A podcast showcasing innovative and impactful ways to help animals and build the animal advocacy movement. Amy Odene & James Ozden talk to experts about a variety of topics: animal rights, animal welfare, alternative proteins, the future of food, and much more. Whether it's political change, protest, technological innovation or grassroots campaigns, they aim to cover it all with deep dives we release every two weeks.
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An absolute treat of an episode this week as we were asked to interview long-time advocates Leah Garcés and Sharon Núñez, live from the Animal and Vegan advocacy summit in Washington DC in May earlier this year.
From anger in Leah’s 20’s to some eye opening potential prison-time in the past for Sharon, our esteemed guests walk us through their experiences over the last 20 years of their tireless work for animals. A nostalgic and powerful look back and projection forward from these two powerhouse leaders.
Leah Garcés is president of Mercy For Animals and author of Grilled: Turning Adversaries into Allies to Change the Chicken Industry. She has nearly 20 years of leadership experience in the animal protection movement and has partnered with some of the world’s largest food companies on her mission to build a better food system.
Sharon Núñez is the co-founder and president of Animal Equality, a leading international animal protection organization ranked as one of the most effective animal rights organizations in the world for three consecutive years by Animal Charity Evaluators.
Show notes to follow..
00:00:00:00 | Intro
00:01:10:10 | How have things changed in the past 20 years?
00:06:10:16 | What sparked a different approach for a long fight?
00:14:42:16 | Key challenges over the past 20 years
00:22:22:15 | Resources
00:28:01:10 | Strategic lessons
00:34:46:01 | Personal lessons
00:41:35:05 | Can we be optimistic with the change of the last 20 years?
00:45:47:14 | Should resources be going to new organizations or the largest ones?
00:49:19:16 | How do you balance work in the Movement and your personal life?
00:53:27:02 | What has to be done to fulfill all the corporate commitment in the next few years
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