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2011-03-10
Posted in Pearls of Wisdom
Tags feminism happiness inspiration quotes Role Models Women's Rights
2011-03-04
Posted in Pearls of Wisdom
Tags feminism inspiration quotes Role Models
2011-02-25
Posted in Pearls of Wisdom
It's been said that when an elder dies, it's as if a library is burned. Anthropologist Elizabeth Lindsey, a National Geographic Fellow, collects the deep cultural knowledge passed down as stories and lore.
Elizabeth Lindsey is a fellow of the National Geographic Society. Her mission: to keep ancestral voices alive by recording indigenous wisdom and traditions.
Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey wants the world to remember the people who came before us.
The actor-turned-anthropologist has made it her mission to find, preserve and share the knowledge and traditions of indigenous populations before they disappear.
She’s working with Google to create a geospatial Map of the Human Story, using the indigenous science of wayfinding to chart tales at risk of being lost.
Tags connection inspiration language storytelling TED Talks
2011-02-24
Posted in TED Talks (Individual)
Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks bluntly about politics and diplomacy, making the case that women's issues deserve a place at the center of foreign policy.
Far from being a "soft" issue, she says, women's issues are often the very hardest ones, dealing directly with life and death. A frank and funny Q&A with Pat Mitchell from the Paley Center.
Tags feminism goals government inspiration politics success
2011-02-23
Posted in TED Talks (Individual)