The first TEDx event at Marion Correctional Institution was also the first ever TEDx event in an adult prison and also the first time the incarcerated were invited to give TED talks.
Najmuddeen Salaam and Jo Dee Davis have been organizing TEDx events at Marion Correctional since 2012. Below are several videos from their years working with Marion Correctional and TEDx in Prisons. For the full collection of videos from Marion Correctional, To see all the videos from Marion Correctional, please visit Category:Marion Correctional or the event pages below
- TEDx Marion Correctional September 2012: A Life Worth Living?
- TEDx Marion Correctional April 2013: What's NeXt?
- TEDx Marion Correctional Live June 2013
- TEDx Marion Correctional Salon September 2013: What are you taking with you?
- TEDx Marion Correctional Live March 2014
- TEDx Marion Correctional June 2014
- TEDx Marion Correctional Live October 8, 2014
- TEDx Marion Correctional Salon October 11, 2014: The Gala of Impudent Concepts!
- TEDx Marion Correctional Youth November 2014
- TEDx Marion Correctional Live March 2015
- TEDx Marion Correctional June 2015: 5 Year Plan?
- TEDx Marion Correctional Youth November 2015: Made In The Future
- TEDx Marion Correctional Salon December 2015
- TEDx Marion Correctional Salon January 2016
At TEDxMarionCorrectional, Chaplain Tim Sith (self described as "Spiritual leader who likes Grumpy Cat discusses mentorship, change, and irritating realities. | At TEDxMarionCorrectional: Iraqi vet Andrew Chambers talks the problems of adjusting to civilian life after being on front lines. |
At TEDxMarionCorrectional, Orange is the New Black inspiration, Piper Kerman, talks how to survive prison. | Stephen Johnson Grove asks us to reframe our assumptions. |