 Benjamin DynkinBenjamin Dynkin, J.D of Great Neck, NY is a Cybersecurity Lawyer. Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare represent the next great challenge for our generation. Benjamin will give the listener an understanding of the complex world of cybersecurity and give tools to better secure themselves in the current environment. Read Bio |
 Karen Clements-RoachKaren Clements-Roach of Queens, NY is an award winning journalist and founder of the news organization, Communities of Color News. Karen is the driving force behind a news organization that is reshaping the conversation her community is having with each other and with government. She will speak on the importance and impact of how the news is portrayed and reflected in communities and the struggles of the change agent journalist. Read Bio |
 Oscar BruceOscar Bruce of Freeport, NY serves as community organizer and workshop facilitator for The Pulse Center for Patient Safety - ASK For Your Life Campaign. With his passion for poetry, Oscar will deliver, through spoken word, his message on empowering marginalized people to advocate for themselves to achieve better healthcare outcomes. Read Bio |
 Tracy StoplerTracy Stopler of Plainview is a registered dietitian, adjunct nutrition professor at Adelphi University, Enough Abuse Campaign Coordinator at The Safe Center and author of her award-winning debut novel, The Ropes That Bind: Based on A True Story of Child Sexual Abuse. In her work at The Safe Center, Tracy meets many survivors who often asked her, "How did you learn to let go [of the childhood trauma of sexual abuse]?" She provides the no-nonsense model of the "how to" in her TEDx talk. Read Bio |
 Beth FiteniBeth Fiteni of Huntington, NY is the Executive Director of the environmental nonprofit Green Inside and Out as well as radio show host. Beth's passion is to help people see how what they don't know about common products can harm them. Her presentation focuses on empowering people to seek out healthier alternatives to common toxins and inspire them to create a greener, lower impact lifestyle. Read Bio |
Janine L. BradleyJanine L. Bradley is an english teacher at Uniondale High School as well as Coordinator/Principal at the Uniondale Alternative Night School Program. Janine's TEDx presentation will call for a change in the perception of the Night Alternative High School "Program" from a disciplinary institution for delinquent students to a supportive "School" where students champion themselves to invest in their own education and future success. Read Bio |
 Hannah FonsHannah Fons '19 of New York City is an editor, scholar, strength coach, martial artist, and future social worker. Hannah's talk will focus on gender identity as fluid, not fixed, and existing on a spectrum. Just as there are a multitude of ways to express one's identity as a cisgender (i.e, not transgender) man or woman, there is no one way to be trans, to navigate a trans identity, or to conceive of trans people. Read Bio |
Kaylenne BrownKaylenne Brown '20 of Hampton, VA is a nationally recognized authority in health education, dance fitness and plant based chef. Kaylenne will talk about the program she started "Health is Wealth" which teaches students the power of urban agriculture and economic stability through the use of aeroponic Tower Gardens. Read Bio |
 Anthony GuerneAnthony Guerne of Northport, NY has spent 27 years in Emergency Medical Services (EMS), mostly as a paramedic. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has increasingly become a hot topic in the EMS world. As a PTSD sufferer, Anthony believes that the culture in medicine needs to change. "Get over it." doesn't work and never did. His message is you do not have to "get over it," you can get help and be a better healthcare practitioner. Read Bio |
 Howard RobertsonHoward Robertson of Westbury, NY is a retired former Warden of Rikers Island Correctional Facility, which has housed some of New York's most notorious drug kingpins, murderers, and gang members. During the course of his 22+ years in the New York City Department of Corrections, Howard came across many personal stories for how these individuals came to be there. Howard wants young people to understand that we all have stories to tell and that we cannot use our story as a reason to do the wrong things but to use it as fuel, energy and motivation to become successful in life. Read Bio |
