TEDx encourages a different kind of Wednesday in Aden

January 21, 2014

The event took place on a Wednesday – a day typically associated with civil disobedience in Aden, a port city in the south of Yemen. But on this particular Wednesday, December 11, hundreds found their seats in the conference room of Aden’s Mercure Hotel and listened instead to speakers who have the ideas and passion to better their community and country....
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Central American youth send united anti-violence message

December 20, 2013

Aleyda Méndez was a newly minted teacher working in rural El Salvador when she realized her country was in serious trouble. When she asked her 10-year-old students what they wanted to be when they grew up, several of them told her, “murderers.”...
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Former LA Deputy Mayor Joins Creative

December 18, 2013

Dec. 20, 2013 - Los Angeles’s Deputy Mayor/Director Guillermo Cespedes, who played a key role in reducing the city’s gang violence and recruitment, will join Creative Associates International in Washington, D.C., in January....
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Volunteering to spotlight youth in Honduras

December 5, 2013

When Eli Pineda began taking psychology classes at the National Autonomous University of Honduras, the homicide rate in neighborhoods a short walk beyond campus was at a record high. By the time he enrolled as a senior this year, it had surged another 30 percent....
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