{"517981":{"#nid":"517981","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students bring TEDx to Georgia Tech and Douglasville","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students are organizing two TEDx events in April that will feature several short talks, with topics ranging from scientific breakthroughs to inspiring human stories. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETEDxGeorgiaTech, which will be held on April 17, will feature prominent figures from the Atlanta area whose talks will reflect the conference\u2019s theme: \u201cRaise Your Ideas to the Next Power.\u201d Additionally, the second annual TEDxDouglasville will be held on April 9.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts are serving on the organizing teams for both events. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/Students\/undergraduate\/undergraduate-profiles\/Mahdi-Husseini\u0022\u003EMahdi Al Husseini\u003C\/a\u003E, a third-year biomedical engineering and public policy major, is a co-organizer of TEDxDouglasville, and first-year Computational Media major Chloe Belangia is on the marketing team for TEDxGeorgiaTech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHusseini was inspired to begin a TEDx event in Douglasville to give back to his hometown. Last year\u2019s event sparked more than half a million YouTube views and engaged local organizations such as the Douglas Youth Department and Progressive Action Towards the Health of Douglasville.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWith each new event, our team rediscovers the fulfillment of public service and sets a precedent for even younger members to make tangible changes in their communities,\u201d Husseini said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe TEDx program was created to continue TED\u2019s mission of \u201cIdeas Worth Spreading.\u201d Through TEDx, organizers hold events to spark intellectual conversations and connect people from within their community. The events are planned independently with a free license granted by TED, enabling anyone to host a TED-like event in his or her own area.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHusseini encourages other students to host their own TEDx events. Organizing TEDxDouglasville simply began with him applying for a license online at TED\u2019s website.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMany Georgia Tech students have a burning desire to change the world,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can start here in Atlanta\u2019s backyard.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students are organizing two TEDx events in April that will feature several short talks, with topics ranging from scientific breakthroughs to inspiring human stories. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech students are organizing two TEDx events in April that will feature several short talks, with topics ranging from scientific breakthroughs to inspiring human stories."}],"uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2016-03-28 15:03:52","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:09","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-03-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-03-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"518221":{"id":"518221","type":"image","title":"TEDx students","body":null,"created":"1459274540","gmt_created":"2016-03-29 18:02:20","changed":"1475895284","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:44","alt":"TEDx students","file":{"fid":"205197","name":"tedx.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tedx_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tedx_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":106186,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tedx_0.jpg?itok=rBcaAJT6"}}},"media_ids":["518221"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/tedxgeorgiatech.com\/","title":"TEDxGeorgiaTech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.tedxdouglasville.com\/","title":"TEDxDouglasville"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"73361","name":"ted talk"},{"id":"12654","name":"tedx"},{"id":"168198","name":"TEDxDouglasville"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003EDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E404.894.1720\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}