TEDxBaltimore 2011 MACDONALD The Future We Make

Speaker: Bobbi Macdonald
Bobbi Macdonald, Executive Director and founder of The City Neighbors Foundation, Inc., City Neighbors Charter School (2005), City Neighbors Hamilton (2009) and City Neighbors High School (2010). City Neighbors Schools are dedicated to project based learning, arts integration, and inspired by Reggio Emilia. Parent involvement and community activism are the foundation for the successful model of City Neighbors. Driven by a core personal vision of "nothing without joy," Mrs. Macdonald has been a dynamic leader in the movement for transforming public education in Baltimore. Originally from Chicago, she received her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Illinois in Human Development and Family Ecology, and holds a Master's Degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, in Curriculum and Instruction.

Host: Anthony McCarthy
For more than a decade McCarthy has been a constant voice in journalism, public policy circles, and Maryland's progressive faith community. Whether as the host of three award-winning radio talk shows, as an aide to numerous national and local political leaders, or as a national speaker and lecturer on contemporary political and social issues, McCarthy has been engaged in informing, empowering and improving his community. Find out more about Anthony McCarthy here: http://tedxbaltimore.com/speakers/

Organizer: Mel Brennan
TEDxBaltimore's lead organizer, Mel is formerly a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Kinesiology at Towson University (MD, USA) and is currently District Executive Center Director for Baltimore City with the Y of Central Maryland. A graduate of McDaniel College, Mel's doctoral work took place at the University of Stirling, Scotland UK, with a focus on human kinetics, human rights and Olympiads. Find out more about Mel Brennan here: http://www.ted.com/profiles/bio/id/447715

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[andyrooney12]

3:40 The question that she asked couldn't have been more dangerous. First of all, most people don't know that the United States is a Republic, not a Democracy. Why? Just as the founding fathers said in the Federalist Papers (I think it was #10 but I don't remember 100%), with a Democracy you run the risk of tyranny by the majority. Well, if you asked that question then in a large part of the country you would have people establishing schools based on their religious faith. That is SO DANGEROUS!