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                                                    TEDxUStreetWomen Announces Speaker Line-up for its 2022 Conference
                                                                          Bold + Brilliant = Badass:  Time for Action
 
Washington DC, MARCH 16, 2022 – Individuals from nine states, the DMV, and Germany will convene to attend the live and in person TEDxUStreetWomen conference on April 4, 2022 from 9am – 4pm at the University of the District of Columbia, the only public Historically Black University in Washington DC. The independently organized event, licensed by TED, will feature local & national voices, TEDWomen simulcast, and TED Talks videos under the theme of Bold + Brilliant = Badass:  Time for Action.  
 
Launched in 2009, TEDx is program of locally organized events that bring the community together to share a TED-like experience. Some of the best talks from TEDx events have gone on to be featured on TED.com and garnered millions of views from audiences across the globe.
 
The theme for this year’s conference, “Time for Action” focuses on the urgency of using the existing momentum to create sustainable changes.  Our speakers know that they can’t let this moment pass - they are visionaries wanting to create change.  This conference is an opportunity to showcase new ideas on ways women can reshape and embrace this new normal for a global audience. 
 
The conference not only includes our bold & brilliant speakers, we also have various women owned businesses, streaming portions of TEDWomen 2021 conference and a visual walking tour of the Smithsonian's exhibit, “Twelve Years that Shook and Shaped Washington: 1963-1975” located on the campus of the University of the District of Columbia (UDC).  This exhibit was researched, developed, and produced by the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum.  Funded in part by the University of the District of Columbia and the Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation.
 
“As a 6th generation Washingtonian, I am excited and honored to organize our Third TEDxWomen event honoring Washington DC & the community of U Street.  I am proud of our speakers and volunteers for making this conference a huge success despite the challenges Washington DC and the nation is currently facing.  This team of speakers and volunteers exemplifies what it means to be Bold, Brilliant & Badass!  This is an event that you will never forget.” - Kim Webster, TEDxUStreetWomen Curator
 
Speakers at TEDxUStreetWomen include:

• The Honorable Aisha Braveboy

• Nkechi Taifa 

• Vena Crichlow

• Divya Sharma

• Colleen Marie Olinski

• Lora Cheadle

• Esther Boykin

• Amini Bonane

• Jori Mundy

• Nicole Lester Arrindell   

 

                                                                For details, visit our website at www.tedxustreetwomen.com
 
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Social hashtags
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#BoldBrilliantBadass
#TimeforAction
 
About TEDx, x = independently organized event

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.) Information on TEDx is available at http://www.ted.com/tedx/.

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About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, often in the form of short talks delivered by leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED conferences, intimate TED Salons and thousands of independently organized TEDx events around the world. Videos of these talks are made available, free, on TED.com and other platforms. Audio versions of TED Talks are published to TED Talks Daily, available on all podcast platforms.
 
TED's open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include TED.com, where new TED Talk videos are posted daily; TEDx, which licenses thousands of individuals and groups to host local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; the TED Fellows program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities; The Audacious Project, which surfaces and funds critical ideas that have the potential to impact millions of lives; TED Translators, which crowdsources the subtitling of TED Talks so that big ideas can spread across languages and borders; and the educational initiative TED-Ed. TED also offers TED@Work, a program that reimagines TED Talks for workplace learning. TED also has a growing library of original podcasts, including The TED Interview with Chris Anderson, WorkLife with Adam Grant, Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala and How to Be a Better Human.
 
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