What does it take to build a national movement? In a captivating conversation with TEDWomen curator Pat Mitchell, Marian Wright Edelman reflects on her path to founding the Children's Defense Fund in 1973 -- from the early influence of growing up in the segregated American South to her activism with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -- and shares how growing older has only made her more radical. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Folge vom 30.01.2019Reflections from a lifetime fighting to end child poverty | Marian Wright Edelman.
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Folge vom 29.01.2019Can we solve global warming? Lessons from how we protected the ozone layer | Sean DavisThe Montreal Protocol proved that the world could come together and take action on climate change. Thirty years after the world's most successful environmental treaty was signed, atmospheric scientist Sean Davis examines the world we avoided when we banned chlorofluorocarbons -- and shares lessons we can carry forward to address the climate crisis in our time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Folge vom 28.01.2019The power of women's anger | Soraya ChemalyAnger is a powerful emotion -- it warns us of threat, insult, indignity and harm. But across the world, girls and women are taught that their anger is better left unvoiced, says author Soraya Chemaly. Why is that, and what might we lose in this silence? In a provocative, thoughtful talk, Chemaly explores the dangerous lie that anger isn't feminine, showing how women's rage is justified, healthy and a potential catalyst for change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Folge vom 24.01.2019Ray Kurzweil on what the future holds nextJoin head of TED Chris Anderson for a very special conversation with legendary inventor and computer scientist Ray Kurzweil, recorded live onstage at TED2018. Listen in to hear what the man who makes a living from predicting the future arc of technology thinks is coming our way next -- including a specific prediction of when he thinks technology will finally gain human levels of language understanding. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.