Featured Talk: Save What You Love by Jonathan Franzen
TEDxSantaCruz is excited to announce the release of local resident and renowned writer and essayist Jonathan Franzen’s TEDxSantaCruz 2019 talk about climate crisis and the urgent need for humanity to adapt to current realities of the Anthropocene, including the sixth mass extinction. Entitled Save What You Love, he invites us to acknowledge harsh facts of the climate crisis, and to work fiercely and urgently to preserve as much of the planet’s biodiversity even as efforts to mitigate the crisis continue.Featured Talk: “In the Dark” | August Lee Stevens & Angela Chambers
Angela Chambers and August Lee Stevens blend song & dance. August’s indie soul & folk music pairs with Angela’s interpretive dance. August, a musician & singer-songwriter, tells intimate stories through her indie soul and folk music. She recently released her debut EP, Better Places, with Women’s Audio Mission (WAM). Angela is a community leader and dance artist focusing on personal transformation & social activism at Tannery World Dance & Cultural Center & the Santa Cruz County Black Health Matters Initiative.
Drag Story Time: Protecting and Celebrating Queer Spaces | Trashy & Xinistra
Through drag and story time, Xinistra and Trashy celebrate and safeguard queer community spaces, fostering joy and pride. Trashy, a social work graduate and mental health student, champions support for queer and trans individuals, contributing to community resilience. In drag, Xinistra emphasizes self-advocacy or the LGBTQI+ community, empowering others and creating safe spaces for queer individuals; out of drag, she is working to support adults with developmental disabilities.
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Hope Built This: Placemaking and Chanticleer Park
Touching Land: How to Build Bridges Through Art
At Touching Land, immigrants learn about their rights and self-worth as they make a ceramic piece. The program also has a building bridges track, where cross cultural exchange happens as immigrants and American citizens come together through the power of art.
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The Arc of the Scientific Universe is Long
Science,
David Deamer investigates how nucleic acids and primitive cells could have emerged on Earth 4 billion years ago.
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The Ingredients of Activism
The Radical Authenticity Revolution
Different Is Not Dangerous
I was suffering: Parenting PTSD
Abigail Makepeace shares her parenting experiences and fears. Abigail Makepeace is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, the founder of Makepeace Therapy, a writer, and a thought leader in trauma’s impact on relationships.
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The Future? Yes…And. Business As a Force for Change