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Lori has founded two award-winning, nationally recognised non-profit organisations, that have dramatically improved care for thousands of children with life-threatening conditions. As the founder and former Executive Director of Jacob’s Heart. Lori designed, implemented, and secured sustainable funding for innovative programmes that provide emotional, financial and practical support to families of children with cancer.
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Economics writer Tim Harford studies complex systems and finds a surprising link among the successful ones: they were built through trial and error. In this sparkling talk he asks us to embrace our randomness and start making better mistakes.
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Activist and writer Pramila Jayapal gives us new ways to think about immigration, migration and movement. She challenges xenophobia and discrimination, laying out powerful arguments for embracing migration.
Tags: achieved significant policy change in Washington State, Activist and writer Pramila Jayapal, addressing diverse audiences on issues of immigrant integration as well as immigrant, became a U.S. citizen in 2000, born in India and came to the United States in 1982, challenges xenophobia and discrimination, civil and human rights, comicStyle, Executive Committee of the Fair Immigration Reform Movement, Featured Content, featured speaker nationwide, founder and Executive Director of OneAmerica, Gail Penney, her leadership, Ideas worth spreading, immigration, lead the fight for due process and comprehensive immigration reform, leadership and work 'moves the needle on critical issues in Seattle, lifeStyle, main blog, migration and movement, mindStyle matters, penneylane, penneylaneonline, powerful arguments for embracing migration, regular guest on local and national television and radio shows, Tedx, turnStyle, Vice Chair of the Rights Working Group national coalition, VidStyle, win numerous victories for immigrants, www.penneylaneonline.com
Even when our lives appear fine from the outside, locked within can be a world of quiet suffering, leading some to the decision to end their life. JD Schramm asks us to break the silence surrounding suicide and suicide attempts, and to create much-needed resources to help people who reclaim their life after escaping death.
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Christina Xu is a trustee of the Awesome Foundation founded in Boston by 10 friends. Now with chapters worldwide, the independent, self-funded Foundation awards $1,000 grants monthly to small projects they deem ‘awesome’.
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