This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences.

In this talk, Simone Reyes shares with passion her combat for animal rights, and elaborates how we can all be activists in our own right.

Simone Reyes was the breakout star of Oxygen's reality tv show "Running Russell Simmons" and became an overnight hero in the animal rights community. Recently PETA 's Animal Rahat Sanctuary in India was officially given a new name "Simone’s Place" in honor of Simone's tireless dedication to the animal rights cause.

Last year she traveled to Taiji, Japan as a Sea Shepherd Cove Guardian, to report on and document the atrocities of the dolphin drives. Simone has been featured extensively in print, radio and television media using her image and voice to inspire, motivate, mobilize and guide people who care about the treatment of animals but don't know where to begin to create real change for them.