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Mary Maker: Why I fight for the education of refugee girls (like me)

After fleeing war-torn South Sudan as a child, Mary Maker found security and hope in the school at Kenya's Kakuma Refugee Camp. Now a teacher of young refugees herself, she sees education as an essential tool for rebuilding lives -- and empowering a generation of girls who are too often denied entrance into the classroom. "For the child of war, ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/mary_maker_why_i_fight_for_the_education_of_refugee_girls_like_me

Zachariah Mampilly | TED Speaker

Zachariah Mampilly is an expert on the politics of both violent and non-violent resistance.
Political scientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/zachariah_mampilly

Meklit Hadero | TED Speaker

Meklit Hadero is an Ethiopian-American singer-songwriter living the cultural in-between, both in her own luminous compositions and as a co-founder of the Nile Project.
Singer-songwriter
https://www.ted.com/speakers/meklit_hadero

James Nachtwey | TED Speaker

Photojournalist James Nachtwey is considered by many to be the greatest war photographer of recent decades. He has covered conflicts and major social issues in more than 30 countries.
Photojournalist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/james_nachtwey

Monika Bulaj | TED Speaker

Monika Bulaj’s stunning, painting-like photographs blur religious and cultural divisions, exploding stereotypes. She is a TED Fellow.
Photographer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/monika_bulaj

Ashraf Ghani | TED Speaker

Afghanistan's president Ashraf Ghani has initiated sweeping economic, trade, social and peace reforms.
President of Afghanistan
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ashraf_ghani

TEDxJuba: New Nation, New Ideas - an independently organized event

About this event: The TEDx event, entitled “New Nation, New Ideas”, will take place for the first time in South Sudan. TEDxJuba will mark the one year anniversary of the country’s independence (9 July 2012) by showcasing a growing community of innovators and encouraging direct south-south collaboration and knowledge sharing. TEDxJuba will contribute to the growth...
Event details: Juba, South Sudan · July 13, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/6219

At TEDWomen, a visit with the Alliance for Artisans

On a gorgeous San Francisco night, the TEDWomen community gathered to kick off our 2016 conference, “It’s About Time,” with an evening of global food, music and connection around ideas. On the terrace of the City View at Metreon, overlooking Yerba Buena Gardens, a dozen artisan groups have gathered from around the world to show off gorgeous wa...
Posted October 26, 2016
https://blog.ted.com/2016/10/26/at-tedwomen-a-visit-with-the-alliance-for-artisans

How do we stop the spread of Ebola? A Q&A at TEDGlobal 2014

Ten years ago, epidemiologist Chikwe Ihekweazu helped fight an outbreak in South Sudan. This TED Fellow now runs the health consultancy EpiAFRIC, writes about public health issues in his native Nigeria, and is soon to start a four-week rotation on the ground fighting the Ebola epidemic. So as the outbreak continues, he sat down for a Q&A...
Posted October 10, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/10/10/chikwe-ihekweazu-on-the-ebola-epidemic

Yassmin Abdel-Magied | TED Speaker

Yassmin Abdel-Magied wears many hats, including a hijab. She's a mechanical engineer, writer and activist who campaigns for tolerance and diversity.
Mechanical engineer, social advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/yassmin_abdel_magied

TED Fellow Naomi Natale lays One Million Bones on the National Mall

This weekend, thousands gathered in Washington, DC, to help lay one million handmade representations of human bones -- 1,018,260 bones, to be exact -- on the National Mall. This breathtaking installation created a haunting river of bones leading to the US Capitol, and represents the culmination of a nearly five-year social activism project imagi...
Posted June 9, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/06/09/ted-fellow-naomi-natale-lays-one-millon-bones-on-the-national-mall

One Million Bones on the National Mall, all countable in this gigapixel image

In the image above, one million handmade bones -- made by schoolchildren and artists around the world -- have been methodically laid across the National Mall in Washington, DC, from the US Capitol building all the way to the Washington Monument. The culmination of a five-year project from TED Fellow Naomi Natale (read our interview with her abou...
Posted June 27, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/06/27/one-million-bones-on-the-national-mall-all-countable-in-this-gigapixel-image

War stories: Read Janine di Giovanni’s powerful coverage of conflicts around the world

Journalist Janine di Giovanni has covered wars in Bosnia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Iraq and most recently in Syria -- and, yet, she has noted that they all seem to begin in the same way. “This is how war starts—one day you’re living your ordinary life. You’re planning to go to a party, you’re taking your children to school, you’re m...
Posted January 22, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/01/22/war-stories-read-janine-di-giovannis-powerful-coverage-of-conflicts-around-the-world

Susan David | TED Speaker

Harvard Medical School psychologist Susan David studies emotional agility: the psychology of how we can use emotion to bring forward our best selves in all aspects of how we love, live, parent and lead.
Psychologist, researcher, author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/susan_david

Playlist: Steve Case: 10 unforgettable talks (10 talks)

Steve Case says, "It has been amazing to watch TED's transition from party to platform, and from a small gathering for the benefit of a few to a massive global movement. Choosing my favorite TED Talks after so many years was no easy task, but here goes ... "
Curated by Steve Case · 10 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/steve_case_10_unforgettable_t

6 stunning photos from Giles Duley

When Giles Duley left behind life as a music and fashion photographer and began criss-crossing the globe, photographing forgotten people -- those with mental illness, living on the streets, residing in refugee camps and surviving in the crossfire of war -- he felt a certain level of separation from his subjects. But then something happened t...
Posted July 30, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/07/30/6-stunning-photos-from-giles-duley

Playlist: When you need to take an intellectual snack break (21 talks)

A selection of fascinating TED Talks for when you need to feed your intellectual curiosity (in 10 minutes or less).
Curated by TED · 21 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/when_you_need_to_take_an_intellectual_snack_break

7 powerful stories of recovery after injury

Cross-country skier Janine Shepherd was Olympics-bound in 1986, with many thinking that she was a strong contender to earn Australia’s first-ever medal at the winter games. But everything changed on a training bike ride through the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. Shepherd was hit by a truck, and broke both her back and neck. Doctors did ...
Posted November 28, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/11/28/7-powerful-stories-of-recovery-after-injury

Rahwa Ghirmatzion | TED Speaker

Rahwa Ghirmatzion is executive director of People United for Sustainable Housing, a membership-based community organization committed to social and climate justice.
Social and climate justice advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/rahwa_ghirmatzion

Human rights heroes: A recap of session 11 of TEDGlobal 2014

From a speaker helping to contain the ebola outbreak to an America lawyer standing up for rights in Afghanistan to a journalist cracking open the Nigerian media, Session 11: Fighters was filled with crackling talks. A recap: Fred Swaniker kicks off the day with a bold vision for Africa’s future, which, he argues, rests squarely in the han...
Posted October 10, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/10/10/human-rights-heroes-a-recap-of-session-11-of-tedglobal-2014

Andrew Mwenda on progress in Africa

In 2007, journalist Andrew Mwenda took the stage at TEDGlobal in Arusha, Tanzania, and decried the symptomatic disease affecting his home continent: aid. The surprising take certainly got the goat of some members of the audience, including U2 frontman Bono, who has devoted so much time to promoting the need for African aid and who spoke up from ...
Posted July 18, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/07/18/since-the-ted-talk-andrew-mwenda-on-progress-in-africa

Robert Muggah: How to protect fast-growing cities from failing

Worldwide, violence is on the decline, but in the crowded cities of the global south — cities like Aleppo, Bamako and Caracas — violence is actually accelerating, fueled by the drug trade, mass unemployment and civil unrest. Security researcher Robert Muggah turns our attention toward these "fragile cities," super-fast-growing places where infra...
https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_muggah_how_to_protect_fast_growing_cities_from_failing

Bones of remembrance: Fellows Friday with Naomi Natale

For four years, artist Naomi Natale’s social art practice, the One Million Bones project, has used education, hands-on artmaking and public art installation to raise awareness of ongoing genocide and mass atrocities. On June 8, Naomi and the One Million Bones team will be joined by thousands of volunteers to lay down the one million human “b...
Posted May 24, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/05/24/bones-of-remembrance-fellows-friday-with-naomi-natale

Gallery: Astonishing images of wildlife that can help you raise your own photo game

Want to take pictures that will make people gasp? Photographer David Yarrow shares his advice on how to avoid the played-out and zoom in on the unexpected. Over his 30-plus years in photography, David Yarrow (TEDxEton Talk: Wild Encounters--the story of what I do differently) has waded through the crocodile-infested Nile, taken a selfie reflect...
Posted September 15, 2017
https://ideas.ted.com/gallery-astonishing-images-of-wildlife-that-can-help-you-raise-your-own-photo-game

Favorites of 2012: The power of a flashbulb

. 2012 was the year of radical openness at TED. In that spirit, while our office is closed for winter break, TED's editorial staffers have selected their favorite talks of the year, giving you a peek into both our process and our personalities. We hope you enjoy.. TED editorial meetings are a flurry of sound. As our team gathers on Thursd...
Posted December 25, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/12/25/favorites-of-2012-the-power-of-a-flashbulb-learned-from-giles-duley

How can countries help refugees while also raising their GDP? Let them work.

Uganda is an eye-opening example of how displaced people can lift up a nation, say economics professor Paul Collier and refugee researcher Alexander Betts. Uganda hosts more than 500,000 refugees, making it the third-largest host country in Africa (after Ethiopia and Kenya). Its refugees come from a wide variety of unsettled neighboring countri...
Posted September 8, 2017
https://ideas.ted.com/how-can-countries-help-refugees-while-also-raising-their-gdp-let-them-work

TEDxKhartoum’s "Our Sudan" video inspires a new generation of Sudanese youth

A year ago, political scientist Tarig Hilal captivated the audience at TEDxKhartoum with the story of the Sudan he saw -- not a place of violent strife, political unrest or pervasive poverty, but a country of beautiful natural landscapes, a rich history and a hopeful generation of changemakers ready to turn a new chapter in their country’s histo...
Posted June 25, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/06/25/tedxkhartoums-our-sudan-video-inspires-a-new-generation-of-sudanese-youth

The world’s refugees need all the help they can get. Here are 7 ways that businesses can support them

Want to do something to help the world’s more than 25 million refugees? Any business -- no matter its size -- can give them a boost, says Melissa Fleming, chief spokesperson for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. On Saturday, June 9, I had the honor of co-hosting the first-ever TEDx event held at a refugee camp -- it took place at Kenya’s Kakuma Cam...
Posted June 15, 2018
https://ideas.ted.com/the-worlds-refugees-need-all-the-help-they-can-get-here-are-7-ways-that-businesses-can-support-them

Fellows Friday with Rye Barcott

While training for the military, Rye Barcott took leave to study ethnic conflict by living in Kibera, Kenya’s largest slum. Inspired by community-led initiatives there, Rye co-founded the non-profit Carolina for Kibera to support the projects. His newly released book, It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine’s Path to Peace chronicles his journ...
Posted April 22, 2011
https://blog.ted.com/2011/04/22/fellows-friday-with-rye-barcott

Language heroes: Meet the TED Translators we invited to TEDGlobal 2017

At TED, speakers aren't the only celebrities; some of the biggest heroes sit in the audience. Case in point: Our volunteer TED Translators, who donate their free time to translate TED Talks into their local languages, making the talks accessible to millions of people every day. Ahead of TEDGlobal 2017 in Tanzania, we invited these translator...
Posted August 27, 2017
https://blog.ted.com/2017/08/27/language-heroes-meet-the-ted-translators-we-invited-to-tedglobal-2017
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