TEDxWrigleyville

TEDxWrigleyville 2023 “Insightful Acceleration” LIVE from Wrigley Field on July 24

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Important, informative @TEDxWrigley talk about Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran https://t.co/xN9Nfak6Dv

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Our 2023 talks are available on @TEDx YouTube! Watch here: https://t.co/M8hxUchhtk

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.@LoyolaQuinlan marketing professor Eve Geroulis (@egeroulis) has advice for students who will encounter a work environment where AI is prevalent: “Major in being human.”

“AI is a means, not an end, but it’s changing the definition of what it means to be human.”

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The advice that entrepreneur Jason William Johnson — “Notorious B.I.Z” — gives business leaders was cultivated from a childhood rap battle:

-Always be ready to freestyle
-Play to the audience
-Don’t let a setback become a roadblock
-Draw connections between diverse experiences

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Urban Alliance Chicago CEO Dr. Abiodun Durojaye wrote in her dissertation that calling immigrants by their full ethnic names creates validation. But mispronouncing or shortening them creates a sense of shame.

“There’s a strong connection between identity and name.”

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The second half of TEDxWrigleyville 2023 starts with an appearance by @allyvenableband!

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Actor @HarryJLennix is involved in the Bronzeville Renaissance Project that aims to be an “independent state for expanding the power of the performing arts” in Bronzeville.

His ultimate vision for what it provides: “On any night you make the pilgrimage, the people spit fire.”

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Chicago Loop Alliance board chair Rich Gamble says the Loop is among the fastest-growing neighborhood in Chicago. It has 48,000 residents.

The alliance puts on “Sundays on State” events that highlight the area’s food, arts and people.

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Madison Mohns sums up the AI paradox: Innovate quickly and risk losing a human team to AI or refuse to innovate and the company falls behind.

“Let’s forge a future where AI enhances human potential instead of replacing it.”

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Madison Mohns is an Indeed project manager focusing on implementing AI into the workplace and the paradox of self-replacing workers.

“History has proven again and again that humans have found ways to adapt.”

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Climate activist Dr. Yao Huang discusses how algae farms and microalgae can help clean air pollution.

Microalgae cleans the air by breathing carbon dioxide and the biomass from it can be used to make food.

“We need more algae farms.”

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Today’s first speaker, author and child welfare advocate @DaveAmbroz, says 700,000 children move through the foster care system each year.

“What’s happening to them? Not good things.”

He says recruiting more middle-class foster parents is crucial in improving the system.

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It’s a gorgeous day for TEDxWrigleyville 2023!

[Jessica Esquivel @DrEsquivelPhD]

It's here it's here! My @TEDx @TEDxWrigley talk finally dropped! Go watch it!

[Dion Dawson @DreamerDion]

🗣Did you miss the @TEDxWrigley @TEDTalks talk by our Chief Dreamer Dion Dawson⁉️⁉️

Watch him speak to the importance of transforming the food distribution model in philanthropy!

https://t.co/4tQlCTfG4T

#food #philanthropy #tedxspeaker #tedtalk #foodsystems #ted

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Our MC Marisa Bucheit crushed it today

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“Pause, take a breath, and ask ‘what pronouns do you use?’”

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Dr. Courtney Wells tells us that humans have a great capacity for memory and patterns… and that means that it usually takes practice to use correct pronouns, particularly when we’ve known someone for years and their pronouns change

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Angela Ford, Executive Director at the Obsidian Collection Archives, encourages us to take pictures and digitize them. We should share positive images of our communities!

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Angela Ford: “In your own social media channels, make sure you follow positive people and positive sources from other cultures”