{"id":916,"date":"2026-06-12T20:44:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T20:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=916"},"modified":"2026-06-12T20:44:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T20:44:47","slug":"ted-democracy-philadelphia-asks-how-do-you-make-democracy-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=916","title":{"rendered":"TED Democracy Philadelphia asks \u2018How do you make democracy better?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Storytellers and innovators from across the globe are in Philadelphia, America\u2019s birthplace, to discuss the ongoing experiment of American democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=914\">Sen. Cory Booker said police departments should follow Camden County\u2019s lead in using \u2018cutting edge\u2019 tech<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;TED Democracy Philadelphia: Founding Futures,&#8221; a full-day of new TED talks exploring the health and future of modern democracy in honor of America\u2019s 250th anniversary, and hosted in the Kimmel Center\u2019s Marian Anderson Hall, features over 30 speakers Saturday, including eight from Philadelphia. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The event, organized by Visit Philadelphia, includes 18-minute TED Talks from voices shaping Philadelphia and the world, including futurist and co-author of <i>Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us<\/i>, Jon Alexander; best-selling novelist and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Xochitl Gonzalez, and Allentown native, writer, and commentator, Sally Kohn.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe have so many things going on in Philadelphia on the 250th anniversary of our country,\u201d said Angela Val, president and CEO of Visit Philadelphia. \u201cWhat we felt was still needed was a discussion about democracy in America\u2019s birthplace. Philadelphia is where democracy was born, and its future is being written. We\u2019re still a city of thought leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Local leaders \u2014 including Anuj Gupta, head of the Welcoming Center, a nonprofit finding pathways for immigrants and Jasmine E. Sessoms, president of the 1968 Collective, dedicated to increasing civic engagement among Black women \u2014 will also offer three-minute Philly Flash Talks on topics like, race, economic equity, media literacy.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhat it means to participate in a democracy, what it means if we were to lose it,\u201d said Val. \u201cHow it affects our everyday lives and influences our media and pop culture. It\u2019s an opportunity to engage, question and reimagine the kind of democracy we want to build together for the next 250 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Laura Beyer, head of TED\u2019s partnerships program, said there is no better place to stage a global conversation about the future of democracy than Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=912\">More Philadelphians would get assistance to pay rising water bills under a plan passed by City Council<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWith TED Democracy, we are surfacing the next generation of ideas to ensure our democratic systems remain resilient,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Three years in the making \u2014 and the culmination of a TED speaker series in Philadelphia last year \u2014 the event also features small group discovery sessions, a \u201cPublic Square,\u201d featuring local food, books, and crafts, and a \u201cPEW Spotlight Stage,\u201d with live performances and interviews. Partnering with the American Library Association, the event will be livestreamed at more than 65 libraries across the country. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Gonzalez, a staff writer at the Atlantic, who recently published her third novel, <i>Last Night in Brooklyn<\/i>, said she will discuss social class, a topic she is exploring for a memoir.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSo few people think about the matter of social class or income inequality as having anything to do with democracy, but it very much does,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to get to have the opportunity to talk about something that, generally speaking, people don\u2019t really like to talk about.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Philly is a perfect spot for the talks, she said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis country really started as a bunch of ideas,\u201d she said. \u201cIt feels like a very cool and appropriate way to celebrate this country in this moment by sharing ideas, and asking, \u2018How do you make democracy better?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=910\">How NASCAR driver Natalie Decker is balancing motherhood and racing after NICU scare<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TED Democracy Philadelphia:  a full-day of new TED talks exploring the health and future of modern democracy in honor of America\u2019s 250th anniversary, will be hosted and streamed at the Kimmel Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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