Human trafficking happens here! In Kansas, in Shawnee county, in Topeka. According to the federal government, 1.5 million U.S. citizens are trafficked in the United States. Approximately half are children under the age of 16. American children’s lives are being consumed by men who buy them for sexual gratification, abuse them and throw them away. […]
The speech will highlight the effects that technology usage has on children as the use of technology in households is increasing with this generation of children. Many adverse effects are changing the ways in which children and youth interact with the world around them. Although technology can be considered a great advancement for educating children […]
Most people are unaware that all US adoptees have two different birth certificates. The original birth certificate (OBC) is issued at the time of birth, and when an adoption is completed, a new birth certificate is issued, called the amended birth certificate (ABC). Over half of the states do not allow adopted adults to obtain […]
Annette Hope Billings is an award winning author and actress. After a four decade long career as a registered nurse, Billings took an early retirement in 2015 to pursue her dream of writing full time. In the ensuing 2 years, she has published two books of poetry with a third scheduled for release by Spartan […]
Mary J. Martell has been involved in health care for much of her career; for the past 14 years as the Director of Research Services for Stormont Vail Health in Topeka, KS. Mary is the Chairperson for the Stormont Vail Health Cultural Ambassadors, and along with a group of 16 organizational professionals, has worked to […]
Dr. Brian C. Thomas is a Professor at Washburn University in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Since 2003, Dr. Thomas’s research has focused on how events in the cosmos affect life on Earth, resulting in over two dozen peer-reviewed publications and two major research grants from the Exobiology program at NASA. Along with researchers […]
What if the answer to boredom was always at your feet? Karl Fundenberger argues that travel is the fastest way to beat boredom, but insists travel doesn’t have to be hard, or expensive. You can travel in your own town if you just choose a different way to get there. Walking is hard, the bike […]
Energy artist Jancy Pettit was introduced in midlife to a meditative martial arts form call Qigong which transformed her approach to artmaking. She harnesses the energy from the Qigong movement and directs it into her art. This universal energy, called “chi,” moves her body in a spontaneous, free-flowing way to create images with no preplanning […]
TEDxTopeka 2017 Announces Speaker Lineup TOPEKA, Kan. – TEDxTopeka event organizers are excited to announce the speaker lineup for TEDxTopeka 2017. “The TEDxTopeka crew is excited to be working on our fourth TEDx event in the Topeka community” said Mikki Burcher, co-lead organizer for TEDxTopeka. “This event allows local voices to share their ideas on […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 20, 2017 Media Contact: Nathan Morris nathan@tedxtopeka.com Mikki Burcher mikki@tedxtopeka.com TEDxTopeka 2017 Call for Speakers TOPEKA, Kan. – We’re excited to announce an open speaker call for TEDxTopeka 2017. Anyone who is interested in applying should go to www.tedxtopeka.com/speak and fill out an application. TEDxTalks are widely known as high quality, innovative, […]