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"Sometimes the art makes the unseen visible. Sometimes it offers a new way of approaching a topic. Sometimes it offers hope." #TEDxFoBo23

"I questioned whether I could continue on this path working for women's rights and gender equality, when I felt so powerless in the face of my own experiences of gender-based violence." #TEDxFoBo23

"I saw at an early age how waterways were the life's blood of communities, and I saw the reverence people have for our planet and its many irreplaceable treasures." #TEDxFoBo23 #EarthDay

"You can ask questions, you can understand systems, and you can demand more purposeful, just and unbiased system implementation." #TEDxFoBo23

"So I would challenge you all to find your passion...What impact do you want to make on the world?...Once you figure it out, go for it." #TEDxFoBo23

"Depression might slow you down, beat you down, and even cast you down, but you can rise above it and live to achieve your goals." #TEDxFoBo23

"My accent is a sign of courage. The courage to start a new life in a whole new country - embrace it." #TEDxFoBo23

"Nobody knows what story you're originating right now, but it all starts with a bold choice." #TEDxFoBo23

"I'm a journalist by love, not by practice or profession, but love" "Our differences are our individual strengths that will collectively become our strengths as a society" - Yeganeh Razaian #TEDxFoBo22 And that's a wrap. Thanks for coming everyone. See you in again 2023 ‼️

"The climate crisis cannot be somebody else's problem." - Dr. David Karpf #TEDxFoBo22

"At the core of public health is the social justice movement." - Dr. Tamara Henry #TEDxFoBo22

“Change must come from every level. we all contribute to the microplastic problem but we can all contribute to the solution." - Jesse Meiller #TEDxFoBo22

"But this really goes to show you that sometimes, people see something in you…but for them it seems like a problem or something to suppress….but for you, it’s your gift and something that makes you special." - Dr. LaNail Plummer #TEDxFoBo22

"Music is unique in that it meets people where they are at and is individual to them, but unites us all on a level that we cannot understand until we have been brave enough to allow ourselves to experience discomfort and be vulnerable to the process." - Annie Ray #TEDxFoBo22

"If we want to improve relations between core and non-core groups within the same country, we should focus first on improving relations between countries." -Harris Mylonas @hmylonas #TEDxFoBo22

"So let's not mince words: sexual harassment in schools is an epidemic." -Shiwali Patel @shiwali_patel #TEDxFoBo22

"Differences are inevitable. Conflict and repression don’t have to be." - Nicole Bibbins Sedaca #TEDxFoBo22 @NicBibSed

"The only item on my resume was surviving" - Omar Ocasio #TEDxFoBo22 @Omar1256

“It is important, and up to you, the up-and-coming leaders of tomorrow to ensure that individuals, communities, institutions, and states observe these laws that afford basic the freedoms and dignity to every single person on the earth.” - Rikki Nathanson #TEDxFoBo22

“Black queer spaces are spaces of belonging: to recognize them is to recognize that black queer people are needed in society” - Delan "blue" Ellington #TEDxFoBo22