work party. Here are a few of the pictures I took.

www.lighthousefarmsanctuary.org

Vegan prom pictures

Purple Rain 70's and 80's style vegan prom here in PDX!
Food donated by blossoming Lotus,Papa gs organic vegan Deli,Proper eats and Black sheep Bakery. Prizes donated by Herbivore clothing, Vita cafe and Bob's red mill!

TVW sponsored by integrated medicine group and NW Veg!

Photo 1: Vegan Prom organizers Cari Beltane and Deanna Cintas



Photo 2 : Best dressed may have been better titled most effort!




Photo 3 : The dance floor!

Try Vegan Week Photos

Photo 1: Beccky puts new vegans together with mentors at the opening event.



Photo 2: Vegan powered Bike rally meets at the vegan Mini-mall.




Photo 3: White Lies: anti- Dairy lecture at Sweet Pea Vegan Bakery.


Some of my favorite photos from Try vegan Week Portland June 7th to the 14th 2008


We mentored 24 new vegans. Every night of the week we had about 30 people at the workshops and 58 on Thursday night of the week. We came in under our budget and we learned alot to make next year bigger and better.

Thanks to Heather,Chris, Mindy, Randall, Liz, Deana, Chelsea, Ren, Peter, Jill, robert,Nettie, Chef al, Donna, Mat rossel,Beccky, ron, Liene and others I am sure I forgot. Sorry...