what a great article @aislingcronin! Congrats for standing up to your parents at first, and then taking activism to the streets. I wish I could be more involved inn street activism, but unfortunately I live in a very remote area, and there is no vegan network here. So I'm doing what I can from Steemit =). Will keep reading your stuff, you have a new follower!
This was the case with me too ...with no vegan network in my city. But I realized that someone has to create "that" network. This belief itself led me to start activism. Years later, now my city has quite a good network of activists who are always eager to conduct regular outreaches.
But to each his own. You are doing pretty good activusm online.
yeah I live in a small village...for now it will have to be online unfortunately. IIt's ok though, every small bit helps, right?
How awesome that you created your own network. How did you do it?
Thank you @evecab. 😊 It's funny - my mother is now one of the most passionate, dedicated vegans I know. When I first went vegan, though, she was quite worried about whether I would get enough nutrients. She soon learned that it was possible to be perfectly healthy on a plant-based diet, and went vegan herself! My dad is kind of a "reverse vegetarian" now. He eats meat but doesn't eat dairy... He is supportive of my mother and I being vegan though! I'll follow you too.😃