TEDxPhilly - Ethan Nguyen - On taking chances
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Mentor one young person this year and you set them on a journey that will ultimately lead them to an opportunity to change other lives. Dissuaded by a high school guidance counselor from applying to top schools, Ethan Nguyen found encouragement from a supportive local librarian and landed at Vassar. Now a health researcher, Ngyuen looks back to ... Read more
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- -: TEDxPhilly - Ethan Nguyen - On taking chances
January 23, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Mentor one young person this year and you set them on a journey that will ultimately lead them to an opportunity to change other lives. Dissuaded by a high school guidance counselor from applying to top schools, Ethan Nguyen found encouragement from a supportive local librarian and landed at Vass...
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- -: TEDxPhilly - Nijmie Dzurinko - Challenging negative perceptions of young people
January 19, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Nijmie Dzurinko's challenge: let's reconsider the negative perceptions of young people in our society -- as apathetic and lazy, unwilling to learn, not capable of critical thinking and problem solving, and more. Dzurinko draws attention to the oppression of youth -- by circumstance, the education...
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- -: TEDxBrownUniversity - Tricia Rose - Creating Conversations on Justice
July 26, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Dr. Tricia Rose suggests that there is still work to be done in thinking about questions of community, equality and justice. Her focus is not on the issues of structural oppression, but on the difficulty in creating an honest conversation about these issues. Tricia Rose graduated from Yale Univ...
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- -: Evgeny Morozov: How the Internet strengthens dictatorships
September 22, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com TED Fellow and journalist Evgeny Morozov punctures what he calls "iPod liberalism" -- the assumption that tech innovation always promotes freedom, democracy -- with chilling examples of ways the Internet helps oppressive regimes stifle dissent. TEDTalks is a daily video podcas...
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- -: Kavita Ramdas: Radical women, embracing tradition
April 26, 2010 (about 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Investing in women can unlock infinite potential around the globe. But how can women walk the line between Western-style empowerment and traditional culture? Kavita Ramdas of the Global Fund for Women talks about three encounters with powerful women who fight to make the world ...
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- -: TEDxKrakow - Srdja Popovic - A bad year for bad guys
November 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Srđa Popović was one of the founders and key organizers with the Serbian student nonviolent resistance group Otpor! Their nonviolent campaign to unseat Serbian president Slobodan Milošević met with success in October 2000, when hundreds of thousands of protestors converged upon and took over the ...
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- -: Sam Brownback - Energy Independence and Global Human Rights
July 6, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1135 Kansas Senator and Republican Presidential candidate Sam Brownback links America's pursuit of energy independence to the broader international struggle for human rights. ----- The Set America Free Coalition's Primary Energy '08: Pres...
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- -: Social Media vs the Dictator - Clay Shirky
September 18, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/28/Clay_Shirky_Here_Comes_Everybody New media theorist Clay Shirky demonstrates how protesters are using flash mobs and communication tools like Twitter to take collective action against oppressive governments. He cites a passive protest that took place ...
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