TEDx in Prisons
TEDx in Prisons

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.