CranbrookSchools
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Theme: Empathy: Exploring Perspective and Problem Solving

This event occurred on
April 29, 2017
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
United States

Join us for TEDxCranbrookSchools , Cranbrook's second TEDxYouth event, to be held Saturday, April 29th, at the PAC (550 Lone Pine Road). TEDx was created in the spirit of TED's mission, "ideas worth spreading." It supports independent organizers who want to create a TED-like event in their own community. TED conferences bring together audiences and communities to share ideas and stories usually in the form of short, powerful talks.

TEDxCranbrookSchools will focus on motivating and inspiring our students with stories of ingenuity and creativity, the theme being Empathy: Perspective and Problem-Solving. We will be exploring the bold ideas and connections that invite us to think, live, and work outside of the box. We have assembled a diverse group of speakers and performers who will share their talents, insights, and expertise. The line-up includes students, alums, faculty, and other CEC community members.

Seats are limited. Please RSVP via http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0f49afac28a64-tedxcranbrookschoo or https://tinyurl.com/myjznhb with the following information: name, email, and the number of attendees in your party. (We encourage families to spend the entire day with us. Food will be available.) This event is open to the entire CEC community, including faculty/ staff children who do not attend Cranbrook. RSVPs will be accepted through Friday, April 28, 2017.

PAC
550 Lone Pine Ave
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 48304
United States
Event type:
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Speakers

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Anna Schultz

Anna Schultz (Student)-The Daisies by Samuel Barber, Skye Boat Song (Traditional Scottish tune)
Anna is a fourth grader at Brookside. She is a member of the Michigan Opera Theater Children’s Chorus and has been singing with the chorus for two years. Later today she will join the chorus in the production of “The Hobbit” at the Opera House. Anna also plays violin in the Brookside orchestra and is an Irish dancer.

Bob Bain

Professor-Adding 14 Billion Years to Your Gaze to Help You See the Present Better
Bob Bain is Associate Professor in the School of Education, and the Department of History at the University of Michigan. He also is the director of U-M’s World History and Literature Initiative and the faculty lead on the Big History Project. Before coming to the University of Michigan in 1998, he taught high school history and social studies for 26 years in the Cleveland, Ohio area. Bob's research centers on teaching and learning history and the social sciences in classrooms, on-line, in museums and homes. Currently he is studying distinctive approaches to “doing” and to teaching history across multiple scales of time and space, work that has emerged from his years teaching history in secondary schools and more recently as the faculty lead on the Big History Project (www.bighistoryproject.com).

Courtney Wright

Student-Acting and Empathy
Courtney Wright is a current senior at the Upper School from Farmington Hills. Throughout her years here, she has been involved in ice hockey, theatre, and social justice. She will be attending Middlebury College next February after pursuing a Gap Semester.

Gordon Thompson

Teacher- Saving the World $25 at a Time: Microfinance and you
Originally from New Jersey, Gordon earned a BA in English and music from Swarthmore College. During two summers with the Forest Service, neither Latin nor French helped him communicate with Mexican sheepherders. Over the next several years he learned Spanish by traveling and studying in Latin America while completing an MFA in creative writing from the University of Florida. After teaching in Chile, he landed at Cranbrook, where he has taught English, led wilderness expeditions, coached Forensics, advised the literary magazine, and worked in the dorm. Thanks to summer vacations, he's visited more than 50 countries, including volunteering at ASSET The Gambia and the Tshume school, South Africa.

Ioannis Yiannakis

Ioannis Yiannakis (Student)-Body Language
Hello I'm Yianni Yiannakis and I'm 11 years old. I'm in 6th grade and I go to Cranbrook Boys Middle School. I am familiar with empathy because of my experience as a member of philanthropic group of 4 years.

Jacqueline Stein

Jacqueline Stein (CK Alumnae ‘14)-VR Improvements on Empathy in Education
Jacqueline Stein is a Cranbrook Alum, class of 2014. She is currently a student at High Point University in North Carolina. She has started a virtual reality business that teaches educators about students with learning disabilities from a first-person perspective of the student. Jacqueline was diagnosed with dyslexia in third grade and has been working every day since then to encourage others to work through their disabilities instead of letting them hold you back. Jacqueline strives every day to seek solutions to creating a better, brighter, and more well-rounded education system that will improve empathy and understanding for all students.

Jonny Imerman

Alumnus/Entrepreneur- After Cancer Diagnosis: A mentor
Jonny Imerman is a young adult cancer survivor who strives to make sure no one fights cancer without the support of someone who has already triumphed over the disease. After being diagnosed with testicular cancer at the age of 26, Jonny decided to found Imerman Angels, a non-profit organization, which carefully matches a person touched by cancer (a cancer fighter or survivor) with someone who has fought and survived the same type of cancer (a Mentor Angel). Imerman Angels now has more than 6,000 cancer survivors and more than 1,500 caregivers in its network, and has been featured by dozens of news organizations including The Wall Street Journal, Harpo Radio’s “Oprah and Friends” with Dr. Oz, CNN, TEDx, The Huffington Post, Men’s Health, National Public Radio (NPR), Sirius XM Satellite Radio’s “Doctor Radio” - Channel 81, and Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing. Jonny received, numerous awards for his humanitarian work. Jonny grew up in Bloomfield Hills, MI and lives in Chicago.

Matthew Forbes

Student-Cope with Learning Differences in Learning Environments
Matt is currently a sophomore at Cranbrook with dreams of becoming an entrepreneur in the future. His interests include creating ideas to develop innovative app, and this is what he pursues in his free time. Not everyone learns the same way, and he is interested in telling his story about dyslexia and how it has impacted his everyday life. Hopefully, everyone will gain a greater understanding of this invisible leaning difference.

Nicholas French

Nicholas French (Student)-Recognizing Our Mutual Humanity
Nicholas French is currently a sophomore at Cranbrook who is a developing writer and future advocate for social change. Born in Southfield and raised in Detroit, he has been nurtured and advised by his parents, Nikki Wright and Wilfred French. There is little that Nicholas values more than connecting with others on an emotional level and gaining a deeper understanding of the world through conversation. Nicholas hopes to instill within others a greater appreciation for their fellow man and themselves.

Nick Zupancic

Nick Zupancic (Student)-Music as a Language: How songs convey emotion
Nick Zupancic is passionate and driven by a unique combination of creativity, inventive problem-solving, and an engineering mindset--a type of "enginuity" (engineering ingenuity). Nick is also a talented musician, playing multiple instruments starting at age 3 with the piano all the way to the tuba he plays in the Symphony Band and a regional orchestra--he has been recognized as a solo-ensemble finalist for the past 5 years. He has been actively involved in the Cranbrook robotics program for the past 6 years, helping propel his team to 3 Robotics Worlds appearances. He is also the co-founder and president of the Cranbrook Drone Club. As a personal project, Nick chose to answer the question: how to provide shelter for the homeless for less than $40. Upon graduation in 2018, Nick plans on pursuing an engineering degree.

Nolan Fisher

Nolan Fisher (Student)-Empathy in Sports
Nolan Fisher is a junior here at CK. He enjoys hanging out with friends and is an avid soccer player. He has been at Cranbrook since 7th grade, and he lives close to school. He enjoys helping others by getting involved in things in his community. He hopes you enjoy the talks. As a past audience member, he can “empathize” with your position and he knows you will have great time.

Rhea Dhar

Rhea Dhar (Student)-Humans vs. Animals
Rhea Dhar is a 15-year-old sophomore at Cranbrook. From an early age she developed a passion for figure skating and later on an interest in the violin as well as a love for science.

Sakshi Anand

Student- Virtual Dementia Tour
Sakshi is a junior at Cranbrook Kingswood. She enjoys figure skating and has been practicing her skills for roughly 14 years. Sakshi is interested in pursuing business and hopes to move to the west coast eventually.

Sean Ojha

Student- Creating a Machine with a Heart
Sean Ahuja is a budding entrepreneur and avid technologist whose work is primarily oriented around improving education, social mobility, and poverty alleviation. Teaching himself the basics of JavaScript in 8th grade, Sean’s interest in programming has led him to explore fields in software from search engine optimization to artificial intelligence. He hopes that through continued effort he can bring AI to the forefront of our society and help solve some of the world’s most pressing issues.

Shakthishree Velmurugan

Student-Empathy
Shakthi is a 7th grader at the Girls Middle School. She likes reading and making up stories on her own. She also enjoys gardening and learning languages. She knows Japanese, English, Latin, Tamil, Telugu, and a little Spanish.

Shelley Chinn

Teacher- Everyone Has a Story
Shelley Chinn is a teacher in the Cranbrook US Mathematics Department. She has taught at Cranbrook for the past 11 years and is a member on the steering committee for Cranbrook Envisions a Cure. Shelley is the advisor to the Cranbrook Envisions a Cure Club; the club helps support families in the Cranbrook community faced with Cancer and through school year fundraising, the club makes a generous donation to the featured charity for the Cranbrook Envisions a Cure event each Fall. Shelley is passionate about her roles as advisor and steering committee member because she is a 17-year cancer survivor.

Steven Wang

Student-Virtual Reality: Live in the shoes of another
Steven is a sophomore currently attending Cranbrook Kingswood High School. He has a wide range of experience working with Virtual Reality, namely with his virtual reality startup Realism. In school he is active in Business and STEM, as President of Business Club and Science & Engineering Club.

Suha Asadulla

Student- The Starving Artist
Suha Asadulla is an 18 year-old boarding senior at Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School. From an early age she displayed a passion for the arts specifically painting, graphic design, and video editing. She enjoys drawing, traveling across the globe, and is the founder of Painting Detroit, a non-profit that donates art supplies to under-funded art programs in Detroit public schools. Next year, she will be matriculating into the University of Michigan.

Wai Chung Tse

Student- Empathy: A step closer to utopia
Wai Chung Tse is currently a senior at Cranbrook Kingswood School. Having moved around the world due to his parents’ professions, he has been li Wai Chung Tse is currently a senior at Cranbrook Kingswood School. Having moved around the world due to his parents’ professions, he has been living in various countries and met people from different cultures and walks of life. After his formal introduction to service through Scouts and UNICEF, he has been active in his pursuits in volunteerism, especially in foreign service.

Organizing team

Katherine
Mecsey

Bloomfield Hills, MI, United States
Organizer
  • Ara Brown
    Team member