Theme: re

The theme for our event this year is "re."

According to Dictionary.com…

In music, re (pronounced rey) is the syllable used for the second tone of a diatonic scale. In chemistry, it is the symbol for the element rhenium. As 're, it is a contraction of are, such as in they’re. As re:, it means in reference to. As a prefix, it can mean “back” or “again,” as in: reimagine, recycle, and regenerate. Or going a different direction, there is relationship, reversible and reverb.

11 speakers, 5 performers, activities, food, drink and more!

Salem Convention Center
200 Commercial St SE
Salem, Oregon, 97301
United States

Carla Brauer

Carla owns Dermestidarium, a service for hunters and pet owners that uses flesh-eating beetles of the same name to clean skulls and bones. She worked in the funeral service business before that. Interpretation for TEDxSalem VI (2019) was provided by student interns through a collaboration between Western Oregon University, TEDxSalem, and the Deaf and interpreting communities of Oregon. The volunteer student interpreters were supported by volunteer, certified interpreters in order to minimize potential errors. Your support of these pre-professional interpreters’ growing skills is appreciated.

Chris Ross and Nathan Olsen

Chris Ross is a teacher, poet, and live performer who oves wackiness, words, and wilderness. Nathan Olsen is a keyboardist, composer, and studio/live performer who loves traveling, backpacking, and anything Android. Interpretation for TEDxSalem VI (2019) was provided by student interns through a collaboration between Western Oregon University, TEDxSalem, and the Deaf and interpreting communities of Oregon. The volunteer student interpreters were supported by volunteer, certified interpreters in order to minimize potential errors. Your support of these pre-professional interpreters’ growing skills is appreciated.

Darya Rose

Darya Rose is a neuroscientist, author and popular blogger who has trained her sights and talents on solving the age-old problem of eating healthy and losing weight. Her holistic approach to food and health is a breath of fresh air compared to the stuffy supermarket shelves of diet shakes and appetite suppressants. After receiving her BA in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley, Rose received her PhD from UC San Francisco and writes about food, health and weight loss. Her website ‘Summer Tomato’ was one of TIME’s top 50 websites in 2011 and if social media is any indicator, her message that “life should be awesome” is reaching far and wide. Rose describes herself as a “foodist”, which is a term for food fans and also the name of her book – Foodist: Using Real Food and Real Science to Lose Weight Without Dieting. Interpretation for TEDxSalem VI (2019) was provided by student interns through a collaboration between Western Oregon University, TEDxSalem, and the Deaf and interpreting communities of Oregon. The volunteer student interpreters were supported by volunteer, certified interpreters in order to minimize potential errors. Your support of these pre-professional interpreters’ growing skills is appreciated.

Elizabeth Fournier

Elizabeth Fournier is the owner and operator of Cornerstone Funeral Services in Boring Oregon. Fournier is known for blazing a trail in environmentally friendly burials. She wrote two books on the topic, The Green Burial Guidebook" and "The Green Reaper: Memoirs of an Eco-Mortician." Interpretation for TEDxSalem VI (2019) was provided by student interns through a collaboration between Western Oregon University, TEDxSalem, and the Deaf and interpreting communities of Oregon. The volunteer student interpreters were supported by volunteer, certified interpreters in order to minimize potential errors. Your support of these pre-professional interpreters’ growing skills is appreciated. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

Geri Richmond

Geri Richmond is the Presidential Chair in Science and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oregon where she has been since 1985. A native of Kansas, she received her undergraduate degree in chemistry from Kansas State University and her Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. Her educational efforts have focussed largely on introductory chemistry and science literacy courses as well as being the director of several University of Oregon undergraduate research programs. Her research examines the chemistry and physics that occurs at complex surfaces that have relevance to important problems in energy production, environmental remediation and atmospheric chemistry. Geri has many honors and awards. To name a few, she was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Barack Obama in 2013 in part for her effort to promote women in science. In 2018 she was awarded the Linus Pauling Medal Award and the Priestley Medal. As part of the organization COACh at the University of Oregon, Richmond has ventured around the world in order to reach out to women and encourage governments and universities to encourage women to learn science. Interpretation for TEDxSalem VI (2019) was provided by student interns through a collaboration between Western Oregon University, TEDxSalem, and the Deaf and interpreting communities of Oregon. The volunteer student interpreters were supported by volunteer, certified interpreters in order to minimize potential errors. Your support of these pre-professional interpreters’ growing skills is appreciated.

Hebah Hasan

Hasan grew up in Saudi Arabia. There, women are not to cause trouble in school. They are seen as wives and companions to men, not colleagues. Despite resistance from everyone around her, Hebah stayed true to her independant nature, finished school, moved to America, went to college, and got a job in engineering. Interpretation for TEDxSalem VI (2019) was provided by student interns through a collaboration between Western Oregon University, TEDxSalem, and the Deaf and interpreting communities of Oregon. The volunteer student interpreters were supported by volunteer, certified interpreters in order to minimize potential errors. Your support of these pre-professional interpreters’ growing skills is appreciated.

JennyLynn Dietrich

Born with a rare hereditary condition called Stickler syndrome, Dietrich is fully blind in her left eye and has limited vision in her right. She’s also profoundly deaf in her left ear, but she can hear a bit in her right with a hearing aid. Her preferred method to communicate is American Sign Language. She also uses a form of communication called ProTactile — developed by the DeafBlind community — that involves signing on someone’s hand or using parts of their body to help give visual or emotional cues. During her early years growing up in Oklahoma, Dietrich attended a mainstream school. It wasn’t until high school that she went to a state school for the deaf. She went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. Dietrich came to the Willamette Valley to pursue graduate studies at Western Oregon University.

Jessica Amos

After a lifetime of suffering from chronic anxiety and habitual stress, Jessica found a way to compassionately hear her fears and find peace through meditation. This, combined with her work as a writer and storyteller, naturally led Jessica to become a guided meditation teacher. She is the founder of Stay with Yourself: The Practice of Being Who You Are, Where You Are and teacher for Insight Timer. Find Jessica’s catalog of guided meditations & mindfulness courses online at www.staywithyourself.com. Interpretation for TEDxSalem VI (2019) was provided by student interns through a collaboration between Western Oregon University, TEDxSalem, and the Deaf and interpreting communities of Oregon. The volunteer student interpreters were supported by volunteer, certified interpreters in order to minimize potential errors. Your support of these pre-professional interpreters’ growing skills is appreciated.

Melissa Buis Michaux

Melissa Buis Michaux is an Associate Professor of Politics at Willamette University and started the Restorative Justice program at the school, which works with inmates at the Oregon State Penitentiary. Interpretation for TEDxSalem VI (2019) was provided by student interns through a collaboration between Western Oregon University, TEDxSalem, and the Deaf and interpreting communities of Oregon. The volunteer student interpreters were supported by volunteer, certified interpreters in order to minimize potential errors. Your support of these pre-professional interpreters’ growing skills is appreciated.

Michael Rousell

Rousell remembers himself as a student at the back of the pack who struggled with dyslexia. He ranted to this teacher about how hard it was to learn and how hard it was to get teachers to pay attention to him. “Why don’t you become a teacher?,” he asked. Rousell, now an associate professor of psychology at Southern Oregon University, points to that moment as the one that changed his beliefs about education. Interpretation for TEDxSalem VI (2019) was provided by student interns through a collaboration between Western Oregon University, TEDxSalem, and the Deaf and interpreting communities of Oregon. The volunteer student interpreters were supported by volunteer, certified interpreters in order to minimize potential errors. Your support of these pre-professional interpreters’ growing skills is appreciated.

Michelle Jones

Michelle spent 15 years teaching Leadership and Organizational Behavior courses in the traditional college system. About 3 years ago, she began gathering a group of like minded prople around a vision of what a revolution in higher education could look like. After years of helping groups and non-profits organize for social impact as a volunteer (SuperThank, TEDxMtHood, World Domination Summit) Michelle started her legacy project. Interpretation for TEDxSalem VI (2019) was provided by student interns through a collaboration between Western Oregon University, TEDxSalem, and the Deaf and interpreting communities of Oregon. The volunteer student interpreters were supported by volunteer, certified interpreters in order to minimize potential errors. Your support of these pre-professional interpreters’ growing skills is appreciated.

Moe Carrick

Author and entrepreneur Moe Carrick makes workplaces fit for human life. Carrick runs a consulting firm and published her first book “Fit Matters: How to Love Your Job” in 2017. Her next book, “Bravespace” is due out in this year. She also delivered two TEDx talks on the importance of a healthy work life. Interpretation for TEDxSalem VI (2019) was provided by student interns through a collaboration between Western Oregon University, TEDxSalem, and the Deaf and interpreting communities of Oregon. The volunteer student interpreters were supported by volunteer, certified interpreters in order to minimize potential errors. Your support of these pre-professional interpreters’ growing skills is appreciated.

Rebecca L. Shapiro

Rebecca Shapiro’s art runs the gamut from postcard-sized creations to 40-foot wide installations using everything from glue, 24K gold foil and encaustic, pigments mixed with hot beeswax. She is a Portland author and artist adept in painting, drawing, photography and more. She is also recognized as the creator of the international TEDx Artist in Residence program. Interpretation for TEDxSalem VI (2019) was provided by student interns through a collaboration between Western Oregon University, TEDxSalem, and the Deaf and interpreting communities of Oregon. The volunteer student interpreters were supported by volunteer, certified interpreters in order to minimize potential errors. Your support of these pre-professional interpreters’ growing skills is appreciated.