TEDxRochester

RocGrowth shared a replay of our Salon on How Diversity Enhances Innovation and Entrepreneurship on their podcast! It was a great event, so nice to relive it until we can create another one! #rocgrowth #roccandid #tedxroc

#tedxroc community, let us introduce you to another partner, the @LevineCenterToEndHate . The Levine Center to End Hate at the Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester seeks to unite the greater Rochester community in overcoming hate through education, dialogue, and positive action. Recent programs have included Why Do We Hate: A Community Conversation with Arno Michaelis and Pardeep Kaleka, co-authors of The Gift of Our Wounds: A Sikh and Former White Supremacist Find Forg...iveness After Hate, and Brave Spaces: Rochester’s Summit to End Hate, a virtual conference featuring nationally renowned civil rights experts and workshops by local thought leaders. We are thrilled to partner for a virtual event on Wednesday, February 10th from 5pm - 6pm. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-tale-of-two-cities-redlining @JewishRochester @levinecentertoendhate

We are getting excited about the upcoming event!

Virtual Event Alert: Come and learn from local experts Wednesday, February 10th @ 5pm aboutthe history of segregation in Rochester and the enduring impact of racist policies like redlining andexclusionary zoning policy, and explore solutions that can lead to a more equitable community. Q&A from 6pm 6:30pm will immediately follow the event. ... Link in BIo.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/132852723071

From @mara__ahmed: Hey everyone, I'm thrilled to be featured in this new exhibit at RMSC. It's called 'The Changemakers: Rochester Women Who Changed the World' and it highlights stories of women visionaries and trailblazers from Rochester. . It’s opening at the Rochester Museum and Science Center on November 20. You can visit the exhibit in person (no worries, there will be safety protocols in place). It's a historic representation of woman power.... . Learn more about The Changemakers: RMSC.org/changemakers #BeChangemakers #changemakers #tedxroc #ideasworthspreading

Are you taking the United Way of Greater Rochester 21 Day Race Equity Challenge? We that Day 2 of the challenge shared the great work that ACT Rochester has been doing! If you want to learn more about the report join us on November 4th for a virtual event! Change is an inside job: the hard facts of racial inequity in our community ... #rocequity #tedxroc #roc #rochester #rochesterny

We have an awesome virtual event coming up! Are you familiar with ACT Rochester? If not, then this event is for you. Come learn about the research they are doing in our community. This is data that we all can learn from!... See you virtually on the 4th!

How can we start to fix racism in the United States? "We privileged people have to be uncomfortable," says Darren Walker. Watch his full TED Talk here: http://t.ted.com/tPus1zn

Yesterday, TEDxRochester donated lanyards typically used at our larger events to our friends at The Avenue Blackbox Theatre. It was an easy way to pay it forward in our community with supplies that won’t be needed this year. Here’s an idea worth spreading: Take inventory of new cleaning products, office supplies, and bulk items you won’t be utilizing after all this year, and see if a nonprofit organization in your community can use them.

"The most important part of bearing witness is writing it down; it’s recording. Writing it down captures the memory. Writing it down acknowledges its existence."

A video update from your friends at TEDxRochester. Please feel free to share any ideas of what you'd like to see from us in the coming months, either comment below or email [email protected]. We look forward to remaining connected!

For those who missed tuning into tonight's LIVE discussion with LaShunda Leslie-Smith, Adam Jacobs and Jessica Greer-Morris on How to Become Anti-racist: A Discussion for White Allies, you can watch the entire conversation here--and we highly encourage that you do.

"Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know better, do better." - Maya Angelou Join LaShunda Leslie-Smith, community leader, podcast host and TEDxRochester speaker 2016, for a dynamic live stream experience this evening at 7:30PM. Explore what it really means to be anti-racist and an ally. Let's just assume we all need to hear this.

You know, it costs us so much to remain divided. This zero-sum thinking, that's what's good for one group has to come at the expense of another, it's what's gotten us into this mess. I believe it's time to reject that old paradigm and realize that our fates are linked. An injury to one is an injury to all. You know, we have a choice. Our nation was founded on a belief in a hierarchy of human value. But we are about to be a country with no racial majority. -Heather C. McGhee, TEDWomen 2019

Acknowledge that there is a privilege you have, and use the privilege to disrupt that privilege itself. - DeRay Mckesson

Great news for Rochester and Lesli Myers-Smallformer TEDxRochester speaker and volunteer!

EXCITING NEWS! A new TED podcast celebrating ideas from TEDx is launching on May 18! TEDx SHORTS is a daily source of ideas curated from the growing library of TEDx talks. In less than 10 minutes for each episode, host Atossa Leoni guides listeners through fresh perspectives, inspiring stories, and surprising information. Listen to the trailer now! Now more than ever, it is important to celebrate and amplify diverse voices. TEDx SHORTS is one more way for us to help spread those voices far and wide.