Ger Duany woke up one morning to gunshots that eventually led to his becoming one of the “Lost Boys of Sudan”, a child soldier, refugee, then US high school ...

In Australia, Bee Orsini is the Liaison for The Salvation Army's Education and Outreach Project to raise awareness of homeless youth. She knows the reality o...

Kristina Touzenis, International Migration Law Unit, International Office for Migration, talks about the rights of migrants. She was speaking at the policy f...

What if Australia's approach to Indigenous disadvantage offers neither solutions nor value for money? This thought-provoking talk challenges current policies...

Ian Breckenridge-Jackson is completing his Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of California, Riverside. He specializes in race, gender, and class inequalit...

The film makes a compelling case for investing in Liverpool's heritage for sound business reasons and for sustainability reasons, as well as to protect the c...

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. There are various schools of thought surrounding zoos and their pur...

Katy Hutchison became a Restorative Justice advocate following the murder of her first husband. After ten years of sharing her story internationally to over five hundred schools and community groups, she views the education system as the structure with the most potential to affect positive social change. Katy sits on the Boards of Restorative Practices International & Glenlyon Norfolk School and volunteers for Leave Out Violence (LOVE).

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 experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Tony Allen speaks at a 2015 TEDx event in Wilmington, Delaware. Tony Allen is the chairman of the Wilmington Education Improvement Commission, a Commission c...