TEDxUNC | The Beauty Gap-Amber Koonce

TEDxUNC | The Beauty Gap-Amber Koonce

2015-06-07    10'52''

主播: 莱恩茶叶蛋斯基

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介绍:
TEDxUNC每年一度举行的会议。“TED”由“科技”、“娱乐”以及“设计”三个英文单词首字母组成,这三个广泛的领域共同塑造着我们的未来。TED意在“用思想的力量来改变世界”。蛋斯基此次有幸也参加这次活动, 聆听了很多杰出人士的精彩演讲。 这期节目蛋斯基推荐的是Amber Koonce的演讲。是种族歧视的话题。 结尾歌曲: Matt B - Color Blind Speaker: Amber Koonce Credit to TEDxUNC While a student at UNC, Amber advocated for a minority and elderly neighborhood against gentrification, assisted a policy professor with the creation of an electronic welfare system in NC, and served as a Governor Purdue appointee to the North Carolina Council for Women. Amber’s most rewarding role has been serving as a mentor to incarcerated youth. She has worked with incarcerated children in Durham, Ghana, Scotland, and the Philippines. Amber founded the international non-profit, BeautyGap, which has been recognized by Glamour Magazine and Cosmopolitan Magazine for distributing dolls of color to girls of color around the world. Currently, Amber is a student at Yale Law School where she continues to engage in issues of criminal justice and election law. Amber is a Morehead-Cain Scholar and served as the first African-American Jason of the Order of the Golden Fleece.