Hernán Luis y Prado, a 15-year Navy combat veteran, was faced with a challenge: more of his fellow service members were dying from suicide than bombs and bullets in conflict zones. Realizing the challenges of transitioning back to civilian life, and our nation's lack of an advanced manufacturing workforce training pipeline, Luis y Prado created Workshops for Warriors, (WFW.org) a program that retrains veterans for advanced manufacturing careers. San Diego is the birthplace for this green manufacturing renaissance that gives veterans purposeful, dignified careers and ways to provide for their families and communities.
As high as 50% of sex trafficking victims in the US are boys. The average age of entry into sex trafficking for boys is between 11-13 year old. Jesse Leon shares ideas, as a lived experience expert on how to ensure survivors move from living in trauma to being triumphant. His talk will guide foundations, government agencies, universities, the criminal justice system, educators, and mental health professionals to see a new perspective on how to engage male and 2SLGBTQ+ survivors in policy formulation to create multilingual, gender affirming, culturally competent and trauma informed programs.
The education system is missing a big part of the picture by only measuring academics. And here's why: We're teaching whole children. We can't just teach and measure academics—we must include social emotional learning. Research on the unhoused students at Monarch Schools shows the impact of integrating social emotional learning with academics to improve outcomes for students.
Food travels through immigration, migration or indenture. Our foods tell our ancestors' stories—of the lands we left behind, of the lands we now call our own. How we adopt/adapt informs us on how we live and love. What we talk about when we talk about food is stories of where we call home. We were ALL immigrants once, this is our story. As the daughter of refugees (from what's now Bangladesh when India was divided during the 1947 partition of British-ruled India), and an immigrant to America as a graduate student, award-winning author, social justice activist and scientist, Madhushree Ghosh talks about how San Diego, America's Finest City, celebrates immigrants and refugees. In particular, she talks about the amazing gardeners of City Heights' New Roots Community Farm--an organic, sustainable farm run by immigrants and refugees from all over the world. How we live, how we love, how we share food tells us what is important to us. In a fast moving world, Madhushree rallies for us to have a conversation with our farmers, talk about our immigrant roots, and honor our stories that we tell through the foods of our ancestors.
When employees are able to use their own life experiences and in some cases pain in the service of others the Human Connection and bond they are able to build is at another level. Those connections become conduits to building loving, caring and empathetic relationships with your clients. Those clients become your largest source of referrals because they are grateful, thankful and simply love your employee and your brand.
Imagine how Ports can play a key role as catalysts for new blue economy innovation to solve some of our biggest global challenges, how they can change their business models to support innovation, entrepreneurship, and start up companies. We are already seeing signals of this happening around the globe, but what we have here in San Diego is very unique, and at the moment the only one of its kind in the world, where we have developed a new model for public private partnerships to support start-up companies by facilitating pilot projects and allowing them to test their technology in a real-world port environment.
Hopelessness and distance are two of the biggest impediments towards meaningful climate action. Solutions-focused storytelling can help move us beyond those barriers.
Why Be Angry? You can settle most any disagreement with the one you love is just minutes. No Fuss No Drama. Rod’s game approach helps couples overcome seemingly insurmountable disagreements that have lasted decades, in just minutes - NO FUSS NO DRAMA.
We protect ourselves in many ways. Seatbelts, vaccinations, home security systems, all used when we need them, BUT women have been asked to protect themselves every single day with medication they don't need to save their life. Why are women over medicating especially if the medication causes side effects?
Adventure Journalist and Author Shelby Stanger talks about the power of pursuing your wildest ideas in nature. Wild Ideas are exponential. They are scary, and you might want to turn your back on your way to pursuing them. But if you keep following your own wild idea, especially if it involves adventuring in nature, your life may never be the same.
Over One Million innocent children experience the fallout from their parents’ divorce each year in the United States. As a “Warrior Peace Advocate for Kids Caught in the Crossfire”, Stu Weintraub shares his "Love-Before-Law" message and gives these children a voice. His idea worth spreading is to change how parents divorce in this country by advocating mediation over litigation and urging parents to seek support from clergy, counseling and coaching instead of resorting to court. In support of his neurodivergent invisible disability, Stu was assisted with a podium, tablet, and teleprompter app. He hopes this talk will not only help the kids who have been caught in the crossfire of divorce-related conflict, but also help diminish the stigma that often exists for people with invisible disabilities. He hopes to inspire others from the neurodivergent community, that they too, can stand on the red dot and share their idea worth spreading.
The growing faces of homeless needs a variety of approaches to help families and individuals when they are the most vulnerable. One such approach is Safe Parking for those living in their vehicle who are often experiencing homelessness for the first time. Safe Parking is more than just a place to park your car at night, the Safe Parking program is a stepping stone to connect those in need with services and dignity, so that they are quickly back on their feet rather than stuck on the streets.
Preventable harm is a devastating reality for 1 in 10 hospitalized patients, and a wall of silence in today's healthcare culture often prevents caregivers from speaking up and communicating errors when they occur. What if extreme honesty was the norm? Dr. Tim McDonald talks about the transformative power of full transparency in healthcare and how we can use that to break down the wall of silence, create a culture of accountability and healing for patients, families and caregivers after harm in healthcare.
We all have people in our lives who’ve made a significant impact on us. So why do we wait until someone dies to honor them and to express our gratitude to them? Say It Now is a movement that inspires people to pay tribute to someone while they’re alive. We never again have to live with regret that comes from not expressing gratitude. This is the societal shift the world needs to live a more happier, more purposeful life. Say It Now. It’s often too late, but never too soon.
The Chinese lion dance dates back hundreds of years and is a staple in cultural celebrations. In many Asian cultures, the lion is considered a mythical creature with the ability to scare away evil spirits and bring forth good luck and prosperity.
Plexusplay allows audience data input to influence the sonic and visual environment inhabited by a live music performer. These interactions are structured through animations on screen and a web app for the audience run on their mobile devices. From high energy dance music, to ambient improvised meditations - all told through reactive visuals, virtuosic vibraphone playing, and an animated 1,000 LED suit - Plexusplay’s show offers a wide range of possibilities for the audience to explore and immerse themselves in.
The Chinese lion dance dates back hundreds of years and is a staple in cultural celebrations. In many Asian cultures, the lion is considered a mythical creature with the ability to scare away evil spirits and bring forth good luck and prosperity.
Jazz is rebellion. Jazz is freedom. Jazz is sweet. Jazz is hot. Jazz is a verb. Jazz is the individual. Jazz is community. Jazz listens. Jazz talks back. Jazz is tradition. Jazz is birth. Jazz is a groove. Jazz is a wash. Jazz is a way of doing things. Jazz is a way of being. Jazz is freedom. Jazz is rebellion. Jazz is the original punk. The Garner trio performs jazz in the spirit of the innovators, with the attitude of resistance, carrying the banner of the organic in defiance of the machine.
