Helping to promote the TEDx event on Sept. 22nd!

[Alan P Berger]

Hi Everyone, I just wanted to encourage you all to help promote the TEDx event we have organized for

September 22nd in Brooklyn, NY. As the theme of this event is Freedom and Democracy: Education for

Change, I think it's something that most, if not all, of the participants on these list serves can get behind.

Please help us promote this event and the cause of changing education!

Thanks!

Alan

Use this area to offer a short teaser of your email's content. Text here will show in the preview area of some email clients. SEPTEMBER 22 Early Registration is Now Open *Space is limited to 100 attendees, please resister now to reserve your space. Visit www.tedxyouthbfs.com for more information. REGISTER HERE What is TEDx? In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxYouth@BFS, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxYouth@BFS event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized. *Please note: Due to the overwhelming response to the event and a limited amount of seats, applying does not guarantee admittance. Tickets will go on sale at least one month prior to the event, prices will be approximately $85 each, $45 for students. REGISTER HERE Brooklyn Free School is excited to announce that it will host TEDxYouth@BFS, a full-day event on Saturday, September 22nd, 2012, from 9 am to 4 pm, at Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, in Downtown Brooklyn, NY.   TEDxYouth@BFS brings together inspiring speakers and performers, in the spirit of TED, to explore some of alternative education’s more compelling ideas, including how giving students freedom to make decisions about their education and their school, and supporting the choices they make, empowers them to be more effective citizens of their communities and the change-makers of tomorrow. The theme of this event is Freedom & Democracy: Education for Change and features over a dozen innovators in education, including: Pedro Noguera, professor of education at NYU, executive director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, and author of City Schools and The American Dream and The Trouble With Black Boys:…And Other Reflections on Race, Equity, and the Future of Public Education; Seth Godin, author of the most popular e-book ever published, Unleashing the Ideavirus, and Stop Stealing Dreams, an e-book on the purpose of education; Chris Mercogliano, former director and teacher for 35 years at the Albany Free School and author of Teaching the Restless, One School’s Remarkable No-Ritalin Approach to Helping Children Learn and Succeed and How to Grow a School: Starting and Sustaining Schools That Work; Sam Chaltain is a DC-based writer and education activist, contributor to CNN and the Huffington Post and author of Our School: Searching for Community in the Era of Choice; Zoe Weil, cofounder and president of the Institute for Humane Education; cinematographer Luke Geissbühler, cinematographer, and his son Max, founders of the Brooklyn Space Program; Jerry Mintz, a leading voice in the alternative school movement for over 30 years and founder of several alternative schools; Dena Simmons, activist, educator, and student, a Fulbright grant winner and a 2004 Harry S. Truman Scholar whose research focuses on teacher preparedness as it relates to bullying in the school setting; Trade School, a self-organized learning model that runs on barter; Scott Nine, executive director of the Institute for Democratic Education in America (IDEA), a dynamic public speaker and organizer focusing on leadership, social justice, community, educational reform, environmental sanity, and entrepreneurship; Nikhil Goyal, author of One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student's Assessment of School, a 17-year-old high school student who is leading a movement to transform the American school system. TEDxYouth@BFS will also feature performances from current and former Brooklyn Free School and Manhattan Free School students, and a special performance by Method Of Defiance 3rd Column, featuring visionary bassist-producer Bill Laswell, and Dr Israel, renowned Brooklyn-based vocalist, producer, and actor. Follow on Twitter | Friend on Facebook | Forward to Friend  Copyright © 2012 Brooklyn Free School, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have joined the Brooklyn Free School community. Our mailing address is: Brooklyn Free School 372 Clinton Ave Brooklyn, NY 11238 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences