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A lesson in turning adversaries into allies

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Leah Garcés |

TEDxSeattle

• November 2019

When you're on opposite sides of an issue, how do you broker peace with your adversaries and work together to solve a problem? Follow along as animal rights activist Leah Garcés recounts three lessons she learned in hatching an ambitious plan to end chicken factory farming with the last person she expected: a chicken farmer.

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When you're on opposite sides of an issue, how do you broker peace with your adversaries and work together to solve a problem? Follow along as animal rights activist Leah Garcés recounts three lessons she learned in hatching an ambitious plan to end chicken factory farming with the last person she expected: a chicken farmer.

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Animal rights activist

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Leah Garces fights to end animal exploitation.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxSeattle, an independent event. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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Donate to Mercy For Animals to help build a compassionate food system.

Learn about "Transfarmation," a project from Mercy For Animals.