Watch the 2021 TEDxTalks

How diet can combat the climate crisis

The climate crisis is approaching us very quickly. To combat this global problem, greenhouse gas emissions must be decreased. In his 2021 TEDxHopeCollege talk, Jacob VanderRoest addresses this issue and explains a potent strategy for decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. Fortunately, his solution can be implemented every few hours of every single day! Student This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community

From Plan A to Z: Living beyond Loeys-Dietz

After graduating from high school and starting her freshman year of college, speaker Claire Moore's life took an unexpected turn. She received a rare and incurable diagnosis. In this speech, she offers 3 invaluable lessons about living beyond challenging circumstances. Student This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

Transracial adoptee voices of love and trauma

Mikayla Zobeck, from East Lansing, MI is a transracial adoptee who struggled to understand her trauma responses to her adoption until she reunited with her birth family in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam after 18 years of being disconnected after her adoption. Her incredible journey to meeting her birth mother again shapes her narrative and understanding. Zobeck talks about adoptee mental health, reshaping the narrative of adoption, and amplifying adoptee voices in order to half a more nuanced and vibrant understanding about adoption. Student This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

Urban Planning: A tool in our equity toolbox

Since the dawn of modern cities, urban planning has been necessary to keep us healthy and safe. Throughout the 20th century, bad urban planning and infrastructure has created racial and economic divides across the US. Urban planners can use many tools to bridge these divides and create equity in these communities, including freeway removal projects and public transit infrastructure. While our fight against racial and economic injustice needs to be aggressively multifaceted, infrastructure is a great and easy place to start. Student This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

How biases in healthcare can be deadly

When considering that most Americans visit a doctor at least once a year, it is imperative to pull back the curtain on some of the biases that exist in healthcare. In this talk, Safia Hattab, an African-American, disabled woman, unpacks just how prevalent these biases are in the medical field, and how they can uphold healthcare disparities, becoming a symptom to a larger problem. Student This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

How to live through music

The wonderful world of music can be complex and cryptic at times, however, it offers universal wisdom that can heal, empower, and keep us in the present moment. Being a musician is one way to tap into this wisdom, but it isn't the only way; Musician Michael J. Pineda explores some life lessons he learned in three fundamental elements - rhythm, harmony, and melody - in order to draw connections for the non-musician and inspire us to keep pushing the boundaries of our relationships with music.

*Michael begins this speech with an excerpt of El Himno Nacional de la República de Honduras as a tribute and honor to his home country, Honduras. Student This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.