PreEnactment theater envisions a neighborhood the way it ought to be — just and economically vibrant. Listen to Joanna Taft as she dives deeper in to how PreEnactment theatre could change the way we strengthen neighborhoods and build communities. Joanna Taft is a cultural entrepreneur who serves as Founding Executive Director of the Harrison Center; Founder and Board Chair Emeritus of Herron High School; She is a national leader in creative placemaking. For these endeavors, she has received the Indianapolis Business Journal Women of Influence Award, the Girls Inc. Touchstone Award, Arts Council of Indianapolis Arts Council of Indianapolis ARTI Award, Jefferson Award, and two Cultural Vision awards. She is a graduate of the Stanley K. Lacy Class XXXII, was a 2012 Creative Renewal Fellow, and Covenant College. She also serves on the boards of Marion County Board of Zoning Appeals (Chair), Indianapolis Library Foundation, and the Katharine B. Sutphin Foundation (President). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx Joanna’s life has revolved around using her entrepreneurial skills to build community in diverse settings—government, corporate, non-profit, and grassroots community-based organizations. Her most significant accomplishments include: serving as Founding Executive Director of the Harrison Center for the Arts (HCA), a leader in grassroots cultural development; Founder and Board Chair of Herron High School, a leading charter school in Indianapolis; and Founder of the Cultural Entrepreneur Initiative. For these endeavors, she has received the Indianapolis Business Journal’s Women of Influence Award, and is a recipient of two Cultural Vision awards. Taft also serves on the boards of Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis’ Spirit and Place Festival, Marion County Board of Zoning Appeals (Chair), and the Indiana Association for Community and Economic Development. In addition, she is a graduate of the Stanley K. Lacy Leadership Program, Class XXXII. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Have you ever been "the worst?" Listen in as Taylor shares about a time when she realized she was unknowingly being "the worst", and her takeaways from being a server in West Hollywood. Taylor Misiak is a Los Angeles based actress with a BFA in Acting from Ithaca College. While pursuing a career in television Taylor has worked in multiple restaurants in LA – doing everything from hosting to food running to serving. Her recent acting credits include guest starring on Netflix’s ‘American Vandal’ and a recurring co-star on NBC’s ‘I Feel Bad’. She’s currently shooting her first starring role in an upcoming FX comedy series while working as a server during weekend brunch in West Hollywood. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx Taylor Misiak is a Los Angeles based actress with a BFA in Acting from Ithaca College. While pursuing a career in television Taylor has worked in multiple restaurants in LA – doing everything from hosting to food running to serving. Her recent acting credits include guest starring on Netflix’s ‘American Vandal’ and a recurring co-star on NBC’s ‘I Feel Bad’. She’s currently shooting a starring role in an FX comedy pilot while working as a server during weekend brunch in West Hollywood. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

How do we create a healthier relationship with anger? Most of us either stuff our anger or we suddenly find ourselves erupting in rage. In this pioneering talk, Juna Mustad reveals how neuroscience and mindfulness techniques can help us unlock the power of the world's most stigmatized emotion, anger. Juna Mustad has been coaching leaders and visionaries for the last 13 years to develop emotional intelligence, create healthy relationships and embrace their full potential. She works with individuals, groups and companies globally to develop mindfulness tools, foster leadership skills, and enhance overall wellbeing. Juna is a coach, mindfulness facilitator, intuitive and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Through her work she offers an accessible, non-threatening approach to creating a healthy relationship with the world's most stigmatized emotion. You can learn more about Juna’s work here: http://www.junamustad.com/ This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx Juna is a Life and Relationship coach, an Intuitive, and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner focused on helping you create healthy relationships, expand your emotional awareness, and embrace your full potential. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Listen is as Troy Riggs talks about his experience with public safety, and ways that the major cities within the United States of America can improve their public safety efforts. Troy Riggs has nearly 30 years of government and public safety experience with a strong background in operations management, organizational leadership, and data analysis. Over the course of his career in public safety, Riggs developed data-based practices to address the degradation of residents’ quality of life, expanded citizen-government engagement, assisted with the successful merger of government services, implemented best practices in community policing, and established operational efficiencies while increasing productivity. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx Troy Riggs has nearly 30 years of government and public safety experience with a strong background in operations management, organizational leadership, and data analysis. Over the course of his career in public safety, Riggs developed data-based practices to address the degradation of residents’ quality of life, expanded citizen-government engagement, assisted with the successful merger of government services, implemented best practices in community policing, and established operational efficiencies while increasing productivity. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

In this talk. Dr. Schlozman tackles an important question - is football worth saving? Here, you'll find Dr. Schlozman touch on both the pros and cons of a sport like football, and how we can change the sport to better serve the health of the players, while still including the competitive nature. Steven Schlozman, M.D. is co-director of The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS), and course director of the psychopathology class for the MIT-HMS Program in Health, Sciences and Technology. Dr. Schlozman practices child and adult psychiatry at MGH, where he is the primary consultant to the pediatric transplant service. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx Steven Schlozman, M.D. is co-director of The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS), and course director of the psychopathology class for the MIT-HMS Program in Health, Sciences and Technology. Dr. Schlozman practices child and adult psychiatry at MGH, where he is the primary consultant to the pediatric transplant service. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx