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TEDxSanAntonio - Jose Angel Garcia - Slam Dunk - Sports Boosts the Economy & the Future for Children
Jose Angel Garcia
As Director of Operations, Grupo Garel and Founder of Huracanes Tampico, LNBP, Jose's talk is all about how it takes a village -"Slam Dunk - How Investing in Sports Boosts the Economy and the Future for Children in Tampico."In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to sha... Read more
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Jose Angel Garcia: TEDxSanAntonio - Jose Angel Garcia - Slam Dunk - Sports Boosts the Economy & the Future for Children
December 28, 2011 (over 11 years ago)As Director of Operations, Grupo Garel and Founder of Huracanes Tampico, LNBP, Jose's talk is all about how it takes a village -"Slam Dunk - How Investing in Sports Boosts the Economy and the Future for Children in Tampico."In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-...
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Pamela Taylor: TEDxSanAntonio - Pamela Taylor - Creating a Safe Space for the Empowerment of Women
December 29, 2011 (over 11 years ago)A victim of domestic abuse, this Co-founder and President of Dress for Success® San Antonio talks about "Creating a Safe Space for the Empowerment of Women."In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like exp...
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Marie Baillargeon: TEDxFiDiWomen - Marie Baillargeon
December 6, 2011 (over 11 years ago)Marie Baillargeon is a state certified community Advocate for women and children of Domestic Violence. She is a volunteer for NEWS (Napa Emergency Women's Services), serves on the Board of Directors for the University of San Francisco Alumni Association and Scholarship Program, and the Founder of...
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Jon Stewart: Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity Closing Remarks
October 31, 2010 (over 12 years ago)At the end of the Rally to Restore Sanity, Comedian Jon Stewart spoke with sincerity and humor to those in attendance. He outlined problems with the media that interfere with Americans ability to trust and communicate with one another across their differences. And he described the actual Americ...
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Cher Horowitz: Cher's Opposition Statement on a Debate
July 19, 1995 (almost 28 years ago)Alicia Silverstone playing Cher Horowitz in Clueless goes on a debate about allowing oppressed people to take refuge in America using a party scenario as a solid opening statement.
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John Walker: Closing the Lid on Pandora's Box Iain2008
January 28, 2000 (over 23 years ago)Delivered to the Texas Youth Commission Executive Leadership Assembly, Austin, Texas, January 28, 2000
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Robert Kennedy: On The Mindless Menace of Violence: Remarks to the Cleveland City Club
April 5, 1968 (about 55 years ago)The day after Martin Luther King's death, Robert Kennedy delivered this poignant speech on the evil of violence, which he saw to be, at its core, the denial of men's common humanity.
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Alisa Volkman: Let's Talk Parenting Taboos
December 1, 2010 (over 12 years ago)Husband and wife Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman put up a parenting website that is concerned about exposing the truth behind parenthood. They talk about parenting taboos and the silent truths about a parents' feelings towards their children.
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November 13, 1969 (over 53 years ago)U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew questions the civic ethics that underlie television news coverage. Harking back to the broadcast of President Nixon's "Silent Majority" address, he lambasts the networks for their instant commentaries and "querulous criticism."
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Eleanor Roosevelt: Old Age Pensions
March 1, 1934 (over 89 years ago)In a speech before the D.C. Branch of the American Association for Social Security, the Council of Social Agencies, and the Monday Evening Club, U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt examines the old age pension laws in various states, and talks about a particular incident that had made her aware of ...
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