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Crowd-sourcing connection: How communities keep families together | Charity Carmody | TEDxAnchorage
TEDx Talks· 2025-10-23 15:36
Core Narrative & Themes - The report centers on the importance of community support in preventing child neglect and keeping families together [17][32] - It challenges assumptions about parents involved in the foster care system, highlighting that neglect often stems from poverty and lack of support rather than intentional harm [15][17][30] - The speaker advocates for ordinary people to show up for each other, emphasizing that meaningful connection and support can prevent family separation [20][33] Practical Solutions & Recommendations - The report suggests being a reliable friend or safe family for someone in need, offering support during crises [21][22] - It promotes volunteering through organizations like Safe Families for Children, which provides temporary community care for families facing challenges [23] - The report highlights the Care Portal, a platform connecting caseworkers with individuals willing to meet specific needs of families, such as providing beds or strollers [24][25] - It emphasizes the importance of creating family resource centers in communities to provide support, resources, and a sense of belonging for parents [26][27] Statistical & Economic Considerations - The U S Department of Health and Human Services indicates that over 60% of child maltreatment cases result from neglect, not intentional harm [18] - Casey Family Programs' research suggests that investing in family resource centers can lead to significant reductions in child maltreatment and family separation [28] - For every dollar invested in family resource centers, there is a potential saving of three to five times that amount in downstream child protection costs [28]
The Ghost in Our Screens, and Us | Annabell Zhou | TEDxShanghai American School Puxi
TEDx Talks· 2025-10-21 15:38
I have a friend which is very surprising and she's a ghost. I believe some of you here might have heard of Sedako Yamamura or Samar Morgan, the ghost that climbs out of a well then out of your TV to have a very nice conversation with you. Well, that's my friend, but to make this easier, let's just call her Bob. Well, Bob became a ghost through betrayal. She saw someone in trouble, help them and save their lives and yet was pushed down a deep well and handled steal. Trapped alone and abandoned, the isolation ...
You Are a Part of the Body of Humanity | Alice Frank | TEDxPacific Avenue
TEDx Talks· 2025-10-16 15:25
[Applause] How many of us sometimes feel like we are starving for love? Like it's something out there and we have to figure out how to get it in here. And we do so much to try. We wear things, we don't wear things, we say things, we don't say things, we buy things, we buy more things. But who can blame us really? Because look around the world, it's very obvious that love is a lacking resource. I mean, like food. 1 billion people on the planet are starving. And yet, wait a minute. We actually know that there ...
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The Economist· 2025-10-10 15:20
Brick by brick, Donald Trump is building a wall around the world’s largest economy. The damage from this isolation is already starting to show. Once wreaked, it will not be easily reversed https://t.co/uALTiYfzmm ...
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The Economist· 2025-10-09 15:40
Brick by brick, Donald Trump is building a wall around the world’s largest economy. The damage from this isolation is already starting to show. Once wreaked, it will not be easily reversed https://t.co/HdfDOjWH64 ...
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The Economist· 2025-10-09 15:00
Brick by brick, Donald Trump is building a wall around the world’s largest economy. The damage from this isolation is already starting to show. Once wreaked, it will not be easily reversed https://t.co/kHO2pmUBpkIllustration: Ricardo Rey https://t.co/PyzYX1BbQK ...
The Isolation paradox: Why Stepping Back moves you forward | Pal Wabuson | TEDxTanke
TEDx Talks· 2025-09-25 16:21
[Music] So let's say we want to do an experiment, right. And we say you're going to be given 30 days to yourself alone. You have access to everything you need like food, water, everything in your house alone, but you're not going to use your phone and you will not have access to the internet.How many of us will sign up for this experiment. A show of hands. Interesting. Interesting.Okay. All right. All right.Thank you. Okay. Okay.So, yeah. So for some of us it's going to be like a dream come true because I c ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-14 10:00
Ukrainians and liberal Russians have fled. Those who remain are increasingly isolated in this frozen coal-mining town https://t.co/d9D5NN8QGG ...
Start With One: The Power of People, Purpose, and Possibility | Dr Baby Sam Samuel | TEDxAl Qurum
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-08 15:09
[Music] Can you make the world a better place. Should you. That's a question for you to debate.Can you. That's a question that may sometime fill you with self-doubt. What can I one person out of the 8.2% billion do.I'm not rich. I'm too young. I'm too old. I'm not a social activist.I do not have enough resources, expertise. When God doesn't grant you miracles, remember that you are the miracle he sent for someone else. A powerful statement by Nick Witch, the man behind life without limbs, born without legs ...