2 out of 3 women incarcerated in the U.S. are non-violent offenders. Professor Goodwin insight on the war on crime and criminal justice reform. Professor Michele Goodwin is a Chancellor’s Professor

2 out of 3 women incarcerated in the U.S. are non-violent offenders. Professor Goodwin insight on the war on crime and criminal justice reform. Professor Michele Goodwin is a Chancellor’s Professor at the University of California, Irvine with appointments at the School of Law; Program in Public Health; Department of Criminology, Law, & Society; Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies; and Stem Cell Research Center. She is the founder and director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy at UC Irvine School of Law and its internationally acclaimed Reproductive Justice Initiative. Professor Goodwin serves on the National Board and Executive Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union and is an elected member of the American Law Institute and Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. She is one of the world’s leading authorities on the regulation of medicine, science, and biotechnology. Her scholarship defines new ways of thinking about the intersections of law, society, economics, and the human body. She is a prolific author. Her publications include five books and over 80 articles and book chapters on law’s regulation of the human body, including civil and criminal regulation of pregnancy and reproduction, reproductive technologies, human trafficking (for organs, sex, and marriage), and tissue and organ transplantation. Her recent works appear in or are forthcoming in the Yale Law Journal, Harvard Law Review, California Law Review, Georgetown Law Review, Northwestern Law Review, Texas Law Review, and the Hastings Centers Report, among others. Her scholarship is cited by courts, legislators, and featured in news and periodicals. Professor Goodwin’s editorials and commentaries appear in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Forbes, Politico, Gene Watch, Christian Science Monitor, Houston Chronicle, Chicago Sun Times, Washington Post, AlterNet and Salon.com among others. She is a blogger for the Huffington Post and the Harvard Bill of Health and has been interviewed by local, national, and international news media. She is the recipient of awards recognizing excellence in scholarship, teaching, advocacy, and the promotion of human rights. She is the founder of the Institute for Global Child Advocacy and former Everett Fraser Professor in Law at the University of Minnesota. She served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago and as a Visiting Scholar at the University of California-Berkeley and Columbia University Law School. She is a highly sought after voice on civil liberties, reproductive justice and health, cultural politics, and human rights. Prior to law teaching, Professor Goodwin was a Gilder-Lehrman Post-Doctoral Fellow at Yale University. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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Diana H. Wall, PhD, University Distinguished Professor and Professor of Biology at Colorado State University delivers the 2013 Tyler Prize Laureate Lecture at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Wall's lecture reflects on the importance of studying soil ecosystems to understanding climate change and a number of pressing environmental challenges and her work in Antarctica. Published on Apr 19, 2013

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Prof. Anas Ghadouani speaking at TEDxUWASalon: Water for Life Anas Ghadouani is a professor of environmental engineering at The University of Western Australia and also leader of the Aquatic Ecology

Prof. Anas Ghadouani speaking at TEDxUWASalon: Water for Life Anas Ghadouani is a professor of environmental engineering at The University of Western Australia and also leader of the Aquatic Ecology and Ecosystem Studies research group at UWA. The group focuses on water resources, ecological and environmental engineering, with an emphasis on the development of innovative technologies. Professor Ghadouani has more than 20 years of research and teaching experience in the water area and has led numerous large-scale projects nationally and internationally. He is currently the director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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This lecture is co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Chapter of the ABOTA Foundation and The Constitutional Sources Project. The James Otis lecture program about the United States Constitution is

This lecture is co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Chapter of the ABOTA Foundation and The Constitutional Sources Project. The James Otis lecture program about the United States Constitution is designed to allow schools to comply with the requirements of the federal statute creating Constitution Day. This law requires all federally-assisted schools, both public and private, to provide educational programs each year around the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. Founders, Framers and The Future: Applying the Constitution in the 21st Century: A Conversation with Professor Mary Sarah Bilder, Boston College Law School (Author: Madison's Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention) and Professor Akhil Reed Amar, Yale Law School (Author: The Constitution Today: Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era)

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Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in

Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York City. He wrote Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism and founded www.democracyatwork.info, a non-profit advocacy organization of the same name that promotes democratic workplaces as a key path to a stronger, democratic economic system. Professor Wolff discusses the economic dimensions of our lives, our jobs, our incomes, our debts, those of our children, and those looming down the road in his unique mixture of deep insight and dry humor. He presents current events and draws connections to the past to highlight the machinations of our global economy. He helps us to understand political and corporate policy, organization of labor, the distribution of goods and services, and challenges us to question some of the deepest foundations of our society. For more of his lectures, visit the Democracy at Work YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/democracyatwrk. Get the book here: https://goo.gl/XDxuDL

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In this virtual roundtable, Indigenous leaders will discuss the historical journey of self-determination, contemporary challenges and advancement of the right, and the relationship between

In this virtual roundtable, Indigenous leaders will discuss the historical journey of self-determination, contemporary challenges and advancement of the right, and the relationship between self-determination and Indigenous Peoples’ collective rights, including the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC). They will also address practical steps for policy makers, states and corporations to respect and align with diverse expressions of self-determination globally. Other topics include experiences forwarding self-determined priorities in contemporary global contexts; overcoming challenges for inclusion of self-determination in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; and navigating autonomy and self-governance within the broader framework of self-determination. Organized by the SIRGE Coalition. Panelists: Carlos Mamani, Professor, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (La Paz) Les Malezer, Chairperson, Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA) Dalee Sambo Dorough, Associate Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage Elsa Stamatopoulou, Professor, Columbia University Moderator: Galina Angarova, Executive Director, SIRGE Coalition

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Alexandra Flynn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Geography at the University of Toronto. She focuses on urban governance, planning law and Indigenous-municipal relationships.

Alexandra Flynn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Geography at the University of Toronto. She focuses on urban governance, planning law and Indigenous-municipal relationships. Prior to becoming a professor, she represented First Nations governments in land-related disputes and agreements, and worked in intergovernmental relations at the City of Toronto. Her forthcoming book with Lexis Nexis explores the flexible and transforming role of municipalities in Canada’s legal system. Alexandra Flynn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Geography at the University of Toronto. She focuses on urban governance, planning law and Indigenous-municipal relationships. Prior to becoming a professor, she represented First Nations governments in land-related disputes and agreements, and worked in intergovernmental relations at the City of Toronto. Her forthcoming book with Lexis Nexis explores the flexible and transforming role of municipalities in Canada's legal system. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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