Our first TEDxUtica was held in October of 2013, and brought together 100 of our regions thinkers and doers to be inspired, connect, and deliver their own ideas to our community. TEDxUtica is an independently organized event, created as part of the TEDx program.
Utica is the city that loves refugees and over 25% of the cities population are former refugees. Kathryn Stam shares her story about how they are shaping our community, the challenges they face, and the lessons we can learn from them. Kathryn R. Stam, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the SUNY Institute [&hellip
Suzanne Richardson wanted her students to connect with our environment and community – and what better way to do so than to aimlessly wander? Wandering is a lost art and has consequences both in real-life and throughout literature. Suzanne Richardson was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, where she received an alternative education at [&hellip
Rick has dedicated more than 30 years working with and supporting people who have disabilities and/or chronic medical conditions. In his talk, he asks our audience to imagine life with a disability through an interactive exercise, then shares how communities can come together to help people with disabilities achieve their full potential in the workplace [&hellip
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