TEDxNEIU

Spring 2021

Tuesday, April 20
10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Organizer: Rae Joyce Baguilat, r-baguilat@neiu.edu

speakers and Schedule

10:30 a.m.
Jacqueline Saper, alum
From Miniskirt to Hijab to Cowboy Boots: Iran’s History as Told Through Fashion

10:45 a.m.
Kristina Garcia, faculty
Lessons Learned From Fighting: Martial Arts, Compassion, and the Academic Journey

11 a.m.
Mariah C. Mendez, student
Gender Exploration: Fluidity

11:15 a.m.
Jaime Gonzalez Vicker, alum
A Non-Traditional Approach to Education and Life

11:30 a.m.
Kevin D. Mimms, alum
Black Fathers in Our Age of Mind

Noon
TEDx pre-recorded videos

12:30 p.m.
Diane Bou Khalil, alum
Why the United States Media Should Rethink How It Represents Immigrants   

12:45 p.m.
Mateo Farzaneh, faculty
Reconsidering How We Write the History of Women in Wars

1 p.m.
Kimya P. Barden, faculty
How Multi-Generational College Debt Impacts African-American Families' Financial Freedom

1:15 p.m.
Aaron Cortes, staff
Competing Against Privilege in STEM Fields

1:30 p.m.
Hussain Khemani, alum
The Benefits of Comics in the Classroom

1:45 p.m.
Kaleb Autman, student
It Takes a Village to Dream of Freedom 

About TED and Tedx

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)

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The annual TED Conference takes place each spring in Vancouver, British Columbia, along with the TEDActive simulcast event in nearby Whistler. The annual TEDGlobal conference will be held this October in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TED Talks are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world get help translating their wishes into action; TEDx, which supports individuals or groups in hosting local, self- organized TED-style events around the world, and the TED Fellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.

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