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Follow on Google News | Students Winners Announced for TEDxFortWayne “Rethink” ContestA panel of TEDxFortWayne judges, who reviewed over 30 YouTube and essay entries, recently selected winners and honorable mentions for this year’s “Re-Think Fort Wayne” contest.
By: TEDxFortWayne High school speech winners include: Neisha Freshly, with “Teenage Power”; Erin Purcell, “Equine Assisted Therapy”; and Rachel Shie, “Teenage Depression, Cutting, and Suicide.” All three students attend New Tech Academy in Fort Wayne. Eighth grader, Natalie Brown, from Carroll Middle School, wrote the winning middle school essay- “Fort Wayne: Fulfilling One Dream at a Time.” Mitch Bleich, Derek Dalman, Hannah Dorian, Breon Johnson, David Lehman, Quinasha McCall, Benjamin Perose, Yamin Thu each receive honorable mentions as speech contest runners-up. All of these students will be featured in a video montage, during the May 19, 2012 TEDxFortWayne event. Attendees will have opportunities to visit student tables to discuss the students’ areas of interest in between sessions. TEDxFortWayne organizer Craig D. Crook said, “The theme for TEDxFortWayne 2012 is Re-Think Fort Wayne. We invited area youth to dream BIG and they did!” Students chose one of the following four topics and then constructed messages designed to share passion and to “foster learning, inspiration and wonder”. 1. Share your vision for our community. 2. Explain what you’re doing to improve our culture. 3. Tell us about your ideas for change. 4. Show us what power really means. Contest coordinator, Jean Bansemer, added, “It was difficult for judges to narrow down entries to winners and honorable mentions. The dreams and hopes of all the students really impressed the judges. Come to the event and listen to what these young people have to say about rethinking Fort Wayne and the future.” TEDxFortWayne is an independently organized event, licensed by TED. TEDxFortWayne will be held on May 19, 2012 from 9am- 5pm at the Cinema Center (437 Berry Street). Tickets for this non-for-profit event can be purchased at Tedxfortwayne.com. -end- About TEDxFortWayne TEDxFortWayne 2012 will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Visit TEDxFortWayne at http://TEDxFortWayne.com. Follow TEDxFortWayne on Facebook at http://facebook.com/ [note – the following is TED boilerplate – do not edit] 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, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. 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.) About TED TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 26 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. At TED, the world's leading thinkers and doers are asked to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Benoit Mandelbrot, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Two major TED events are held each year: The TED Conference takes place every spring in Long Beach, California (along with a parallel conference, TEDActive, in Palm Springs), and TEDGlobal is held each summer in Edinburgh, Scotland. TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily; the new TED Conversations, enabling broad conversations among TED fans; and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to host local, self-organized events around the world; and the TED Fellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities. For information about TED's upcoming conferences, visit http://www.ted.com/ Follow TED on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ End
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