In an interesting discussion which arose on this point, Peter McQueen and Dudley Geihl gave their opinions that spokespersons for an organisation should, when talking in public, express not only their personal feelings but also those of the other members of the group, even to have as large an outreach as possible. Many people may be as strong as you are in principle, but not so confident when it comes to spreading the message. Study how best to include them, enrol them in your ideas. If there's a job to do and you just go ahead and do it, it will be you who will have to do it again next time. If you can get 4 people to do it together, next time you can do something new and different.
Teachers are precious.
Enroll as many of these as you can. Their influence on tomorrow's generation is tremendous. Cooks are as important. No matter how sensitive people are towards animals, if you don't show them that they can enjoy their veg and pulses it might not be easy to convince them. Include food at every opportunity.