Berkeley High’s Think Big took place on Thursday, November 19th. Modeled after TED Talks, it had an impressive array of speakers covering some of today’s major issues. This event was an Associated Student Body (ASB) fundraiser.
Speakers and their topics include:
Mick Gardner Restorative Justice
Eli Cooper (2015 Alumni) Spread the Word to End the Word
John Villavicencio Decline of the Hip Hop Radio DJ
Dave Stevens Evaluating Student Data
Albrey Brown (2009 Alumni) Diversity in the Tech Industry
Dacher Keltner The Science of Happiness
Chayla Fisher Overcoming Hardships
Alecia Harger (2018) Racism & Race Relations at BHS
Kadijah Means (2015 Alumni) Combating Anti-Blackness
For videos of the individual talks, please click the link:
Albrey Brown: https://vimeo.com/146476121
Dave Stevens: https://vimeo.com/146476147
Eli Cooper: https://vimeo.com/146476164
John Villavicencio: https://vimeo.com/146501636
Alecia Harger: https://vimeo.com/146502972
M. Mick Gardner: https://vimeo.com/146511571
Chayla Fisher: https://vimeo.com/146522266
Dacher Keltner: https://vimeo.com/146521875
Kadijah Means: https://vimeo.com/146511676
Kad Smith: Unfortunately the last speaker was cut short due to a fire alarm on the campus causing an evacuation. A record of the presentation is soon to come.
To see more photos of the event click the link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/