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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact Mark Coplan
<a href="mailto:markcoplan@berkeley.net">markcoplan@berkeley.net</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Berkeley High Think Big 2015</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Berkeley High Think Big</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> (Nov. 19, 2015) was modeled on
<i>TED Talks</i>, and with an impressive lineup of speakers covering today’s issues, it lived up to that inspiration. Below is a list of the speakers, and links to their presentations. The event was an Associated Student Body (ASB) fundraiser.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">BERKELEY HIGH TH!NK B!G SPEAKERS</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">M. Mick Gardner</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
<i>Restorative Justice</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Eli Cooper</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> (2015 Alumni)
<i>Spread the Word to End the Word</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">John Villavicencio</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
<i>Decline of the Hip Hop Radio DJ</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dave Stevens</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
<i>Evaluating Student Data</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Berkeley High Think Big Albrey Brown
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(2009 Alumni) <i>Diversity in the Tech Industry</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dacher Keltner</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
<i>The Science of Happiness</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Chayla Fisher</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
<i>Overcoming Hardships</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Alecia Harger
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(2018) <i>Racism & </i>
<i>Race</i> <i>Relations at BHS</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kadijah Means</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> (2015 Alumni)
<i>Combating Anti-Blackness</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kad Smith</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
<i>Civic Engagement</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Berkeley High Think Big Photos:<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/53901376@N04/albums/72157660699576577" target="_blank"> https://www.flickr.com/photos/53901376@N04/albums/72157660699576577</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Note: I defend Alecia Harger's right to show an image as evidence of a hateful threat against her as an African American, but I do not share that right as an ally so I've erased the hateful
 language in the example in this album. Her presentation of the sequence of events at Berkeley High was amazing (link below).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Berkeley High Think Big Videos</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Berkeley High Think Big Albrey Brown:
<a href="https://vimeo.com/146476121" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/146476121</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Berkeley High Think Big Dave Stevens:
<a href="https://vimeo.com/146476147" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/146476147</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Berkeley High Think Big Eli Cooper:
<a href="https://vimeo.com/146476164" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/146476164</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Berkeley High Think Big John Villavicencio:
<a href="https://vimeo.com/146501636" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/146501636</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Berkeley High Think Big Alecia Harger:
<a href="https://vimeo.com/146502972" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/146502972</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Berkeley High Think Big M. Mick Gardner:
<a href="https://vimeo.com/146511571" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/146511571</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Berkeley High Think Big Chayla Fisher:
<a href="https://vimeo.com/146522266" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/146522266</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Berkeley High Think Big Dacher Keltner:
<a href="https://vimeo.com/146521875" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/146521875</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Berkeley High Think Big Kadijah Means:
<a href="https://vimeo.com/146511676" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/146511676</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Berkeley High Think Big Kad Smith: Unfortunately the last speaker was cut short due to a fire alarm on the campus that caused us to evacuate the theater. There was no fire emergency, but it
 was too late to regroup. We will find another way to record and share that presentation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mark Coplan, Public Information Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Berkeley Unified School District<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="tel:510-644-6320" target="_blank">510-644-6320</a> Cell:
<a href="tel:510-472-3811" target="_blank">510-472-3811</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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