When it comes to homelessness, we've been asking ourselves the wrong question for a long time. We've asked, "How do we solve homelessness. " But what if the real question is, "How do we return people to themselves. " Because if we're honest, we've built housing. But what we haven't built were places where people can be returned to themselves with stability, healing, and belonging. The state of homelessness in the United States is dire. Today, we have over 770,000 people experiencing homelessness in the Unit ...

[music] [music] [applause] I have nine siblings, most of which are criminals. Six of their kids are dead. And now I'm dying, too.My father was abused by his father and left for Vietnam at 17. He came home broken. My earliest memory is of him kicking me in the stomach with his cowboy boots.My mom left him and her new boyfriend tried to touch me, but I fought back. I fought back so hard that he beat me back. When I was seven years old, some neighborhood boys took me into an orchard and sexually abused me.I cr ...

I fantasize about rejecting the apologies that I know will never come. The ones I deserve from loved ones who have abused me. Bruising with their hands, their silence, their absence, the ones who made me question my worth in this world, my place, but most importantly, my life purpose.And yet their absence still echoes me unfinished, unresolved, and like a sentence cut off mid breath. But the thing about longing for people in absence is that at some points it stops feeling like hope and it starts to taste li ...

When I retired from municipal policing in 2018 after decades in uniform, one of which I actually was, Sergeant Slaughter, I left I left my team with some words of wisdom. Four exactly. They were the four Ps of policing.Purpose, power, partnerships, and play. At the time, I thought those lessons were just for law enforcement. I didn't realize that they would guide me through one of the most difficult chapters of my life.Because when I left the job, what stayed with me wasn't the badge or the uniform. It was ...

We are here to be seen. We are here to take space. We are here to represent our Latino community with pride.And now that the good energy is flowing, let's chiff this room together. I want you to feel something. Feel the energy in this room tonight because I believe that energy arrives before you do.People feel me before they see me. And yes, you can hear me. I'm very loud.But this energy wasn't given to me. It was earned. I built it. I chose it. And I survived it.And this energy, by the way, is the reason I ...

A day before my breast cancer surgery, I had a conversation with my doctor. She said, "Manisha, after this surgery, you will have to be careful. " And I said, "Of course, yes, I will be. " She continued sh saying uh Manisha it is not just about the recovery and the healing. You will never lift more than five kilos. There is a high risk of lympadeema. Lympadema. Okay. A thousand questions swirled in my head. A tear rolled down my cheek. She knew what I was thinking. She held my hand and said gently, "Manisha ...

[applause] If your hand could talk, what would it say about you. Not the version that everyone sees, but the real you. The woman behind the smile, the makeup, and the clothes.the woman who sometimes doubts herself and wonders when will I ever feel like myself again. I am Dr. . Tara Tiaora and I have spent my life studying hair, studying health and a deep rooted connection to who we truly are as women.And one thing that I've learned, your hair, your health, and your habits are not separate stories. They mirr ...

Thank you so much. This is my first TED talk, so I'm really nervous. [applause] [laughter] Uh because if I were to speak, I would be so nervous.I can't say anything. Anyways, so to get this thing started, um I think it's really interesting that the the theme is mono poly one and many. And I think that if you look at all of my films, you know, they can come there so many different kind of genres, but it all has one theme in common and that's healing and that's the secret I wanted to share with you guys today ...

और आज टेक्स के जरिए मैं अपनी एक स्टोरी आप सब तक पहुंचाना चाहती हूं। सबसे पहले मैं आप लोगों से एक क्वेश्चन करना चाहती हूं। क्या आपको कभी ऐसा लगा है कि लाइफ तो बहुत सही चल रही है. लेकिन अचानक कुछ थमा सा हुआ है। कुछ स्टक है। लाइफ में कहीं ना कहीं कुछ तो मिसमैच है। क्या आपको लगा है. मुझे भी बहुत बार लगा। मेरी स्टोरी शुरू होती है मास्टर ऑफ इकोनॉमिक्स से। बीएड से। मैं खुद एक मास्टर ऑफ इकोनॉमिक्स हूं। बीएड मैंने की हुई है और बहुत अच्छे से मैं अपना जर्नी चला रही थी। अपना काम कर रही थी और फिर भी ऐसे लगता था कि कोई क ...

We live in a world where brokenness is so easily overlooked. You know, a cracked sidewalk or a boarded up building. Even the people that we walk past, most of the times we do so with our heads down and our earbuds in. We're taught to move on, to renovate, to replace, and to start over. But who here knows that not everything that's broken necessarily needs to be thrown away? Sometimes what's broken just needs someone to see it from a different vantage point to see its potential. You know, I genuinely believe ...