TEDxYouth@TyneBridge was inspired by two things: the inspiring, challenging, thought-provoking spirit of TED and our knowledge that the young people of the North East have important things to say. TEDxYouth@TyneBridge will give a platform for their voices to be heard.
The young people who will be our speakers are from the local area, aged 16-23 and from a variety of backgrounds. They were asked to think about what it means to be a young person today and how they’d change things. They weren’t short of ideas, and from the very first session we knew TEDxYouth@TyneBridge was in safe hands; our TEDx team wanted to talk about mental health, society’s definitions of success, the post-uni slump, why universities have outlived their purpose and need to be radically re-thought….
Over the coming months our speakers will be working with writer and curator Jake Campbell to develop their ideas, and theatre director Amy Golding to turn those ideas into a TEDx-worthy performance. For us, the success of this TEDxYouth@TyneBridge is as much in this process as the final event, and all the participants, Jake and Amy will be blogging about their journey here: : http://www.tedxtynebridgeyouth.com/blog
Our event takes place on Tuesday 29 October 2013, 7-9pm, at The Lit and Phil in Newcastle. Click here to buy tickets. It promises to be funny, moving, thought-provoking, maybe controversial, and we hope it will inspire discussion between generations in our city and in the wider community.
Are you ready to hear our voice?
Organizing team
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Jake Campbell
Curator -
Claire Newton
Co-organiser -
Amy Golding
Co-curator -
Mani Kambo
Filming/ visuals