TEDxRyersonU 2011 - Josh Louie - Make Change a Reality
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Ryerson University student Josh Louie talks about the personal hardships that he went through growing up, the changes he made to better his own life, and how everyone can make similar changes to realize their hidden potential.
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- -: TEDxRyersonU 2011 - Josh Louie - Make Change a Reality
February 21, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Ryerson University student Josh Louie talks about the personal hardships that he went through growing up, the changes he made to better his own life, and how everyone can make similar changes to realize their hidden potential.
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- -: TEDxConejo - Erin Gruwell - The Freedom Writers
May 16, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Erin Gruwell is an educator and president of The Freedom Writers Foundation. When Erin landed her first job at Wilson High School in Long Beach, Ca, she discovered many of her students had been written off by the education system and deemed "unteachable." As teenagers living in a racially divide...
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- -: TEDxSantaCruz: Gina Castaneda - Uniting Rival Teen Gang Members Through Soccer
June 23, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)As an adolescent, Gina Castaneda experienced intervals of homelessness and even lived in a car for a period of time with her mother. Despite the adversities of growing up in a violent neighborhood and a violent home, Gina avoided gang entrenchment. In April 2008, Gina founded the Aztecas Soccer P...
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- -: TEDxLondonBusinessSchool - Luke Dowdney - Real Strength: Transforming Communities
July 26, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)A former English amateur boxer, Luke Dowdney founded Fight for Peace (FFP) in 2000 in the Complexo da Maré, a complex of favelas (shantytowns) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with the help and support of Viva Rio.Luke's experience with boxing had taught him that this sport can be an effective tool to ...
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- -: Steven Levitt: Why do crack dealers still live with their moms?
January 16, 2007 (over 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Freakonomics author Steven Levitt presents new data on the finances of drug dealing. Contrary to popular myth, he says, being a street-corner crack dealer isnt lucrative: It pays below minimum wage. And your boss can kill you. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talk...
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- -: Sudhir Venkatesh on "Gang Leader for a Day"
February 6, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/24/Sudhir_Venkatesh_Gang_Leader_For_a_Day Author Sudhir Venkatesh discusses the background for his book, "Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets." ----- Sudhir Venkatesh became Gang Leader for a Day. First introduced in Freakon...
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- -: Sudhir Venkatesh - A Slice of Gang Life
February 6, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/24/Sudhir_Venkatesh_Gang_Leader_For_a_Day Author Sudhir Venkatesh reads an excerpt from his book, "Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets." ----- Sudhir Venkatesh became Gang Leader for a Day. First introduced in Freakonomics, ...
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- -: America's Mafia Obsession - Jack Garcia
December 5, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/21/Jack_Garcia_Infiltrating_the_Mafia Retired FBI agent Joaquin "Jack" Garcia examines America's pop-culture fascination with the mafia - a fascination, Garcia argues, that may help the mafia attract new recruits. ----- Former FBI agent Jack Garcia des...
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- -: Undercover for the FBI - Jack Garcia
December 7, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/21/Jack_Garcia_Infiltrating_the_Mafia Retired FBI agent Joaquin "Jack" Garcia discusses the dangerous moral challenges he faced while working undercover among the New York City mafia. ----- Former FBI agent Jack Garcia describes his years spent underco...
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- -: Mexico Drug Violence Becoming America's Concern, Says Rice
October 21, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/10/18/Condoleezza_Rice_Extraordinary_Ordinary_People In addition to ongoing concerns over Iraq and Afghanistan, argues former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, America should be wary of instability in a closer neighbor -- Mexico. Escalating drug violence...
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