Saurabh Dalal, 42, is the president of the Vegetarian Society of the District of Columbia, where he has served since 1996. The organization is the oldest local vegetarian society in North America. Each year, it hosts a Life-Affirming Thanksgiving Dinner, gathering vegetarians and non-vegetarians to promote plant-based diets. Today is also a celebration of its 80-year anniversary. Dalal, born in India and raised in Maryland, has been a lifelong vegetarian. As an adult, he is vegan.

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