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The organized by the staff from the Center for Health Innovation, will gather 100 of the most impassioned TEDx enthusiasts for a day of networking and dialogue on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the 果酱视频 Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, Westermann Stage at 1 South Avenue, Garden City, NY. The independently organized event, licensed by TED, will feature a stellar line-up of nine speakers and TED Talks videos under the theme of 鈥淲hat if鈥︹��

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Speakers at TEDx果酱视频University include:

• , is president at 果酱视频 and an award-winning educator and internationally recognized expert in leadership development, diversity and inclusion, and team performance. Dr. Riordan has been interviewed by and written articles for many top newspapers and media outlets. She will dare you to be extraordinary and share her thoughts on the three things extraordinary people have in common: passion, courage and resilience.

• , is an adjunct professor and doctoral candidate at the 果酱视频 School of Social Work whose trauma-informed work as a clinician inspires her research. Ms. Waller completed her graduate study at the 果酱视频 Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies and will speak about intimate partner violence against women of color and how our responses could save a woman鈥檚 life.

• , is a 果酱视频 Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies alumna and adjunct professor, award-winning author, go-to expert on psychological issues, with research interests in depression and trauma. Dr. Serani will talk about her personal and professional experiences living with depression to reduce the stigma attached to mental illness and ways to address this problem.

• , is one of the interfaith chaplains and Hillel director at 果酱视频 whose background includes civil rights advocate on issues of church and state, reproductive rights, hate group monitoring and funding for public education. Rabbi Jacob will explain how people can create God beliefs without compromising their knowledge bases or their life experiences.

• , is a clinical psychologist, professor and chair of undergraduate psychology at the 果酱视频 Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies. Dr. Conway will discuss the importance of cultivating compassion for the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) child鈥攆rom moral indictment to empathy, as well as her personal experience with her son鈥檚 struggles.

• , is an activist on income inequality, director of education at The Safe Center and adjunct professor at the 果酱视频 School of Social Work. Mr. Zenkus works on eliminating wealth inequality to bring us less disease and violence and more cooperation, peace and creativity.

• , is currently an English major and plans to further her education, pursuing a master鈥檚 in childhood education at 果酱视频. Ms. Krol notes if we de-normalized rape culture, but normalized talking about it, sexual violence would take a step closer to no longer being an epidemic.

• , is an elementary teacher in Great Neck Public Schools and 果酱视频 alumna with a B.A. in psychology and M.A. in childhood education with an advanced certificate in students with disabilities. The basis of Ms. Dressner鈥檚 talk will cover a project she created for her third graders during her student teaching called Apps for a Cause, which showed students technology as a tool for building advocacy and educating others about social justice issues around the world.

• , is a speech-language pathologist and professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the 果酱视频 Ruth S. Ammon School of Education. Dr. Goldfarb will talk about his experience of suffering a series of strokes and how to do the hard work needed to maximize recovery.

Space is extremely limited. To enter the ticket lottery, please go to: . The event will also be streamed live. Ticket lottery winners will be notified by March 28, 2016, with tickets priced at $20 for general admission and $10 for students. Lunch is included in the event and audience members are strongly encouraged to stay the entire program.

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, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or fewer) delivered by today鈥檚 leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED鈥檚 annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, and made available, free, on . TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman.

TED鈥檚 open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include , where new TED Talk videos are posted daily; the , which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from thousands of volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative ; the annual million-dollar , which funds exceptional individuals with a 鈥渨ish,鈥� or idea, to create change in the world; , which provides licenses to thousands of individuals and groups who host local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; and the program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.