April 25th, 2009 - Reversing Diabetes Action Day

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Local Events in Your Area

A critical component to reversing the diabetes epedemic and changing the health in the world is organizing a large grassroots campaign. We realize that the current diabetes organizations are not going to embrace us with open arms so the only choice we have left is to begin to organize ourselves.

Our goal is to run events across the country for Reversing Diabetes Action Day on April 25th. You can find an event in your area by clicking on the link below. If there isn’t one in your area than you can create one (Scroll down for ideas)! Also, you don’t need to be a part of a group to take action on April 25th. There are lots of things you can do on your own to support The Movement to Reverse Diabetes Naturally and make a difference in your area.

– Click Here to Find an Event in Your Local Area –

Clicking on this link will bring you to the RDN community site where all events are registered.

If you can’t find an event in your area and don’t want to organize your own fill in the form below and we will get back to you shortly with more details on how you can help!

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Organize an Event in Your Area

Want to step up and be a leader in your area? The Movement to Reverse Diabetes Naturally is all about people like YOU! We need your support. To become a leader in The Movement in your area register an event for the April 25th Reversing Diabetes Action Day. You can also organize an event on a day around this time if it fits in with a meetup or other similar group that you run.

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.After you fill in this form it will bring you to the RDN community site to register your event. We also suggest registering it on other raw social networks like www.WeLikeItRaw.com and www.RawFu.com and larger networks like www.Facebook.com and www.Meetup.com to get the best exposure. We want to get as many people involved as possible!

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Ideas for Events

There are a number of options for live events, depending on what you would like to do. Below are some of the ideas for events. Hopefully we will get more ideas from individual volunteers like you!

The overall goal of the events however should be to inform others and get out to people who do not know of this information. While it is great to connect with others in the different health conscious communities the goal is to introduce new people into our communities to save lives and change the planet

Some basic ideas are:

Leaflet / Flyer / Poster campaigns. Walking around neighborhoods or public areas handing out informational pamphlets and flyers (we will be creating these) and putting up posters (asking stores to put them up) about the movement to reverse diabetes. You can download materials by clicking here. Speak to healthcare professionals such as doctors and chiropractors as well as places such as Yoga Studios and other health conscious centers. With both of these there is the option of having them sign a petition to join the movement with name and email. Download materials to give to them by clicking here.

-Healthcare workshops teaching others about the benefits of raw and living foods. -Raw preparation classes that are open to the community. -And we are open to your ideas also!

If you would like to participate in one of our events or host your own event just click on the links at the top of the page!

Here are some Pamphlets, Flyers and Posters that you can use for the April 25th, 2009 Reversing Diabetes Action Day! Please feel free to email us at Alex@RDNmovement.com if you have questions!

Pamphlets

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Tri-Fold Brochure #1 - Side 1 (Outside)

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Tri-Fold Brochure #1 - Side 2 (Inside)

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INSTRUCTIONS - To print this brochure print Side 1, then flip paper over and print side 2. Then fold right side in, then left side so that image of vegetables is on the front.

NOTE: You may need to change your printer settings so that it prints on all of the paper and does not leave a border.

(Easiest way is to print multiple copies of Side 1 and then turn them all over and print side 2)

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Tri-Fold Design #2 - Side 1 (Outside)

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Tri-Fold Design #2 - Side 2 (Inside)

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INSTRUCTIONS - To print this brochure print Side 1, then flip paper over and print side 2. Then fold right side in, then left side so that image of vegetables is on the front.

(Easiest way is to print multiple copies of Side 1 and then turn them all over and print side 2)

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OPTION #1 - Create Your Own Posters

Just Right Click and Save Here to download the image shown to the left to create your own poster and flyers.

OPTION #2 - Purchase Professional Poster Prints

Click Here to visit our Cafe Press Store or click on the image below

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(All profits from the store go towards a larger research study for 500 people like the one shown in the film “Simply Raw” being conducted by Gabriel Cousens, M.D.)

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T-Shirts / Sweaters / Bags and Other Apparel

What a cool way to show your support for The Movement and to get the conversation going with others in your area! Roughly 8% of the US population is diabetic. That means that when you’re walking in public with a T-Shirt that talks about Reversing Diabetes roughly 1 out of every 10 people you walk by will have diabetes! Share your knowledge with them! Most of them don’t know that they have options to reverse their diabetes!

Click Here to Visit the RDN Movement Cafe Press Store to See Items Like the Ones Shown Below!.

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Thanks for your support!

Alex Ortner and the Entire Raw for Thirty Team!

Building a Movement by Alex Ortner

The other day I was driving through the center of my home town of Bethel, CT, with a population of less than 19,000 and in a strip of less than a mile I passed 6 pizza places. When I got home I went on google and looked up “pizza – Bethel, CT” and found that there were in fact 10 pizza places in the town. I couldn’t help but think to myself, what if those were all raw food restaurants?

How much easier would eating raw foods be for you if you replaced every pizza place in your local area with a raw food restaurant? Personally, I’d be ecstatic if it was even 50%-50% in my town. With the lack of resources available it’s no wonder that many people say that going raw is hard. It’s not easy driving past 6 pizza places after a long day of work to come home and prepare food raw food.

Now for you the pizza place might not be the challenge. Maybe it’s the fast food place, or the Chinese restaurant, or the Italian restaurant. Whatever it is you get the point. Lots of options for eating junk food…few options if any for eating healthy food. In my town of Bethel, CT we had one natural food store for a couple of years but then it went out of business. Now I have to drive about 20 minutes to go to a small store that has a very limited selection.

And it’s not just about restaurants either. In my grocery store 90% of the store is processed junk and the other 10% has living foods but most of it is not organic. There’s just a little 10 feet long area for organics. It’s no wonder that people buy junk food in grocery stores. There’s just more to choose from!

It’s easy to understand why many people have a hard time going raw. But here’s the thing…it’s not about the food. If you think that you can’t go raw because you just like cooked foods too much it’s not about that. That’s just what you’re used to. It’s what you’ve seen your whole life, it’s what’s advertised on TV, it’s what your friends are likely eating, it’s just what you think is “normal.”

Imagine what it would be like if when you drove home you saw 6 raw food restaurants and 2 large organic food grocery stores? Would you be as worried about eating raw foods or would you be thinking “Should I go to the raw pizza place, the raw burger place, the juice place or should I just pick up some healthy food at the organic grocery store?” If you’re like me it’s probably the later one.

I know what you’re thinking…”come off of cloud 9 and come back to the real world because it’s not happening.” Well I say…”Why not?” Ok, so maybe it won’t be all raw food but what if it was half and half. I wouldn’t mind having 5 pizza places in my town and 5 raw food restaurants. I’d at least have some choice.

So how do we get there? How do we get from being a fast food nation to a health food nation? I’ve asked myself this question numerous times over the last few months and I always come to the say conclusion. We have to grow a movement for change.

A movement for change…I know what you’re thinking…”Who are you…Barrack Obama?” I don’t mean to jump on the bandwagon but building a movement is what we need right now. It’s exactly because of this political environment that we have to act now. People want change and healthcare reform is one of the areas that needs it the most. The real healthcare reform that this country needs is to get off all of the unneeded drugs and unhealthy food and go back to eating real food.

This requires all of us coming together for a cohesive movement. We have to stop the bickering between “fruit is better” and “veggies are better” and “superfoods are the way” and remember that any of these options are better than what most people are eating. We have to unite to bring new people into the movement and open up people’s consciousness to the fact that what they’re eating on a daily basis is making them sick and unhappy.

That’s why in January of this year I started the Movement to Reverse Diabetes Naturally (RDNmovement.com). I figured that to have a successful movement you also need a cause. People have a tough time joining something unless there’s some emotion behind. I didn’t want to just make it about raw food, we need something more tangible that people can grab on to (especially the media) to make them realize that we are what we eat. Trying to eliminate diabetes when there are 246 million diabetics is a strong cause. And out of all of the major health issues to deal with I think it’s the one that is easiest to prove medically.

So why should you get involved if you’re not diabetic? First off, because it just feels good to be able to help another person. It’s an amazingly fulfilling feeling when you hear about somebody who came off of their drugs, has lost weight and feels hopeful about their future again because you helped them. Try it, it’s a powerful feeling.

Secondly, because the more demand you can create for raw foods the more resources will become available for YOU in your area. And diabetics clearly aren’t going to be the only ones that hear about the movement. It’s much easier to approach your local community, or your town representatives or your local businesses if you say that it’s about a cause then just about raw food. It’s much harder for them to say no when it’s about healing sick people. When you can show them that raw food can reverse one health issue then they’ll be open to learning about how it can help others.

So how do you get involved? How can you help grow the movement?

Step 1 – Step up as a Leader in Your Community

Being a leader doesn’t mean you have to become a raw food speaker or chef and put all your efforts into it. It just means taking some simple steps and becoming active in your community.

Participate in a local raw meetup group, invite others to participate and share in your knowledge to help build more demand in your area. Share what you know (but don’t push it on others). Online communities such as the RDN Movement community are great places to connect with others as well.

Step 2 – Share Real Life Educational Resources You Have With Others

I believe that we can’t just tell people how to eat differently, we need to show them through real life examples. That’s why we made the film “Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days.” We realized that just having resources that told people why raw food was important wasn’t enough. People can ignore that. But it’s hard to argue that raw food doesn’t make a difference after you watch 6 diabetics make huge changes because of it, losing weight, coming off of insulin and other drugs and just generally feeling better.

What we wanted to create was that “aha” moment where people would say “maybe I should learn more about raw foods.” We knew that that was the biggest hurdle to overcome. Once they open up to the possibility then they can go to the abundance of information on raw food.

Economics – The Bottom Line

The bottom line when it comes to creating more raw resources like raw restaurants is that it’s all about economics. We need to create more demand. And the way to create more demand is to open up others to raw foods.

So here’s my question to you: Will you step up and become a leader? I need your help, the world needs your help and most importantly you need your help.

A raw food restaurant on every corner. Yum. I can’t wait…