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Voices of violence: Photojournalist Jon Lowenstein captures narratives of violence in Chicago's South Side

What is the effect of violence on a life's narrative? TED Fellow and photojournalist Jon Lowenstein has lived in the South Side of Chicago for about a decade -- first working as a teacher, photographer and community liaison at an elementary school and subsequently engaging with his African American neighbors to document life in this rapidly ch...
Posted September 16, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/09/16/voices-of-violence-photojournalist-jon-lowenstein-captures-narratives-of-violence-in-chicagos-south-side

Cartels as businesses, terrorism as a brand, gang violence as an epidemic: 4 talks for rethinking how to stop violence

Rodrigo Canales begins today’s talk by bringing us to a very confusing peace march. After a battle between Mexican law enforcement and the drug cartel La Familia Michoacana turned the city of Apatzingán into a battlefield for two days in 2010, the mayor of the town decided to hold a march for peace. Thousands of citizens showed up. And while...
Posted November 4, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/11/04/cartels-as-businesses-terrorism-as-a-brand-gang-violence-as-an-epidemic-4-talks-for-rethinking-how-to-stop-violence

Infographic: The reality of violence against women

Often, discussions about equality center around leaning in, or whether or not the glass ceiling has got cracks in it. But for many women, the focus is on surviving everyday violence, assault and rape -- a daily struggle that plays a part in keeping a billion people locked into poverty. Gary Haugen (TED Talk: The hidden reason for poverty the wor...
Posted July 21, 2015
https://ideas.ted.com/infographic-the-reality-of-violence-against-women

How we can help end domestic violence

Esta Soler helped pass the Violence Against Women Act, 20 years ago. Leslie Morgan Steiner had just left an abusive husband at the time, and now tells her story widely. They talk about the NFL, the hashtags #WhyIStayed and #WhyILeft, and what we can all do to end domestic violence. Esta Soler and Leslie Morgan Steiner know exactly how to ...
Posted September 12, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/on-whyistayed-and-the-violence-against-women-act-20-years-later

Visual: Treat violence like it's a contagious disease

Gary Slutkin spent a decade fighting tuberculosis, cholera and AIDS epidemics in Africa. When the physician returned to the United States, he thought he'd be able to get away from brutal epidemic deaths. Then he began to look more carefully at gun violence, noting that its spread followed the patterns of infectious diseases. In a talk at TEDMED ...
Posted May 21, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/visual-treat-violence-like-its-a-contagious-disease

Racial violence, cast in bronze, etched in glass

The work of artist Sanford Biggers walks a fine line between poetic and provocative, brilliantly sparking discussion about race, violence and fallen heroes. Sanford Biggers grew up in Los Angeles surrounded by works of the popular black artists his parents collected. His cousin is the famed African-American muralist John Biggers. But as a young...
Posted May 18, 2016
https://ideas.ted.com/racial-violence-cast-in-bronze-etched-in-glass

Economic violence: the most socially acceptable form of racism

In April 2018, I flew to Vancouver, Canada, for my first TED Conference. As a TED Fellow, I had the opportunity to give both a talk and a cello performance. As I packed my artifacts and artwork, which included three of my custom Ku Klux Klan robes made from various fabrics, the one that most stood out to me then -- and still stands out to me now...
Posted June 24, 2020
https://ideas.ted.com/economic-violence-the-most-socially-acceptable-form-of-racism

The end of sexual violence and domestic abuse? A resource list of organizations working toward this

Why is it that, when we talk about sexual violence and domestic abuse, we talk about the women involved and erase the men from the conversation?In his TED talk, violence-prevention educator Jackson Katz explains why sentences like “Mary is a battered woman” are far more common than ones like “John beat Mary." The takeaway of Katz’s talk: Tha...
Posted May 29, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/05/29/the-end-of-sexual-violence-and-domestic-abuse-a-resource-list-of-organizations-working-toward-this

An anthem for the campaign to end violence against women

One billion is certainly in the zeitgeist. V-day, the global campaign founded by four-time TED speaker Eve Ensler to end violence against women and girls, recently unveiled its One Billion Rising initiative. The name comes from the horrifying statistic that 1 in 3 women will be beaten or abused in their lifetime — on a global scale, 1 bill...
Posted November 19, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/11/19/an-anthem-for-the-campaign-to-end-violence-against-women

Why -- and how -- we must unite to confront religious violence now

We can do so with careful planning, recovering the ideals of compassion, peace and equity, and standing together in the face of hate, says Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. Life, down here on earth, is holy. It is also exceptionally fragile. It is hevel, a Hebrew word meaning a mere breath. Almost in his last words, Moses tells his people, “I call hea...
Posted April 23, 2017
https://ideas.ted.com/why-and-how-we-must-unite-to-confront-religious-violence-now

“We’ll never arrest our way out of this situation": Rev. Jeffrey Brown speaks on urban violence at TED2015

Jeffrey Brown is a Baptist minister. And yet, he says, “I learned some of my most important life lessons from drug dealers and gang members and prostitutes and had some of my most profound theological conversations on a street corner.” Brown was one of the co-founders of the Boston Ten Point Coalition, a faith-based group that was an inte...
Posted March 19, 2015
https://blog.ted.com/2015/03/19/well-never-arrest-our-way-out-of-this-situation-rev-jeffrey-brown-speaks-on-urban-violence-at-ted2015

Wider access to SAT prep, a letter on domestic violence, and making sense of genetic variance

A new way to practice for the SAT. The SAT, a standardized college admissions exam, is a mammoth test, and every minute of practice is invaluable. But SAT practice courses can be expensive -- which oftentimes means kids with less money, or from disadvantaged backgrounds, do worse. One year ago, Khan Academy, a free online platform for learni...
Posted June 10, 2016
https://blog.ted.com/2016/06/10/wider-access-to-sat-prep-a-letter-on-domestic-violence-and-making-sense-of-genetic-variance

A proven way to fight Chicago's murder epidemic -- and why it's not being used

Gun violence is a singularly American problem. But there's a proven solution, pioneered in Chicago, that needs support. Robert Muggah explains. American cities are getting dangerous again. After a two-decade decline in murder rates, many large cities saw a sharp increase in murder in 2015, along with other crimes such as rape, robbery, assault ...
Posted August 24, 2016
https://ideas.ted.com/one-way-to-cure-americas-murder-epidemic

A web plug-in to fight gun violence, the argument against free will, and a threat to civil liberties in Brazil

As usual, the TED community has lots of news to share this week. Below, some highlights. Zero Minutes of Fame. In the wake of a mass shooting, the killer’s name is usually plastered all over the news and Internet, a dark 15 minutes of fame with serious consequences: 30% of mass killings are inspired by a previous event. While efforts to r...
Posted May 5, 2016
https://blog.ted.com/2016/05/05/a-web-plug-in-to-fight-gun-violence-the-argument-against-free-will-and-a-threat-to-civil-liberties-in-brazil

Watch Tarana Burke's TED Talk: Me Too is a movement, not a moment

An inspiring, honest talk: In 2006, Tarana Burke was consumed by a desire to do something about the sexual violence she saw in her community. She took out a piece of paper, wrote "Me Too" across the top and laid out an action plan for a movement centered on the power of empathy between survivors. More than a decade later, she reflects on what...
Posted November 30, 2018
https://blog.ted.com/2018/11/30/watch-tarana-burkes-ted-talk-me-too-is-a-movement-not-a-moment

Why the US needs to pass the Equal Rights Amendment -- finally

The ERA is more relevant and important than ever. By making women fully equal under the law, the US could better address sexual assaults and gender violence, says attorney Laura L. Dunn. Laura L. Dunn’s legal career arose from a personal struggle for justice. When Dunn was a freshman in college, two crew teammates raped her. She responded by...
Posted October 5, 2018
https://ideas.ted.com/why-the-us-needs-to-pass-the-equal-rights-amendment-finally

Gallery: Life on Chicago's South Side

Photographer Jon Lowenstein loves Chicago. He's originally from Boston, but his affair with the city started with a real-life relationship: Years ago, he dated a woman from the city’s South Side and spent a lot of time exploring the community. Now Lowenstein, a TED Fellow and member of the NOOR photography collective, lives in the neighborhood h...
Posted June 5, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/gallery-life-on-chicagos-south-side

TED Talks with novel ways of thinking about epidemics

As a physician and epidemiologist, Gary Slutkin didn't think he had much to contribute to the conversation about gun violence in America. But then he began to realize something -- that outbreaks of violence follow the same patterns as outbreaks of tuberculosis, cholera and AIDS, all of which he'd worked on reversing during a decade in Somali...
Posted September 12, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/09/12/ted-talks-with-novel-ways-of-thinking-about-epidemics

6 brave personal stories of domestic abuse

Leslie Morgan Steiner thought that she’d found true love in her early 20s. Instead, she found herself married to a man who repeatedly pointed a gun at her head and threatened to kill her. In today’s brave talk, given at TEDxRainier, Steiner tells the story of how she -- a Harvard-educated magazine editor turned businesswoman -- fell into ...
Posted January 25, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/01/25/5-brave-personal-stories-of-domestic-abuse

The urban canvas, splashed with color: A recap of session 5 at TEDGlobal 2014

This session was all about cities. From speakers parsing the cycles of violence in them, to those thinking far outside the box on what they could look like, read up on these ideas for cities. Robert Muggah is troubled by our cities. Not urban success stories like Shanghai and Seoul, but those that he calls “fragile cities,” quickly urbani...
Posted October 8, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/10/08/the-urban-canvas-splashed-with-color-a-recap-of-session-5-at-tedglobal-2014

Why I chose to stand up, alone: TED Fellow Boniface Mwangi on risking his life for justice in Kenya

Award-winning photojournalist Boniface Mwangi captured the 2007-2008 post-election violence in Kenya unflinchingly through the lens of his camera. But the horrors he witnessed propelled him into a new career as an activist and artist. Here, Mwangi talks to the TED Blog about the events that led him to stand up against injustice, literally, r...
Posted February 27, 2015
https://blog.ted.com/2015/02/27/ted-fellow-boniface-mwangi-on-risking-his-life-for-justice-in-kenya

TED Talks Education speakers make playlists for you

On Tuesday night, PBS and TED joined forces to air TED Talks Education, a one-hour televised special, featuring passionate teachers, students and researchers from the field who shared their ideas about transforming the US education system. We were so inspired by these spirited speakers that we asked them to curate playlists of their favorite...
Posted May 10, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/05/10/ted-talks-education-speakers-make-playlists-for-you

X Marks the Spot: The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts TEDx, plus more TEDx highlights

The weekend before last, we joined hundreds of New Yorkers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the first-ever TEDx event at a museum: TEDxMet. The speakers included Nobel-winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel, artist Maira Kalman, legendary choreographer Bill T. Jones, and writer Andrew Solomon. The day was peppered with stunning music and danc...
Posted November 1, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/11/01/x-marks-the-spot-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-hosts-tedx-plus-more-tedx-highlights

Propelled by possibility: Tarana Burke speaks at TEDWomen 2018

In 2006, Tarana Burke was consumed by a desire to do something about the rampant sexual violence she saw in her community. She took out a piece of paper, wrote "Me Too" across the top and laid out an action plan for a movement centered on the power of empathy between survivors -- a movement that could open up the possibility of healing. W...
Posted November 29, 2018
https://blog.ted.com/2018/11/29/propelled-by-possibility-tarana-burke-speaks-at-tedwomen-2018

9 talks for Father’s Day

He is a part of you. Whether you are close or not, whether he was a constant part of your life or not, he impacted who you are today. You love him – except maybe when you can’t stand him. For better or worse, he is your dad. Celebrate this Father’s Day with these nine TED Talks about the importance of dads. From what Steve Addis did to maintai...
Posted June 16, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/06/16/9-talks-for-fathers-day

A Q&A with Thordis Elva and Tom Stranger

In October 2016, a group gathered in San Francisco for the TEDWomen 2016 conference, this year themed around the idea of time. One talk was given by Thordis Elva and Tom Stranger, who took the stage to share a story that took place in 1996, when Stranger raped Elva, then his girlfriend. The talk had a powerful effect on the audience in the room,...
Posted February 7, 2017
https://blog.ted.com/2017/02/07/a-qa-with-thordis-elva-and-tom-stranger

TEDWomen update: One year on, an extraordinary story of understanding and forgiveness

When we started TEDWomen in 2010, we felt strongly that we wanted to include a series of talks we called “Duets” in which we would forego the traditional TED Talk model and present pairs of speakers instead of solo ones. There is no question that the Duets sessions are often among the most popular and provocative. One such talk, given ...
Posted September 6, 2017
https://blog.ted.com/2017/09/06/tedwomen-update-one-year-on-an-extraordinary-story-of-understanding-and-forgiveness

Understanding George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the shooting of Trayvon Martin: Further reading

Like so many people in the United States, we were shocked by George Zimmerman’s acquittal this weekend in the shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin, above. And, like so many others, we can’t stop reading about it, to try to understand the complexities of this verdict -- wrapped around issues of race, gender, gun ownership and violence. Below, furt...
Posted July 15, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/07/15/understanding-george-zimmermans-acquittal-in-the-shooting-of-trayvon-martin-further-reading

TED Radio Hour asks the question: Why are some people violent while others aren’t?

Are people born violent, or is violence something learned? And what can be done to keep human beings from harming one another? These are questions on our minds as Congress debates gun control measures. Today’s episode of TED Radio dives into this dark end of human nature. In this episode – the fifth in season two --  psychologist Philip Zimba...
Posted April 12, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/04/12/ted-radio-hour-asks-the-question-why-are-some-people-violent-while-others-arent

"The faster we contribute, the better it is for all of us": From the TED Fellows Talks, Session 1

Yana Buhrer Tavanier, speaking at the TEDGlobal 2011 TED Fellows Talks, Monday, July 11, 2011, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Photo: James Duncan Davidson / TED Somi, singer + cultural activist: Raised in Zambia, living in New York, vocalist and songwriter Somi and her ensemble wake the TED Fellows Talks session into the rhythm of the day with ...
Posted July 11, 2011
https://blog.ted.com/2011/07/11/the-faster-we-contribute-the-better-it-is-for-all-of-us-from-the-ted-fellows-talks-session-1
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