Open the Cages Alliance (OTCA) - Until All Are Free

Change is tough...Please consider being a Vegan Coach for an aspiring vegan!

Calling all Vegan Coaches, and potential Vegan Coaches for OTCA's 2012 Vegan Living Program! We're holding a Vegan Coach Interest Meeting, Saturday March 31st from 2:00-3:30pm at Cyclops Books, 30 W. North Ave, Baltimore, MD. Cyclops Books is located on the NE corner of North and Maryland, one block east of Howard, one block west of Charles. The meeting is for those who have already registered AND those still on the fence. We will discuss pertinent details for this year, and reflections based on last year's program! Light refreshments will be served. Email info@openthecages.org to RSVP or for more details! Click here for more information and to sign up to be a Vegan Coach!

Vegan Coach Responsibilities

1) Positive attitude!
2) Have maintained a vegan lifestyle 1+ year/s.
3) Maintain contact with your Pledge throughout the program, and keep him her “on the program” to the best of your ability. This may mean reminding your Pledge of meetings, helping your Pledge to find answers to diet-related questions, etc.
4) Attend one pre-Pledge meeting (either the March 11th interest meeting listed above, or the second Vegan Coach meeting on March 31, venue TBD) plus the 5 core educational sessions.
5) Extra-curricular “Vegan Shopping Trip” with your Pledge: Help your Pledge to veganize a non-vegan recipe, and shop for ingredients (ideally at the store where your Pledge normally shops). If you can help your Pledge prepare the recipe, even better!

Vegan Coach Sign-Up Form

Name *

E-mail Address: *

Phone Number *

Address *

How long have you been vegan? *

In one sentence, why are you vegan? *

Do you have kids? (If so, are they also vegan?) *

Any special circumstances or life situations which would help us match you with a Pledge? (For example, are you an athlete? Do you manage any medical conditions? Have any food sensitivities?) *

Are you comfortable fulfilling the Vegan Coach responsibilities to the best of your ability? *

Yes
No

If we're short on Coaches, would you be open to coaching two Pledges? *

Yes
No

* Required

All educational sessions and electives may be documented with video and/or photography. Media may be invited to some sessions. Submission of this sign-up form indicates consent to and acknowledgement of this.

What to expect: We’ll contact you to confirm your participation, and with details about the pre-Pledge meeting (one will be Sunday March 11th; the other in late March/early April). We will place you in touch with your Pledge via email at least one week before the program, which starts April 15th, 2012. If we have already registered 25 Coaches when we receive your sign-up form, we will contact you about being a fill-in or co-Coach, or a Vegan Living Program volunteer.