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Stacy Holland
Changing Philadelphia’s education system all starts with us.
Education Youth 2015 Education Featured philadelphia youth network school district of philadelphia
Marsha Levick
What Does Justice Mean for kids? America’s Juvenile Injustice System Ignoring the Rights of Children
Society Youth 2015 child law justice for kids juvenile law juvenile law center kids for cash
Antonio Valdés
Challenging The Bootstrap Myth
Culture Education Society Youth 2015 children in crisis grit resilience thrive trauma in children
Simran Sidhu
Meet the Opportunity Youth
Education Youth 2014 Education The New Workshop of the World Youth
The Musicopia Drumline
Entertainment Performance Youth 2014 Arts Music Percussion Philadelphia
Nikki Adeli
What Standardized Tests Don’t Measure
Education Youth 2014 Education Opportunity Social Impact Testing
Community
Featured Talks
Jesse Krimes
Prison: America’s Modern Day Plantation
Art Culture Society 2015 art incarceration nonviolent offender prison prison as social control
Charles H. Ramsey
Mending broken trust: Police and the communities they serve
Society 2015 21st century civil rights police police commissioner police departments policing policing strategies
David Norse
Finding Identity: An LGBTQ Pastor’s Journey
Culture Society 2015 LGBTQ pastor presbyterian pastor religion
Yasmine Mustafa
The Birth Lottery Does Not Define You
Business Culture Society 2015 birth lottery immigrant ROAR Roar for good wearable technology women in tech
Rosa Sheng
Equity in Architecture
Design Society 2015 architecture equity by design gender equality missing 32% project Steve Jobs
Fabricio Rodriguez
How to use protest for real change
Society 2015 miner protest protestor workers’ rights
Ronnie Polaneczky
The Power of Deliberate LIstening
Culture Society 2015 being right deep listening deliberate listening journalism listening
Chris Bartlett
How To Make The Neighborhood You Want
Development Society 2014 Community LGBT Neighborhoods
Josh Nims
Why Every City Needs A Skatepark
Development 2014 Community Intention Social Impact
Terry Gillen
Rebirth of the Navy Yard
Development 2014 Economic Development Intention Leadership Philadelphia
Technology
Featured Talks
Michelle Johnson
How to create Affordable Rehab Robots
Society Technology 2015 affordable healthcare affordable robots biology engineer physical medicine rehab robotics rehabilitation robotics robots science stroke stroke recovery
Brigitte Daniel
The Internet of Civil Rights: the New Digital Divide
Business Society Technology 2015 civil rights digital divide internet access new underserved technology underserved women in tech
Jeffrey Rosen
Beyond Search and Seizure: How Ubiquitous Surveillance is Challenging the Fourth Amendment
Society Technology 2015 brain scans constitution consumer profiling DNA collection fourth amendment national constitution national constitution center public surveillance search and seizure
Austin Seraphin
How The Blind Use Technology To See The World
Society Technology 2014 Accessibility Neighborhoods Opportunity Philadelphia
Geneviève Dion
Cloth That Thinks
Design Science Technology 2014 Engineering Industrial Design Textiles
Andrew Dahlgren
What Manufacturing Taught Me About Community Building
Society Technology 2014 Community Makers Manufacturing
Business
Featured Talks
Gregory Heller
How to set-up Social Impact Real Estate
Development Society 2015 american communities trust low income real estate resilience social impact real estate
Natalie Nixon
7 Rules For Building A Team That Can Improvise
Design Development 2014 Collaboration Featured Leadership
Geoff DiMasi
Is Your Work Aligned With Your Values?
Business Society 2014 Community Social Impact Social Justice